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PEO SOFSA Industrial Operations Brief, Building 3 Industry Day 2023

Welcome to building 3. My name is Ryan Baylon and I am an Aerospace Engineer from Defense Contract Management Agency, or DCMA, supporting PEO SOFSA for technical insights. In this brief, I am going to discuss the wide variety of capabilities that comprises our industrial operations.

To ensure that all interested contractors receive the same information, I will be reading this script. Please do not ask any questions. If you desire additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

PEO SOFSA offers its customers an agile and robust solution to modify, upgrade and maintain their platforms based on their needs. Current platforms supported include: MH-60, MH-47G, AC-130J, Family of Special Operations Vehicle (or FOSOV), etc. To support such complexity and variety, the industrial base of this contract is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and equipment to satisfy Task Order requirements. This program supports low volume and high priority tasks. We do not mass-produce any part or kit in the hundreds or thousands. Instead, our quantities are determined by the task order requirements and urgent needs.

Our three main categories within our industrial operations are production, quality, and engineering. Our production operation utilizes a variety of machining capabilities for part creation. Our quality capabilities utilizes 3D scanning and printing in addition to traditional quality controls. Lastly, engineering resources are needed to support our core capabilities of streamlined design and rapid prototyping. Streamlined design include non-recurring engineering, or NRE, modifications, and preparing technical data packages as required. All of the equipment used here is Government Furnished Equipment or GFE. However, the prime contractor is responsible for the proper use and lifecycle sustainment management of these machines to achieve maximum life out of the equipment.

In this building, you will see segmented sections that are designated as C-Bay, D-Bay, E-Bay and F-Bay.

Each bay are approximately 22,000 square feet in size and have different functions such as metal machining and finishing, wire marking, electrical fabrication shop, etc. I would like to highlight the top features of this facility and other functions of our industrial operations:

For Machining Capabilities:

• Building 3 has a wide variety of Computer Numerical Control Machines, or CNC machines from 3-axis, 4-axis, 5-axis, and routers.

• There are several manual mills for parts that require skilled workforce to match drawing specifications.

• Our industrial operations can cut, bend, drill, punch, and machine different types of materials from stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum, titanium etc.

• We have water jet machines to cut incoming raw metal blocks/sheets

• Recent addition to our capabilities is the use of Zero-point clamping modular tooling from Lang

Technovations Co being equipped on some HAAS machines. This tooling allows us to set up the part being machined outside the equipment and eliminates the use of dovetails on the part for clamping.

For Non-Destructive Inspection or NDI Testing:

• To ensure proper structural integrity, this facility has a dye penetrant NDI line.

• We also have an Eddy Current and Magnetic Partial Testing equipment for field use.

• A new expansion to the dye-penetrant line was installed within the past year to provide faster testing time.

For Coordinate Measuring Machine Inspection, or CMM Inspection:

• A dedicated CMM room conducts accurate measurements on parts under inspection. Some of our drawing tolerances are very tight and these machines ensure high levels of product quality that the customer expects.

For 3D printing Capabilities:

• There are three Stratasys Fused Deposition Modeling, or FDM, 3D printers that are useful for prototyping and test fitting parts prior to production. These printers are located in building 221.

• We have recently added a Selective Laser Sintering, or SLS, 3D printer from 3D Systems

Incorporated. It is capable of producing a part envelope size of 15 inches by 13 inches by 18 inches in the x-y-z directions, respectively. The output from this SLS 3D printer produces composite parts that have improved resolution and surface finish compared to its FDM counterparts. It has its own dedicated room in this building.

• These printers are frequently used for creating tooling jigs to assist with production.

For 3D laser scanning:

• Several Creaform HandyScan 3D handheld scanners are very useful to generate subject material profile to ensure proper fit on aircraft or mating parts.

• A new Hexagon CMM laser scanner is being integrated to our CMM room to increase accuracy on more complex parts.

• Our push for both 3D scanning and printing is highly integrated to our mission for rapid prototyping.

For Engineering Support

• Engineering resources are required for this contract to conduct NRE tasks as required by the task order

• Teams of engineers generate design changes, 3D models, drawing changes, test reports, and technical data packages.

• Our technical analysis capabilities include CATIA for 3D modeling the variety of product platforms, ANSYS for Finite Element Analysis, or FEA, MATLAB for complex mathematical and scientific calculations on loads and weight balances, and TeamCenter for managing technical information.

• System Application and Products (SAP) is being used for production workflows and approvals for

Request for Variance with the government.

This concludes my brief on Industrial Operations.

Building 134

Welcome to Building 134. I am Taylor Stakelin, the PEO SOFSA Government Project Officer. My briefing today will provide an overview of SOFSA activities that support the Family of Special Operations Vehicles, or FOSOV.

To ensure that all interested contractors receive the same information I will be reading this script. Please do not ask any questions. If you desire additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

FOSOV Vehicles include the following platforms and weapon systems:

-Light Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle, or LTATV.

-Ground Mobility Vehicle, or GMV, a special Operations version of the HMMWV and

GMV 1.1.

-Several Non-Standard Commercial Variants of vehicles modified for Special Operations mission with protective armor and enhanced durability.

-Mine Resistant Ambush Protected or MRAP and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All- Terrain Vehicle, or MATV.

There are over 3,000 fielded modified and SOF Specific vehicles. PEO SOFSA supports the full gamut of Life Cycle Sustainment activities for these vehicles to include: fielding support, new equipment training, organizational level maintenance training development and training support, technical publications development, spare parts management, parts requisition support, engineering change proposal support, SOF-Peculiar vehicle modification, configuration management, post deployment vehicle rest, repair, CONUS and OCONUS technician support, and disposition support.

In addition, PEO SOFSA provides program and item management support for the FOSOV program and responds to a wide variety of reporting requirements and data queries.

This concludes the PEO SOFSA FOSOV Brief.

Flight Operations Building 193

Welcome to Building 193, Flight Operations. I am Greg Dodson, the PEO SOFSA Government Flight Representative and Government Aviation Safety Officer. I would like to discuss Flight Operations that support the mission of PEO SOFSA.

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Flight Operations provides manned and unmanned flight scheduling, flight following, flight non-crew approval, aircraft movement coordination, schedules inspections of airfield facilities, and coordinates maintenance of airfield communications and weather systems.

Flight Operations Management Performs administration of flight operations management in accordance with DCMA Instruction 8210.1, less flight supervision. This includes:

Maintain a flight planning area Provide flight information publications Maintain the Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) for Creech Heliport

(82CD)

Provide communication and movement control of aircraft, vehicles, and equipment Process and issue Prior Permission Required, (PPR) to aircrew members Perform helipad, movement area, and non-movement area inspections Coordinate infrastructure repairs with Bluegrass Station Kentucky, Department of Military Affairs Coordinate for aviation refuel and defuel of aircraft Prepare aviation and ground procedures to include all site supplements covered by the DFARS Ground and Flight Risk Clause Prepare and maintain the aviation pre-mishap plan for Creech Heliport (82CD) Prepare and maintain a Flight Crew Information File, (Reading File), of airfield procedures. Local Notice to Air Mission (NOTAM), and hazards Request, coordinate, and ensure that Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting personnel and equipment are available during periods of flight, ground, and airfield operations as required Prepare, maintain, and publish a flight schedule of flight operations

This concludes the PEO SOFSA Flight Operations Brief.

Joint Operational Stocks (JOS)

Welcome to Bldg 220 of PEO SOFSA. I am Stacy Vega, the PEO SOFSA JOS APM. I would like to discuss the Joint Operational Stocks that supports the USSOCOM Global Special Operations Forces (SOF) Mission.

To ensure that all interested contractors receive the same information I will be reading this script. Please do not ask any questions. If you desire additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Joint Operational Stocks (JOS) program is a centrally managed repository of Special Operations Peculiar (SO-P) equipment at PEO SOFSA, configured for rapid response to approved SOF units. JOS provides temporary loans of mission critical equipment to SOF units in order to conduct training and contingency operations. JOS augments and enhances SOF unit’s organic operational capabilities, requiring little or no additional training. PM Expeditionary at PEO SOFSA manages all logistical aspects of the program.

JOS Loans typically cover a 90 -180 day period exclusive of the transportation pipeline, but the length of the loan may be extended to correspond to the length of the deployment, exercise or operation.

The JOS Program supports several different functions such as:

-An interim measure to control and account for equipment that is on hand.

-A mechanism to support transition of equipment from National Forces to Theater Forces.

The JOS inventory consists of selected non-standard, advanced technology equipment, state-of-the-art Special Operations Peculiar equipment, as well as limited quantities and varieties of low density, standard service items. On an annual basis, PEO SOFSA develops, prints, and delivers an annual JOS Catalog and User Field Guide in a hard copy and digital format for distribution to JOS users.

Specific Areas of Interest for the Execution of the JOS Program Authorizations Management – PEO SOFSA ensures the inventory level of end items, accessories, and repair parts are maintained to support continued operation of the JOS Program based upon a 24 month Loan History for Requisitioning Objectives and Reorder Points for all JOS portfolio end items and accessories. Inventory Replenishment - For all JOS Portfolio end items and accessories with a Source of Supply of H9D (SOCOM Managed End Item), the JOS Program team facilitates the replenishment of equipment and is responsible for managing the procurement of non USSOCOM Managed material. Standard Supply Chain Management principles are used to manage the procurement of consumable items.

Loan Management - is the administration of JOS Loans at PEO SOFSA to include:

Loan Requests The processing time clock starts when the loan is approved by Unit’s J3; Process Urgent loan requests for shipment within 24 hours and a threshold of 48 hours; Process Routine loan requests for shipment within (2) working days and a threshold of (5) working days.

JOS Shipments Prepare shipping paperwork; Coordinate transportation for equipment shipment; Direct unit coordination for processing loans; Notify requesting units of shipments; Generate and forward the hand receipts to requesting units.

Loan Returns Upon return of equipment from customers PEO SOFSA must inventory, receive, and credit unit loans within three (3) working days and for Bare Base Equipment five (5) working days.

BARE BASE MANAGEMENT

Bare Base will be maintained in a “Ready to Ship” configuration of 50 man sets. A hand receipt will be prepared for each 50-man set. Each set will be configured the same to the highest degree possible. Each shipping container will be clearly labeled to identify it as JOS Bare Base. Each container will have a packing list and be configured for ease of inventory and recovery.

This concludes the PEO SOFSA JOS Brief.

SPEAR Warehouse and Kitting Operations

My name is William Teate, Supply Manager for PEO SOFSA and will be providing a briefing on Special Operations Forces Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements (SPEAR) operations in building 220.

To ensure that all interested vendors receive the same information I will be reading a script. If you would like additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

Welcome to building 220. Bays A-D of this building support PEO SOFSA’s kitting and sustainment operations for individual equipment associated with the SPEAR program.

The primary function of this activity is initial fielding and sustainment of SOF individual equipment and clothing. Actions associated with this activity include receiving, inspecting, storing, kitting, and shipping individual equipment to Special Operation Forces (SOF) users around the globe.

End user individual equipment requirements are received, tracked, and accounted for through a USSOCOM created internet web application. Once approved requests for equipment are received through this application, they are transferred into PEO SOFSA’s enterprise inventory management system for processing. The fulfillment of these requests is based upon the priority annotated in the end user’s requirement.

Individual equipment associated with each order is pulled from established storage locations, consolidated into a kit for the specific end user, and shipped to the designated delivery destination for distribution to and acceptance by the end user.

This activity currently has approximately 160K square foot of processing and storage space in this building.

This concludes the PEO SOFSA SPEAR Brief.

Weapons Storage

My name is Bill Riley Foreign Non-Standard Weapons Material Munitions Program (F/NWMMP) APM for PEO SOFSA and I will provide a briefing on weapons storage in building 344M.

To ensure that all interested vendors receive the same information I will be reading a script. If you would like additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

We are standing in PEO SOFSA’s Weapons Storage Vault in Building 344M. This vault was built in 2023 and meets all construction requirements of DOD 5100.76M for the storage of conventional arms and ammunition. The vault is ~30K square feet providing ~2,000 pallet positions.

PEO SOFSA stores weapons including automatic assault rifles, light machine guns, pistols, grenade launchers, sniper weapons and accessories.

We maintain a small amount of ammunition to support on-site functional checks and testing by gunsmiths. PEO SOFSA does not maintain or store weapons level explosives.

Weapons are maintained in bulk storage. Storage containers are kept banded and sealed to the maximum extent possible.

Weapons are inspected and function tested by certified gunsmiths. They are then placed in a shipping container with all necessary support equipment, cleaning kits, telescopic sights, suppressors, additional magazines etc. The kits are inventoried and the shipping container is sealed and placed on the shelf. Upon request of a specific package, the container is taken off the shelf and shipped.

PEO SOFSA has a 25-meter indoor firing range for testing and functional check of weapons. The firing range has three firing positions, one of which is occupied by a firing stand used for precision testing of weapons. The firing range is not on our agenda today.

This concludes the Weapons Storage Briefing. You are free to take a look at the weapons on display. Please do not touch them and do not ask questions of the vault attendants or gunsmiths.

Hangar 192A

Welcome to Hangar 192A. I am Brian Graves, the PEO SOFSA Aviation Branch Chief. I would like discuss the MH-6M/R Little Bird aviation operation in Hangar 192A which supports the mission of PEO SOFSA.

To ensure that all interested contractors receive the same information I will be reading this script. Please do not ask any questions. If you desire additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

Hangar 192A is used as the MH-6M/R repair, modification, and production integration facility. The current effort is MH-6R Block 3 Modification Production Integration. We also receive and harvest select donor MH-6M legacy aircraft to support the Block 3 effort, perform Modification Work Order (MWO) compliance that includes Magna-F Antenna, Heated Clothing USB Ports, Next Generation Tactical Communications, and perform Crash Damage Repair.

The hangar is arranged to accommodate thirteen MH-6M/R helicopters. The eight on the periphery are without rotor blades. There are five delivery positions in the center that will accommodate aircraft with rotor blades.

The hangar is equipped with a three-ton overhead crane, low expansion Aqueous Film- Forming Foam (AFFF) fire suppression system, and a Global Positioning Satellite repeater.

It is configured for a tool room and eight office spaces.

This concludes the MH-6M/R Little Bird Briefing.

Hangar 192B

Welcome to Hangar 192B, the Paint Facility. I am Jessica Smith, the PEO SOFSA ACJ Project Officer. I would like discuss the Blast Booth and Paint Booth operation in Hangar 192B that supports the mission of

PEO SOFSA.

To ensure that all interested contractors receive the same information I will be reading this script. Please do not ask any questions. If you desire additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

Hangar 192B is configured into a Blast Booth and Paint Booth. The Blast Booth is large enough to accommodate a MH-47G without main rotor blades, but with refuel probe installed. The Blast Booth is configured for plastic media blasting to prepare aircraft and equipment for subsequent painting. The booth will also accommodate other blast media, for example soda blast media, through the use of portable media pots.

The booth contains an auger system that directs the media to filter systems that reclaim the media until it is no longer effective as an abrasive. It is then collected automatically in 55-gallon drums for disposal.

The booth is equipped with a supplied air system, (respiratory protection), with four ports.

The Paint Booth will accommodate a MH-47G in the same configuration as the Blast Booth, (rotor blades removed, but with refuel probe attached). The Paint Booth is most often used for total aircraft painting. All types of paint can be used in the paint booth, (i.e. water borne Chemical Agent Resistant Coating (CARC), conductive coatings (CHO-SHIELD), or other aviation industrial paints or primers. The Paint Booth is temperature controlled and contains additional Infra-Red heat lamps for a bake cycle (programmed for a temperature routine up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit), used for certain applications of paint curing and drying.

The Paint Booth utilizes a three stage filtering system for exhaust to extract contaminants and control emissions. (Filtering blanket, filtering bags, and charcoal.)

Hangar 192B also is equipped with a Type 2 chemical conversion coating (non-chromium) room that contains seven wash or rinse dip tanks. A chemical conversion coating is used to prepare surfaces for priming and painting.

There are four industrial air compressors that support compressed air for not only 192B, but also support 192A and 192C. The primary air compressor is a 100 Horsepower air compressor. There are three additional air compressors, each rated at 50 Horsepower that are used to balance and share the compressed air load. Within 192B, there are also two large accumulators that support the compressed air demands.

This concludes my briefing on the Paint Facility.

Hangar 192C

Welcome to Hangar 192C. I am Sarah Seiber, the PEO SOFSA MCJ Project Officer. I would like to discuss the aviation operation in Hangar 192C that supports the mission of

PEO SOFSA.

To ensure that all interested contractors receive the same information I will be reading this script. Please do not ask any questions. If you desire additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

Hangar 192C consists of 26,575 sq. ft. and is used primarily as the MH-60M delivery facility. The current effort is completing the modification effort, the final electrical checks and preparation for the Maintenance Test Flight. The hangar can also be used for the MH- 47 as needed.

Recently, the National Guard UH-72 Lakota has utilized hangar 192C for pre and post paint operations.

The hangar layout is arranged to accommodate up to five UH-60 aircraft with blades installed or four UH-60s and one MH-47.

The hangar is equipped with one three-ton overhead crane, fall protection using Self- Retracting Lanyards, low expansion Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) fire suppression system and a Global Positioning Satellite repeater.

There is a break room, a tool room, 3 Government office spaces and a conference room.

This concludes my briefing on MH-60M delivery hangar.

Hangar 194

Welcome to Hangar 194. I am Carey Sweeney, the PEO SOFSA Rotary Wing Project Officer. I would like to discuss the MH-60M aviation operation in Hangar 194.

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Hangar 194 consists of 60,560 sq. ft. and is used primarily as the MH-60M modification facility. The current effort is installing upgrades to the Block I aircraft.

The hangar layout is arranged to accommodate 13 UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft.

The hangar is equipped with 3 three-ton overhead cranes, fall protection using Self- Retracting Lanyards, a sprinkler system and a Global Positioning Satellite repeater.

There are 4 rooms dedicated for offices, a meeting room, break room, tool room, electrical shop and sheet metal shop in the back of the hangar.

This concludes the MH-60M aviation operations facility brief.

Hangar 352

Welcome to Hangar 352. I am Paul Myers, PEO SOFSA. I would like to discuss the MH- 47G aviation operation in Hangar 352.

To ensure that all interested contractors receive the same information I will be reading this script. Please do not ask any questions. If you desire additional information, you may submit questions in writing to Brian Hubbs.

Hangar 352 consists of 75,000 sq. ft. and is used primarily as the MH-47G modification facility. The current effort is demoding retiring MH-47Gs and performing required Post- Production modifications on the new aircraft from the OEM and provide support to any test flights.

The hangar can accommodate up to 6 MH-47Gs fully bladed.

The hangar is equipped with 3 three-ton overhead cranes, fall protection using self-retracting lanyards, sprinkler system and a Global Positioning Satellite repeater.

There are 4 rooms dedicated for offices, a meeting room, break room, tool room, electrical shop and sheet metal shop in the back of the hangar.

The hangar can also accommodate CV-22s.

This concludes the MH-47G aviation operations brief.

Central Warehousing & Receiving

My name is Tim Mitchell Supply Manager for PEO SOFSA and I will be providing a briefing on operations in Warehouse 102.

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This is PEO SOFSA’s central receiving area and is also representative of the type storage you will find throughout the enterprise. Warehouse 102 is PEO SOFSA's centralized warehouse for Enterprise Operations.

There are nine separate warehouses, 58K bulk and rack pallet positions in 1.1M sq. ft. of indoor warehouse storage space. PEO SOFSA footprint also includes more than 550K sq. ft. of outside storage.

GOLDesp Inventory Management software is provided to the contractor for audibility, accountability, and centralized logistics operation. GOLD houses 2.9M units totaling $3.6B.

Systems Applications and Products (SAP) Enterprise Resource planning (ERP) software is also provided to the contractor to manage production and manufacturing operations. SAP houses 6.2M units totaling $104M.

The government manages Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS) inventory management software that provides SOCOM with a certified Accountable Property System of Record (APSR). This site has multiple government accountable officers. DPAS houses 673K units totaling $1B. On average, we process approximately 87K receipts and 125K issues/shipments.

PEO SOFSA receives inventory direct from OEM, and from our customers. We also process field returns for inventory being turned-in.

PEO SOFSA also has specialized warehouses that include sensitive property such as COMSEC, weapons, aviation parts, and SOF clothing.

The enterprise has several types of storage to include: climate and humidity controlled, standard pallet and bulk storage, and outside lot storage.

While we strive for standard logistics enterprise processes we need to balance that with the need to be flexible, tailorable, and responsive to our customers.

This concludes my briefing on the central warehousing and receiving.

Warehouse 341 & R Lot

Welcome to Warehouse 341 & R Lot. I am Charlie Skibo, the PEO SOFSA Government Ground Representative. This is our new 240K square foot warehouse for rolling stock.

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This warehouse and accompanying lot are an example of the facility optimization plan you were briefed on earlier today.

As you can see, we have hundreds of pieces of rolling stock stored in this warehouse.

Previously this rolling stock was being stored in several buildings spread all across Bluegrass Station with some of the buildings being as small as 3K square feet.

Warehouse 341 helped us consolidate this storage and streamline the effort it takes to maintain these assets.

Prior to the completion of Warehouse 341, the generators in this building had to be removed from the warehouse where they were stored and started so they could be exercised as well as doing preventive maintenance on them.

This warehouse was designed with a ventilation system so the generators could be exercised in place saving the time it took to tow these assets in and out of the facilities in which they were stored.

As you can see, there are hundreds of generators in this facility, so you can imagine the timesavings a facility like 341 has had on that one element of possible support.

In addition to the acceptance of warehouse 341, we also took delivery of ~300K square foot storage lot just outside this facility.

This is the primary outdoor storage area at PEO SOFSA and includes a secure 25K square lot for crash damaged aircraft.

This concludes my briefing on Warehouse 341.