Importance of Commercial Standards in Navy Environmental System Acquisition

1. Importance of Commercial Standards in Navy Environmental System Acquisition Mr. Peter McGraw Environmental Systems and Materials Engineering Technical Warrant Holder Naval Sea Systems Command 05P25 Distribution Statement A: Approved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited. (7/13/2014). This Brief is provided for Information Only and does not constitute a commitment on behalf of the U.S. government to provide additional information and / or sale of the system. Presented at the ASTM F25 Seminar on Environmental Requirements for Commercial and Navy Ships for Efficient Maritime Operations and Effective Environmental Stewardship 9Dec09

2. Outline • Navy Environmental Systems Acquisition Strategy • Commercial Standards in Navy Designs • Benefits • Risks • Where are the gaps?

3. Navy Environmental Systems Acquisition • Historical Approach • Specific Navy designs were required to meet unique space and weight limitations, as well as safety, shock, and vibration requirements • Military specifications and standards • Custom Navy designs • Collection, holding and transfer system • Parallel plate oil-water separator (OWS) • ET-35N oil content monitor (OCM) • Solid waste pulper • Plastic waste processor

4. Navy Environmental Systems Acquisition • Historical Approach • Small market drove higher costs • Specific materials for Navy use • Shock, vibration and EMI qualifications • Space, weight, safety requirements

5. Navy Environmental Systems Acquisition • Acquisition Reform • Open competition • Performance-based specifications • Problem: Design yards often make hardware selections with acquisition cost as principal driver • Little regard for Total Ownership Costs • Range of commercial systems and components across ship classes • OWS, OCM • Marine Sanitation Devices (MSD) • Pumps, valves • Logistics, training, maintenance burdens and escalating costs associated with multiple designs

6. Navy Environmental Systems Acquisition • Desire for Commonality • “Pendulum must swing back” to reasonable, middle ground • First step: develop strong set of commercial standards including performance, maintainability and reliability, as well as Navy unique requirements • Invoke commercial standards in new ship specifications • Commercial industry responds with products ready for Navy application • Must have competitive market from which to choose

7. Navy Environmental Systems Acquisition • Desire for Commonality • Navy uses Technology Identification and Assessment Process (TIAP) to evaluate alternatives and choose best option for new ships Primary goal is to have specifications and standards in place that meet long term Navy needs

8. Benefits of Common Systems • Reduce number of system designs in fleet, simplifying • logistics • training • operations • maintenance • Reduce total ownership costs

9. Benefits – Solid Waste Pulper Example • National Defense Authorization Act for FY1997 required processing of paper, cardboard and food waste from ships beyond 3 nm • Large and/or Small Navy Pulpers installed on every ship by Dec 2000 • Produces non-floating seawater slurry that can be discharged overboard • Easy to use, rugged, made with CRES materials • Common logistics, training, O&M throughout fleet reduces costs to Navy

10. Risks • Navy’s unique mission makes many commercial standards insufficient by themselves • limited space for equipment footprint, operational and maintenance envelopes • weight, center-of-gravity (CG) restrictions • shock, vibration, noise, EMI • unpredictable operating profile • varied skill level of average operator

11. Risks • Intense pressure from ship design offices to not deviate from baseline design • control acquisition costs • expired military specs and standards have been selected over active commercial standards in some new designs

12. Where are the gaps? • Oil pollution abatement • F 2283-04: incorporate comments • Marine sanitation devices • F 2363-06: requires major modification • Thermal destruction/incineration • F 1322-90, F 1323-01 in place • Ballast water treatment • Engine air emissions, alternative fuels • Seawater piping anti-fouling? • Solid waste processing? • Hull cleaning?

13. Why do we do it?

14. To prevent this:

15. Using this:

16. Questions?