Honeywell pursuing enterprise performance-based logistics program

Honeywell has submitted a proposal for an enterprise program-based logistics effort that will stretch across the Air Force, Army and Navy and could last for up to 10 years.

Tricia Unger, vice president of defense and space technical sales and operations at Honeywell, told Inside Defense in an interview the EPBL program, as its known, is a next-generation logistics program that would cover 17 different platforms across the services. The Defense Logistics Agency is the lead contracting agency, according to Honeywell.

Unger said the program would include Honeywell-made mechanical products such as auxiliary power units, wheels and brakes, environmental control equipment and engines.

Managing the logistics of a program wouldn't mean Honeywell would do all of the work, she added. In many cases, the contractor turns to government depots to undertake the repair work.

“We find that the depot labor is both very skilled as well as very cost efficient for us to use,” Unger said.

As part of the EPBL effort, Honeywell would also be able to support foreign military sales work and equipment owned by sister services like the Marine Corps or the Department of Homeland Security, she said.

Unger said EPBL is meant to lower the cost for the government while improving availability. Its long-term nature also would provide stability for Honeywell.

“There's a lot of time, money, energy, resources involved with generating repetitive contracting actions,” she told Inside Defense. This contract would allow the company to send a “consistent signal to our supply chain."