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Show HILL TOP TIMES Friday, November 21, 1986 dig sawiy for weopoinis iff filly. (Continued from page 12) B-1- mation Systems not only saves money but also enables each service to have access to information in both services' systems. "This cooperative effort involves joint specifications, joint program management, shared costs and a single contract," General Hammond pointed out. He noted that a valuable attribute of EDCARS will be its capability to accept data directly from contractors who have already recorded it in digital format. Since contractors are increasingly adopting computer-aide- d design and computer-aide- d manufacturing techniques, so called CADCAM, it's important for the Air Force to be able to tap this source of data. Modern weapon systems whose manufacturers are producing CADCAM digital data include the the B, D, and the Peacekeeper missile. The B-- l bomber alone, for example, requires 1.5 million engineering drawings for its manufacture and logistic support. After completion of a test period at Sacramento ALC, AFLC will install a second system at Oklahoma City ALC, Tinker AFB, Okla. Then identical systems will follow in order at Ogden ALC; San Antonio ALC, Kelly AFB, Texas; and Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Ga. Acquisition cost for the five EDCARS systems is $32.6 million through fiscal 1987. After implementation, EDCARS will save AFLC $19 million per year. Altogether, the Air Force and Army envision EDCARS installations at 12 sites. AFLC's EDCARS program is managed by a team headed by Clifford Hall, of the Logistics Manage- six-mon- mig)ment System savings estimated at $19 million th ED-CAR- S per year ment Systems Center at Wright-PattersoAFB. to Mr. EDCARS uses the latest Hall, According laser technology to scan and digitize data. Each optical disk used to store the informaiton holds an average of 20,000 drawings. The nucleus of the image storage and retrieval subsystem is an optical-dis- k "jukebox," which can store some four million n engineering drawings. EDCARS enables users to look at images, or alphanumeric data on graphics display terminals. They can reproduce the material on printers. Users with specific authority to do so can also change existing drawings stored in the system, Mr. Hall said. The EDCARS network will fulfill the Army and Air Force portion of Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger's Directed Spare Parts Initiative to automate Department of Defense engineering data repositories. "The network will greatly enhance the two services' capability to manage engineering data effectively and to competitively procure weapon-systerepair parts more quickly and economically," General Hammond said. In this regard, he emphasized two particular benefits that EDCARS will give the Air Force. One is increased competitive procurement of spare parts as opposed to contracting. Competitive procurement depends upon having accurate engineering drawings available. The other special benefit for a military organization is that EDCARS will be a decentralized system that, with telecommunications, makes it simple to maintain a backup file. This backup would be used in case the main file were damaged or destroyed during a contingency. Other benefits from the EDCARS digital system include: Easier revision and updating Less required storage space Faster retrieval and distribution Remote as well as local capability Flexibility through use of modular subsystems to incorporate future improvements into the system With EDCARS, General Hammond concluded, "Our people responsible for technical documentation will have a valuable tool for maintaining our military preparedness into the next century." 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