///// Gene Curran (left), lead mechanical engineer, and John Morelli, lead technician, verify that the AN/TSC-93 Tactical Satellite (TACSAT) Terminal system will fit inside the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft using Tobyhanna Army Depot’s C-130 test fuselage. Tobyhanna fielded the first Army “fifth wheel” HMMWV towable trailer as part of an upgrade program for the AN/TSC-93 TACSAT Terminal. The Fifth Wheel Tactical Trailer is the depot’s solution to mounting heavy shelters on up-armored HMMWVs.
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT Mission Provide superior logistics support, total sustainment, manufacturing, integration, and field support of the full spectrum of Department of Defense (DoD) critical command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems for the joint Warfighter – worldwide. History Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) has served the United States since Feb. 1, 1953. Today, TYAD is the premier full-service joint C4ISR maintenance facility in the DoD and is the largest employer in northeastern Pennsylvania, with an annual economic impact of $3.1 billion. In 2010, the depot earned its fifth Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence and its second consecutive Army Lean Six Sigma Excellence Award. Among its most notable accomplishments, Tobyhanna has earned two Chief of Staff of the Army Maintenance Excellence Awards for Depot Maintenance and two Army Superior Unit Awards.
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Installation Overview The depot encompasses 1,296 acres. The mission area consists of 155 buildings, 21 clean rooms, and 13 test ranges, to include multiple radar ranges and a laser range. More than 2.3 million square feet are dedicated to the depot’s C4ISR and missile guidance and control missions with 61 percent of the mission area under one roof. TYAD is virtually self-sustaining with a modern infrastructure to support its diverse mission requirements. More than 5,500 personnel work at the installation and operate its worldwide network of over 70 forward repair activities, including more than 30 in Southwest Asia. TYAD is ISO 9001:2008 certified for the repair, overhaul, fabrication, power projection, and logistics support of C4ISR equipment and systems and the design and development supporting integration of communications-electronics systems. Tobyhanna is the first military installation and third organization of any type in the world to achieve certification to both Aerospace Standard (AS) 9100 Revision C and AS9100 Revision A. The depot also holds certification for the ISO 14001:2004
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