ASFT's Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (AUV) Involvement

Starting in GFY 2005, ASFT personnel have been providing program, engineering, analysis, Configuration Management, Integrated Logistic Support, status, training, product assurance, program management support and associated management support to NUWCDIVNPT for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs). This includes the Mission Reconfigurable Unmanned Undersea Vehicle System (MRUUVS). Within the MRUUVS efforts ASFT prepared project plans and documentation associated with Manpower/Personnel, Supply Support, Cost, Tech Data, Training/Training Support, Reliability, Maintainability, Availability, Information Assurance and Human System Interface. ASFT analysts have reviewed and performed assessments of the status of cost goals and initiatives of the UUV program. ASFT analysts developed the current NUWC MRUUVS Program Life Cycle Cost Estimate model, and updated the appropriate MRUUVS cost related documentation such as the CDD and the CARD to the current assumptions and estimates. ASFT personnel also provide on-site support to the Unmanned Maritime Vehicle Systems Program Office (PMS 403) in Washington, DC, managing the delivery, deployment and data population of the PMS403 web based secure enterprise Management Information System (MIS), myUMVS. This includes UUV and Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) product areas, Technical Director /System Engineering data and PMS 403 Program Management data.

In January 2007 Mr. Philip Higgins, who served as the Technical Director of the Navy's submarine launched UUVs as well as the Customer Advocate for all UUV programs joined the ASFT family. Mr. Higgins brought with him the technical and management experience necessary to set up UUV Programs at ASFT. In January 2008, ASFT hired Mr. James Paiva who served as the Program manager for the Navy's Long-term Mine Reconnaissance System as well as other major Navy UUV acquisition programs. His experience in program management and engineering spans over 30 years.