LME® Product Development and Support Services

LME® has over 39 years of Engineering and Support Services experience. We provide a wide variety of "cradle to grave" Logistics, Management, and Engineering Support Services - for Department of Defense customers, and primarily in the area of Aviation Life Support.

LME® engineers and logisticians work together to provide detailed engineering designs and modifications to existing concepts and designs. Throughout the product life cycle shown below, we strive for results that not only serve the needs of the Program Manager, but the ultimate customer - the warfighter. Our knowledge and experience has been gained through years of military program experience - often gained after years of actual military service using the same types of equipment. We apply that knowledge and experience in Aviation Life Support Equipment to work with the Program Manager, government engineers and logisticians, engineering commands, supply commands, support equipment commands, contract personnel, and active duty potential users to ensure designs are practical, integrated, cost effective, maintainable, and supportable.

Discussed below are only a few of the basic services and some of the recent product developments where LME® personnel have provided support.

Representative Engineering Design and Development Projects and Products

• Helmet Programs (Advanced Helmet Vision System - Navy; Advanced Cobra Helmet - Marines)
• Spinal Preload Piston (SPP - direct application to the ACES ejection seat - Air Force Small Business Innovative Research, SBIR)
• Three Weight Range, Five Force Level Energy Absorbing Crew Seat (R&D project, helicopter troop seat applications)
• PLAAS (Precision Low Altitude, Low Velocity Air Drop System - R&D project, Army and Air Force applications)
• Helicopter and Non-Ejection Seat Cushions (AH-1W; OH-58/D; AWACS; E-6)
• Navy Helicopter Backpack (flotation with survival equipment)
• Navy State-of-the-Art Survival Items (Commercial-off-the-Shelf equipment evaluations)
• Navy/Marine SoftRope (rappelling system)
• Engineering Drawings/Data

Representative Logistics Management Information Provided

• Comparative Analyses
• DoD 5000.2 Acquisition Documentation
• Maintenance Plans
• Maintenance Manuals
• Drawing Trees/Top-Down-Breakdowns
• Acquisition Plans/Integrated Logistics Support Plans/Acquisition Logistics Support Plans/Logistics-Product Support Plans/ Life Cycle Sustainment Plans
• Integrated Milestone Schedules
• Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA)
• Type Designation and Nomenclature Requests
• Fielding Plans/Fielding Introduction and Support
• Configuration Management Plans
• Risk Management Plans and Risk Monitoring
• Design Change Notices
• Meetings Support/Minutes/Action Item Follow-up

Representative Product Developments Supported

• Army Air Warrior (full on site support from initial vision of the Aircrew Integrated Ensemble Concept Study through the current Gen III fielding and deployment, including Engineering Technical Services - ETS)
• Helmet Programs (Advanced Helmet Vision System - Navy; HGU-56/P - Army; HGU-68/P and related - Navy; Advanced Cobra Helmet - Marines)
• Helmet Mounted Display Systems (AHVS - Navy)
• Navy Clothing Team (CWU-86 & -87/P Anti-Exposure Coveralls; Multi-Climate Protection System; Aircrew Endurance; Helicopter Egress System for Passengers (HESP); vest systems including AIRSAVE and Aircrew Endurance; CMARS restraint; CBR mask and clothing integration)
• Navy and Joint Laser Eye Protection Programs (multi-wavelength visors and spectacles including JALEPV, step-in visors, EDU-5/P spectacles, and AGILE laser eye protection)
• NACES (Navy ejection seat)
• LRU-18/U (Navy inflatable vee-bottom life raft)
• Navy Low Profile Flotation Collar
• Navy Technology Transition Programs
• External Airbag Protection Systems (EAPS) - Navy/Marines
• Emergency Air Systems (HEED; HABD; SEA; MRS III)
• Navy State-of-the-Art Survival Items (Commercial-off-the-Shelf equipment evaluations)

Recent Direct Supply Support Programs

• Naval Air Test Center (helicopter engineering and parts)
• Homeland Security (first responder kits)