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GE takes considerable pride in its Program Management (PM) and
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services. Both programs
have been shown to reduce program risk from cradle to grave
while also reducing costs both in development and deployment.
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Our PM service rigorously strives to eliminate
the many avenues of risk in UAV program
development. From develop of the product
requirements and program schedule to the
product qualification and release for produc-
tion, we work closely with the customer to
demonstrate our design and manufacturing
progress as measured against the program
baselines and forecasts.
For example, in a critical UAV subsystem,
a Tier I provider approached us for assis-
tance because they were experiencing
unacceptable performance and schedule
risk. GE, with a state-of-the-art GPGPU
solution, was able to put them ahead of
schedule and reduce each aspect of the
SWaP profile while improving performance
more than seven-fold.
We make every effort to pair proven
commercial products with UAS design proj-
ects because we realize that the introduction
of new or customized technology is an
avenue of risk. In the event that stock prod-
ucts cannot meet customer specifications,
our PM staff will develop a customer-centric
plan to shepherd the product development
from prototype to production.
Price change risk is eliminated because our
initial quote remains the price until delivery.
In addition, our contract change manage-
ment service reduces costly change orders
by ensuring that every change has been
formally approved by the customer and
that a separate purchase order has been
cut to reflect that change.
