OARS
NAVSEA OARS provides 3M/APL and demand information.
At a glance
- Operator
- Naval Sea Logistics Center (NSLC), Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
- Access
- CAC required
- Last updated
OARS (Open Architecture Retrieval System) is a NAVSEA desktop tool, provided by the Naval Sea Logistics Center (NSLC), that consolidates Navy logistics data — including Ships' 3-M (Maintenance and Material Management) data, Allowance Parts List (APL) data, and demand information — to support Fleet equipment operational readiness. It is reached at oars.nslc.navy.mil, a Navy PKI-secured domain.
What it is
OARS gives maintenance and supply personnel a single retrieval tool that pulls together logistics data from multiple Navy sources — 3-M maintenance/material data, APLs, and demand data — so users can look up what they need to plan maintenance, identify parts, and assess equipment readiness.
Who operates it
The Naval Sea Logistics Center (NSLC), under Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), operates OARS. NSLC serves as NAVSEA's technical agent for life-cycle logistics support and is the Central Design Agent for a family of corporate Navy logistics systems, including systems supporting the Fleet's Planned Maintenance System. The directory record associates this specific tool with NSLC's Mechanicsburg, PA site.
Access
The oars.nslc.navy.mil domain sits behind Navy/DoD PKI — the site's certificate is issued by a DoD certificate authority rather than a public one, which in practice means a standard browser will reject it and a Common Access Card (CAC) is required to reach the application itself. A registration page is published at oars.nslc.navy.mil/oars/docs/registration/index.html for requesting an account once network/CAC access is available.
How logisticians use it
Navy maintenance and supply personnel use OARS to look up APL and 3-M maintenance data and demand information tied to specific equipment, supporting maintenance planning, parts identification and allowancing, and readiness reporting for ships and other Fleet units.
Related systems
OARS is part of the family of NSLC-administered Navy logistics data systems that includes Ships' 3-M/Planned Maintenance System data and CDMD-OA (Configuration Data Managers Database – Open Architecture), and it draws on Allowance Parts List (APL) data used throughout Navy supply support.