Context
AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar installation on a Flight III DDG-51 required coordination across four distinct chains: foreign-sourced waveguide assembly, certified RF integration teams, cleared facility access for classified components, and NAVSEA 06 test certification. No shared visibility layer existed across any of the four.
Problem
Foreign procurement timelines, RF integration scheduling, cleared facility access windows, and NAVSEA 06 certification sequencing each operated independently. The gap between any two chains was invisible until it became a program constraint.
Approach
The same three-phase operational mapping framework applied to a different vessel class and a more complex subsystem. Propagation modeling identified the cleared facility access window as the binding constraint. Waveguide assembly procurement was sequenced against it. NAVSEA 06 certification was scheduled to avoid a queue backlog that would have extended the critical path.
What We Built
- Operational map unified four independent chains in one model
- Cleared facility access window identified as binding constraint
- Waveguide assembly procurement sequenced against facility window
- RF integration team scheduling aligned to facility availability
- NAVSEA 06 certification sequenced to avoid certification queue backlog
Results
Program completed on schedule. The same underlying model applied to a different vessel class and subsystem confirms the framework is structural, not situational. Two cases. Same model. That is a methodology, not a one-time engagement.