| Systems Engineering & Technical Assistance
Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, LLC (ACT I) is a diversified professional services firm founded in 1998 to meet client challenges in a wide range of Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) services including major systems acquisition management, cost estimating, engineering and systems analysis, technology insertion, logistics, prototyping, test and evaluation, and enterprise modeling and simulation (for details of ACT I’s SETA success stories click here). We also provide enterprise information systems architecture, outsourcing, portfolio management, program management, and strategic and capital planning consulting. ACT I only solicits and performs engineering services in support to federal agencies providing a wide range of SETA services to the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and the TACOM Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) since 1999. Over 95 different work directives have been accomplished on ACT I’s System Technical Support Services contract with the Army covering the following types of efforts:
ACT I has been performing cost estimating, affordability alternative analysis, and economic analysis modeling and manufacturing planning and assessments for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) since 1999 and the F/A-22 program since 2002. For NAVAIR PMA 225, ACT I developed a Business Case Analysis and Total Cost of Ownership (TOC) of the F-16A/B “TOP GUN” Aggressor Aircraft. ACT I has also been providing cost estimating, cost reduction engineering, and other system technical support services to the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) and the TACOM Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) since 1999. For the Joint Strike Fighter acquisition program, ACT I gathers, normalizes, and analyzes cost estimating data, develops cost estimating relationships, and supports JSF Cost alternative affordability modeling (e.g., the Joint Common Cost Model). We operate and maintain JSF Cost Models as directed by the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office (JSFPO) Cost IPT. ACT I collects, normalizes, and analyzes data used to update JSF Cost Models. ACT I has built corporate level business base and indirect rate models for the major JSF primes and subcontractors. We develop cost/benefit models for alternative JSF aircraft variants. ACT I also supports JSF Manufacturing Planning and Assessments, Process Action Teams (PATs), Initial Baseline Reviews (IBRs), Cost Reconciliations, EVMS analysis, and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) pricing activities as directed by the JSF Cost IPT. For additional details of ACT I’s SETA related services, see additional product/services descriptions under Acquisition Management, Enterprise Modeling, Logistics and Manufacturing Services.
Virgil F. McCaleb Harold E. Rafuse,
Ph.D. Michael A. Niggel
U. S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command U.S. Army Reserve Center
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