The AIM-9X Sidewinder Missile Program needed to present (in less than six months) a Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE) that would meet approval in a single review cycle by the Office of the Secretary of Defense Cost Analysis Improvement Group (OSD CAIG). MCR used a methodology that is fully defensible and documented the results in a clear, concise, and easy–to–follow report. Not only did the Sidewinder program receive its appropriation, the OSD CAIG distributed the documentation other DoD cost estimating organizations “as an example of how a LCCE should be documented.”

Client: Naval Air Systems Command

Improving the Safety of Heavylift Helicopters Engineers proposed a multi-million dollar Integrated Mechanical Diagnostic (IMD) – (a series of sensors and software that measure the health of the mechanical systems while the helicopter is operating – be developed for the Sikorsky heavylift H-53 helicopter. MCR developed the cost benefit analysis to highlight the overall savings for maintaining the H-53 over the life of the system. Soon the IMD will be fielded on about 120 H-53s with plans to be installed on all Navy rotary wing aircraft. Client: Naval Air Systems Command.

Reducing costs while increasing safety

Aging Aircraft…Keeping the Biggest Bird in the Sky on Schedule The Program Management Office of the C5 Avionics Modernization Program had no internal resources to perform required scheduling activities. MCR built an integrated schedule database which provides critical path and realistic contractor progress information. This integrated schedule provided with real-time information keeping program on schedule and within cost. Client: C5 Program Management Office

Keeping contractors on schedule

Efficiently Reconciling Obligations with Disbursements on Weapon Systems Contracts
Over the lifetime of building and maintaining weapon systems, managing contracts to use the right appropriation, to pay for the right thing, at the right time involves tracking thousands of details. MCR´s experts in weapons systems financial management support various program offices with both experienced manpower and proven automation tools. MCR has helped these program offices reconcile unliquidated obligations of more than $2 billion dollars. Their Return on Investment has been better than 250:1.

Clients:
F-15 System Program Office
F-16 System Program Office
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Inertial Upper Stages
Titan II and Titan IV
Navstar Global Positioning System
Milstar
Defense Satellite Communication System
Defense Dissemination
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Air Force Defense Information Infrastructure ULO/NULO $65M