Naval Systems Data Support Activity
Naval Systems Data Support Activity (NSDSA) has come a
long way since its inception 32 years ago. What was once a
large, labor-intensive organization with limited capabilities is
now a lean, efficient, highly automated organization managing
more than 200,000 Technical Manuals and their support functions
for Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and other naval
activities.
NSDSA serves as NAVSEA's and Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Command‘s Center of Excellence for technical
manual infrastructure/support while improving and modernizing
the delivery, quality and cost of our technical manual products
and technical manual services.
History of NSDSA
The early NSDSA was an organization of more than 140 people
performing numerous manual tasks to manage the NAVSEA Technical
Manual program.
Today, NSDSA consists of fewer than 35
persons using automated capabilities to establish and maintain
guidelines and processes that result in improvements in
optimization of in-service support for combat/weapon systems,
equipments and ship programs. In addition to managing the
Technical Manual program for NAVSEA (the original charter),
NSDSA also manages the Technical Manual Management Program
(TMMP) for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), and
the Air Traffic Control and Combat Identification (ATC&CI)
program for Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), which it has
managed since the early 1990s.
NSDSA Products and
Services
Management of combat and weapon systems spare parts is an
important part of the logistician's job. Here, a logistics
expert assesses inventory status with a ship's crew during an
in-port visit.
32 years ago, the NSDSA needed 140
people to manage a few thousand manuals.
Today, 35 people
use automated capabilities to manage the more than 200,000
technical manuals used by our fleet.