WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In today’s dynamic environment, maintaining operational readiness with financial accountability requires continuous innovation and adaptation.
The Reliability Availability and Maintainability for Pods (RAMPOD) team collaborated with the Reliability and Maintainability Information System (REMIS), and Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS) product teams, to consolidate and modernize avionics pods’ maintenance information systems, streamlining asset management, improving financial accountability, and freeing up resources for other Air Force programs. This directly enhances operational readiness and supports vital Air Force initiatives. Key achievements include:
- Accelerated Legacy System Sunset: Expediting the RAMPOD legacy system’s sunsetting and its maintenance data migration by seven years will unlock an estimated $6.2 million annually for reinvestment into strategic capabilities to support operational needs, a crucial step in maintaining a competitive edge.
- Enhanced Data Accuracy and Compliance: Comprehensive training and support ensures accurate data entry, driving compliance with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act of 1990 and safeguarding the integrity of over $38.8 billion in investments supporting Air Force core readiness and infrastructure.
- Streamlined Pod Management: By developing the capability to facilitate and validate the conversion of 7,500 part/serial-numbered pods to equipment identifier end items, this team successfully migrated all Air Force-owned pods to modern systems, saving three to six months of error-prone manual data entry, and guaranteeing continuous financial accountability for the $9.2 billion portfolio while simultaneously ensuring the seamless execution of 42,568 Combat and Mobility Air Forces missions across eight weapons systems.
- Improved Collaboration and Policy Development: This team helped develop uniform policies and procedures for pods data management and workflow by orchestrating technical exchanges among over 100 personnel from various organizations including Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management, Headquarters Air Force for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection and System Integrators. A successful proof of concept validated the integration of over 1,000 pods, worth $132 million, mitigating risks for the final integration of 6,500 pods.
“In 15 months, the combined team of our Logistics Information Technology and Financial Management Comptroller customers, Field Maintenance users, plus Business and Enterprise Systems’ Capability Delivery Teams from RAMPOD, REMIS, and IMDS, have fulfilled a 2018 mandate, by consolidating legacy avionics pods maintenance into modernized information systems, improving operational readiness right now, and helping enable Air Force audit readiness in 2026,” said George Touchette, Portfolio Manager, Maintenance and Installation Systems. “This is a big win by a large team with flightline, depot, support, and headquarters stakeholders, across numerous Major Commands!”