Define product support objectives, organizational responsibilities, and resource requirements. Establish governance and coordination mechanisms for life-cycle support.

Develop the product support strategy and plan, integrating logistics, maintenance, and sustainment objectives into system design.

Implement product support elements, coordinate supply chain activities, and validate sustainment readiness.

Manage and optimize product support performance, monitor sustainment metrics, and adjust strategies to maintain availability and cost-effectiveness.

Oversee end-of-life support activities, ensure proper demilitarization, and capture lessons learned for future programs.

Define design requirements that incorporate supportability, maintainability, and affordability objectives.

Integrate logistic and maintenance feedback into system design to optimize reliability and ease of support.

Verify that design outputs meet supportability requirements and enable efficient production and maintenance.

Evaluate design performance in operation and implement modifications to improve supportability and availability.

Ensure design provisions facilitate safe disposal, recycling, or reuse of system components.

Define sustainment requirements and plan for engineering support throughout the system life cycle.

Incorporate reliability, maintainability, and testability analyses into system design and validation.

Monitor production performance, resolve engineering issues, and ensure configuration consistency.

Analyze failure data, implement corrective actions, and support system modifications to sustain performance.

Provide engineering support for deactivation, disposal, and recovery of materials and data.

Define initial supply concept, identify critical items, and outline provisioning strategy.

Determine spare parts lists, sourcing plans, and inventory requirements based on design data and usage predictions.

Establish supply chains, validate provisioning data, and ensure material readiness for deployment.

Manage spares, optimize inventory levels, and monitor supply performance to maintain system availability.

Plan and control disposition of excess materials and spares in compliance with environmental and security regulations.

Define maintenance objectives, levels, and concepts aligned with operational requirements.

Develop maintenance tasks, intervals, and resource requirements based on reliability and maintainability analyses.

Validate maintenance procedures and resources through demonstration and technical documentation.

Manage maintenance execution, monitor performance, and adjust plans to improve system availability and cost-effectiveness.

Define maintenance activities required for system retirement, deactivation, and disposal.

Establish initial LSA scope, maintenance concept, and data requirements. Integrate logistic considerations into early design and planning activities.

Refine maintenance and supply concepts through detailed LSA. Define support equipment, spares, and data requirements.

Implement logistic support plans, validate maintenance procedures, and establish provisioning and training resources.

Execute maintenance and supply operations, monitor performance, and update support data to sustain availability and readiness.

Plan and conduct decommissioning, recovery, and disposal of systems and materials in compliance with environmental and regulatory requirements.

Identify data needs and establish configuration and documentation standards.

Generate and validate technical publications, drawings, and maintenance documentation.

Control updates, verify accuracy, and ensure accessibility of technical data for production and deployment.

Maintain, distribute, and update technical data based on operational feedback and configuration changes.

Archive or dispose of technical data according to regulatory and contractual requirements.

Identify preliminary support equipment needs and interfaces with system design.

Define, design, and test support and test equipment to ensure compatibility and maintainability.

Manufacture, acquire, and validate support equipment for operational readiness.

Manage calibration, maintenance, and updates of support equipment to sustain performance.

Plan for reuse, recycling, or disposal of support equipment in accordance with regulations.

Define training needs, target audiences, and required competencies.

Design curricula, training materials, and simulators consistent with system design and maintenance tasks.

Validate training programs, prepare instructors, and deliver initial training to operational personnel.

Conduct refresher and advanced training, incorporating lessons learned from operational experience.

Provide training for system retirement, deactivation, and transfer of residual knowledge.

Identify manpower requirements, skill levels, and personnel constraints for system support.

Refine manpower estimates and define roles, responsibilities, and qualification criteria.

Recruit, train, and allocate personnel to support production and sustainment readiness.

Manage staffing levels, qualifications, and workload balance to maintain operational performance.

Plan personnel transition, reassignment, or release related to system retirement.

Identify facility and infrastructure needs to support system development, testing, and operation.

Design or adapt facilities to accommodate maintenance, training, and storage requirements.

Construct, equip, and validate facilities to support manufacturing and sustainment activities.

Manage facility operations, maintenance, and upgrades to sustain support capabilities.

Plan and execute decommissioning or repurposing of facilities in compliance with regulations.

Identify computer resource requirements, interfaces, and integration needs for system support.

Design, develop, and test hardware and software to support system operations and maintenance.

Implement, verify, and configure computer resources to ensure compatibility and readiness.

Operate, maintain, and update computer resources to ensure data integrity and system performance.

Manage data migration, system deactivation, and secure disposal of computer resources.