2010 PBL Award Winner Memo

On 28 Aug 2010, in a memo entitled “2010 Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics Awards Selection”, the acting Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) announced the winners of the 2010 Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Awards. According to the memo, “Performance Based Logistics (PBL) is the Department of Defense strategy to improve weapon system readiness by obtaining life cycle product support of weapon systems, sub-systems, and components as an integrated package based on outputmeasures, such as materiel availability, materiel reliability, and reduced ownership cost. The Secretary of Defense PBL Awards recognize government/industry teams that havedemonstrated outstanding achievements in providing our warfighters with exceptionaloperational capability through PBL agreements.” The 2010 Secretary of Defense PBL Award Winners are: System Level Gerald R. Beck Memorial Award:Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (Shadow) – US ArmyPEO Aviation / Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Management Office Sub-system Level:AH-64D Apache / Boeing – US ArmyPEO Aviation / Apache Project Management Office  Component Level:H-46 Sea Knight / H-53 Sea Stallion APUs – US Navy Naval Inventory Control Point / H-53 Integrated Weapons System Team Division The 2010 DoD Performance Based Logistics awards were presented by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness at the October 2010 Aerospace Industries Association (AlA) Fall Product Support Conference. 2010 was the sixth consecutive year these awards have been given.