From the ground-up support of flexible ships over the last 17 years, to the development of the key framework by which flexibility is measured to full ship lifecycle integration analysis, Abbott On Call is known for championing many groundbreaking concepts that are implemented into the technology of today’s U.S. Navy.

July 15, 2002 – Abbott On Call was founded by husband and wife team Jack and Josephine after decades of working within the government to promote the groundbreaking concept of flexibility and modularity.

September 30, 2011 – Abbott On Call won our first Prime contract – NSWCCD Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) Open System Architecture and Systems Engineering with a $15 million ceiling. This win was an affirmation that the concept of modularity was here to stay.

• Under this contract, Abbott On Call continued to champion flexibility as we added passionate engineers to our team. We developed the LCS Modularity Interface Control Document (ICD), allowing us to define hardware and software interfaces among ships, submarines, aircraft, UUV/UAV/USV, weapons, combat systems, computing environments, exterior communications, and watercraft launch and recovery. We developed the Ship Inspection Handbooks still used during today’s ship inspection visits. We developed modularity metrics to show the value of life cycle issues such as reducing the cost of modernization and conversion and we developed a process-based cost savings model for a less dense ship using flexibility.

August 21, 2015 – Abbott On Call won the recompete of the NSWCCD Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (HM&E) Open System Architecture and Systems Engineering contract valued at $43 million.

• Under this active contract we continue to provide overall Mission Systems Integration management, ensuring all deliverables meet the sponsor’s technical, schedule, and financial requirements. We are proud that to date we have performed nearly 50 ship inspections and verified 32,000 Seaframe requirements. We work hard for our customers so they can focus on their mission.

The lessons we have learned can form a basis for the “way ahead” in support of developing criteria and procedures for future applications of modularity and flexibility. We continue to spread our passion for flexibility into additional platforms and continue the mission that our founder instilled in us.