ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- On Sept. 13, Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche, Army Materiel Command's deputy commanding general, presented Anniston Army Depot with the Army Award for Maintenance Excellence, depot category, for fiscal year 2015.
This was the second time in the last three years ANAD has received the award.
The honor recognizes the installation's dedication to providing quality products to America's warfighters while reducing costs through process improvements and technological advancements.
For 2015, the award centered on the Total InteGrated Engine Revitalization, or TIGER, program. TIGER provides improved reliability and durability of the AGT1500 engine, which is used in the M1 Abrams tank.
"The TIGER program is the product of a close relationship, nurtured and developed for more than 10 years," said ANAD Commander Col. Martine Kidd. "Unquestionably, the TIGER initiative has assisted our commanders to employ the most effective ground force in the world and the professional and patriotic workforce at ANAD remains committed to supporting our warfighters through this and any means possible."
The concept which became the TIGER program was proposed in 2003. In 2005, the program was formally chartered under an enterprise agreement with Product Director Main Battle Tank, Tank Automotive Command.
Since then, ANAD and Honeywell have worked cooperatively through a work-share Public-Private Partnership.
Under a partnership agreement, ANAD provides a highly skilled labor force, while Honeywell provides supply chain management and technical expertise.
Production began in 2007.
The depot has converted 3,337 engines as of November 2015.
The primary goal of the TIGER program is to reduce operation and maintenance costs, which is the largest cost driver for maintaining the M1 Abrams tank. TIGER is an integration of field and depot-level maintenance activities, overhaul process improvements and component reset. The maintenance concept includes an initial reset, followed by condition-based overhaul.
The majority of the TIGER workload is now within the condition-based overhaul scope of work, which is significantly less costly than a full overhaul, but produces the same 1,400-hour engine life expectancy.
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