# Obsolescence program for fielded defense electronics

> Spares, repairs and obsolescence management for a fielded electronics unit of a defense platform supplier, built on the original build records.

Page: https://ganiindustrial.com/cases/defense-electronics-obsolescence · Language: en

A defense platform stays in service far longer than the electronics inside it stay in production. The unit still works; the components in it stopped being made a decade ago, and the original production line no longer exists.

GANI supports the fielded unit: spares built to the original build records, repair of returned units, and obsolescence management — tracking which components are at end of life, finding qualified alternatives, and documenting each change so the unit remains the unit it was approved as.

Working from the original build records is what makes this legitimate rather than a rebuild. A supported unit has to be traceable to the configuration it was accepted under, and any deviation from it has to be a documented, approved decision rather than a substitution made at the bench.

## Starting point

A platform supplier had to support a fielded electronic unit long after its original component base started disappearing. Repairs were undocumented, spares were unpredictable, and every end-of-life notice triggered a scramble.

Build records and test documentation for the unit existed from earlier series production; there was no structured obsolescence watch and no repair flow.

## What we need from you

- Original build records, BOM and test documentation
- Fleet size and expected support horizon
- Return stream of failed units from the field
- Security and handling requirements for the material

## Our scope

- Obsolescence monitoring across the unit BOM
- Last-time-buy proposals with buffer stock held per agreement
- Repair flow with fault analysis and re-test on original fixtures
- Test report issued per repaired serial number
- Spares built from build records in small covering batches

## Outcome

- Support horizon secured through executed last-time-buys
- Repairs returned with test reports traceable to the original records
- Spares batches built to the original documentation on demand
- Quarterly obsolescence report established with the supplier


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