Capability 05

Program Management & Engineering Services

Engineering Expertise. Disciplined Execution. Mission Results.

JIRACOR brings together program managers, reliability engineers, logisticians, analysts, and technical professionals to support complex defense programs throughout the acquisition and sustainment lifecycle. Our expertise spans program controls, reliability and maintainability engineering, Reliability-Centered Maintenance, logistics and supportability engineering, readiness and lifecycle analytics, SETA, and specialized professional services.

What We Deliver

Six Core Capability Areas

01

Program Management & Program Controls

JIRACOR provides disciplined program management and program controls supporting complex defense programs from planning through execution and delivery.

Program Planning & ControlIntegrated Master Scheduling (IMS)Cost, Schedule & Performance ManagementRisk & Opportunity ManagementIntegrated Product Team (IPT) CoordinationCustomer & Stakeholder CoordinationCDRL & Deliverable ManagementConfiguration ManagementQuality ManagementTechnical and Program ReviewsAction Item & Milestone ManagementPerformance Reporting
02

Reliability, Maintainability & RCM Engineering

JIRACOR provides specialized Reliability, Maintainability & Availability (RM&A) and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) engineering support to help defense customers understand failure risk, develop effective maintenance strategies, improve system availability, and make data-driven lifecycle decisions.

Engineering Readiness Into the System Lifecycle

Reliability is Engineered — Not Inspected In.

JIRACOR integrates reliability and maintainability considerations into engineering analysis, program planning, technical reviews, maintenance development, and lifecycle sustainment to help customers improve readiness, manage risk, and control lifecycle cost. Our experience supports systems throughout development, production, fielding, in-service operation, and sustainment.

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Professional Credential

ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) Expertise on Staff

JIRACOR's reliability engineering capabilities are strengthened by ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) expertise on staff.

The ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer credential recognizes professionals with expertise in improving the reliability, maintainability, and safety of products, systems, and processes. CRE professionals apply engineering and analytical methods to identify potential failures, evaluate reliability performance, and support effective reliability and lifecycle decisions.

For JIRACOR customers, this expertise complements our work in areas such as:

  • Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Engineering
  • Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
  • FMEA / FMECA
  • Reliability prediction and analysis
  • Weibull and statistical reliability analysis
  • Failure and root-cause analysis
  • FRACAS
  • Maintainability analysis
  • Reliability growth
  • Risk and failure analysis
  • Maintenance strategy development
  • Lifecycle sustainment and readiness

Professionally Recognized Reliability Expertise

The ASQ CRE certification program is accredited by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) under ISO/IEC 17024, providing independent recognition of the certification program against established credentialing standards.

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Reliability & Maintainability EngineeringReliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)Reliability Modeling, Prediction & AllocationReliability, Availability, Maintainability & Cost (RAM-C)Failure Modes, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)FMEAMaintainability AnalysisR&M VerificationFailure Reporting, Analysis & Corrective Action (FRACAS)Failure Analysis & Corrective ActionSystem Safety EngineeringHuman Factors AnalysisReliability GrowthMaintenance Strategy Development
03

Logistics & Supportability Engineering

JIRACOR integrates engineering and logistics disciplines to develop practical, supportable sustainment strategies throughout the system lifecycle.

Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)Supportability AnalysisLevel of Repair Analysis (LORA)Logistics Support StudiesMaintenance PlanningMaintenance AllocationRecommended Spare PartsSupport & Test Equipment AnalysisPreventive Maintenance DevelopmentRepair ProceduresLogistics Product DataTechnical DocumentationPackaging, Handling, Storage & TransportationLifecycle Logistics
04

Readiness & Lifecycle Analytics

JIRACOR connects reliability engineering, logistics, sparing, cost, and system availability to support data-driven lifecycle decisions.

Featured Capability

Readiness-Based Sparing

JIRACOR applies engineering and logistics analysis to support decisions regarding the mix and allocation of spare parts needed to achieve system availability and operational readiness objectives. RBS provides a system-level approach for evaluating the relationship between reliability, maintainability, inventory, support structure, cost, and readiness.

Reliability+
Maintainability+
Supportability+
Spares+
Cost
Mission Readiness
Readiness-Based Sparing (RBS)Spare Parts OptimizationInventory OptimizationAvailability & Readiness AnalysisMaintenance Concept OptimizationSupportability AnalysisCost / Readiness Trade StudiesLifecycle Cost AnalysisSustainment Scenario Analysis
05

SETA & Technical Support

JIRACOR provides experienced technical professionals supporting Government and defense program organizations with engineering expertise, disciplined processes, and integration across Government and industry teams.

Scientific, Engineering, Technical & Analytical (SETA) SupportEngineering AnalysisProgram Office SupportAcquisition SupportRequirements SupportTechnical ReviewsTechnical DocumentationLifecycle Engineering SupportProcess & Performance ImprovementCross-Functional Technical Coordination
06

Training, Facilitation & Business Operations

JIRACOR supports complex defense organizations through professional services and workforce development, drawing on demonstrated experience within defense program environments.

Integrated Product Team DevelopmentProject Team DevelopmentProject Management TrainingTraining & FacilitationWorkforce DevelopmentProcess / Performance ImprovementBusiness Operations SupportProgram CoordinationPerformance ReportingAdministrative & Mission Support
Program managers and engineers reviewing technical documentation

Program Execution

Analyst reviewing engineering data and analytics dashboard

Engineering Analysis

Featured Program Experience

Readiness-Based Sparing (RBS)

Readiness AnalyticsSparing OptimizationLifecycle LogisticsDecision Support

JIRACOR as a subcontractor supports Readiness-Based Sparing (RBS) analysis for U.S. Navy lifecycle logistics, applying analytical methods to help evaluate spare-parts requirements in relation to system availability, readiness, reliability, maintainability, supportability, and lifecycle cost.

Engineering analyst reviewing readiness and lifecycle logistics data

RBS Analytics Capabilities

Readiness-Based Sparing analysis
Spare parts and inventory analysis
System availability analysis
Reliability and maintainability inputs
Supportability analysis
Cost and readiness trade studies
Maintenance and logistics analysis
Lifecycle logistics analysis
Sparing recommendations
Data analysis and modeling
Decision support

Program Experience

U.S. Navy Readiness-Based Sparing

JIRACOR's RBS experience supports lifecycle logistics analysis and data-driven sparing decisions designed to balance system readiness, availability, support requirements, and lifecycle cost.

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Analytics to Readiness

System Data
RBS Analysis
Sparing Strategy
Availability
Readiness

Professional Analytical Tools

Engineering & Lifecycle Analytics Tools

JIRACOR's engineers are the capability. Analytical software provides the framework — our engineers provide the judgment needed to interpret results, evaluate failure risk, develop maintenance and support strategies, recommend corrective actions, and translate technical data into actionable lifecycle decisions.

Reliability & Maintainability Analytics

ReliaSoft®

  • Weibull / Life Data Analysis (Weibull++)
  • FMEA / FMECA (XFMEA)
  • Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM++)
  • Reliability & Availability Modeling (BlockSim)
  • Reliability Prediction (Lambda Predict)
  • FRACAS (XFRACAS)

Reliability & Maintainability Analytics

PTC Windchill Risk & Reliability

  • Reliability Prediction
  • FMEA / FMECA
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Reliability Block Diagrams
  • FRACAS
  • Maintainability Analysis
  • Weibull Analysis
  • Lifecycle Cost Analysis

Readiness, Supportability & Lifecycle Analytics

Systecon Opus Suite / OPUS10

  • Readiness-Based Sparing
  • Spare Parts Optimization
  • Inventory Optimization
  • Availability Analysis
  • Supportability Analysis
  • Maintenance Concept Optimization
  • Cost / Readiness Trade Studies
  • Lifecycle Analysis

Tools + Engineering Judgment

Analytical software provides the framework. JIRACOR's engineers provide the engineering judgment needed to interpret results, evaluate failure risk, develop maintenance and support strategies, recommend corrective actions, and translate technical data into actionable lifecycle decisions.

Reliability Engineering
Maintainability
Supportability
Sparing
Cost
Mission Readiness
Program management team collaborating on defense program planning

Past Performance

Selected Program Experience

Prime Contract Experience
Prime Contractor

Navy Budget Resources Support Services

Prime ContractProgram SupportU.S. Navy

As the Prime Contractor, JIRACOR provided program management, administrative, financial management, human resources, executive/front-office, and business operations support for Department of the Navy organizations under two successive NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk contracts.

Program Detail
Selected Subcontract Experience

NAVSEA Project Management & Workforce Support

Program ManagementTrainingFacilitation

As a subcontractor to Serco, JIRACOR currently supports NAVSEA project management and workforce requirements, providing project-team development, facilitation, workforce development, project-management processes, and professional support within complex Naval maintenance organizations.

Program Detail

Combat Rescue Helicopter Delta Training Devices

Integrated LogisticsProgram Support

As a subcontractor to LSI Inc., JIRACOR provided logistics and engineering support for Combat Rescue Helicopter training devices, including logistics planning, training-device supportability, technical data and CDRL support, reliability and maintainability, configuration management, and lifecycle sustainment.

Program Detail

NAVAIR Reliability-Centered Maintenance

RCMReliability EngineeringMaintenance Optimization

As a subcontractor to Andromeda Systems Incorporated (ASI), JIRACOR supported NAVAIR Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) activities, conducting RCM analyses for new-procurement and in-service Naval aviation systems including aircraft engines, aircraft systems, support equipment, and depot plant equipment, along with RCM Working Group and related technical and administrative support.

Program Detail

CNATRA RCM Support

RCMFleet ReadinessMaintenance Analysis

As a subcontractor to Andromeda Systems Incorporated (ASI), JIRACOR provided Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) support for the CNATRA Fleet Support Team, supporting preventive-maintenance requirements, failure-management strategies, RCM analyses, and lifecycle sustainment of Naval aviation systems.

Program Detail

Our Approach

From Program Execution to Engineering Analysis

JIRACOR brings together program managers, engineers, logisticians, analysts, facilitators, and technical professionals to support complex defense programs from acquisition through sustainment. Our experience spans program controls, reliability and maintainability engineering, lifecycle logistics, readiness analysis, SETA support, training, facilitation, and business operations.

By integrating technical expertise with disciplined program execution, JIRACOR helps customers manage risk, improve system readiness, optimize lifecycle support, and execute mission-critical programs.

Cross-functional engineering team conducting technical review and collaborative analysis

JIRACOR Philosophy

People
Products
Process
People+ProcessMission Results

Related Capability

RCM, FMECA, LORA, and logistics analysis also support JIRACOR's Lifecycle Logistics & Sustainment capability.

Lifecycle Logistics & Sustainment

Execute with Discipline.

JIRACOR brings together program managers, engineers, logisticians, analysts, facilitators, and technical professionals to support complex defense programs from acquisition through sustainment.