Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance and Aircraft Modification Kit Procurement

Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance and Aircraft Modification Kit Procurement
Author: Rosser O. Baker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2000-09-01
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ISBN: 9781423551232

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The Department of the Navy maintains a fleet of 124 EA-6B aircraft, the only tactical electronic warfare aircraft in the Department of Defense inventory. Already 30 years old and not to be retired until 2015, the EA-6B requires depot maintenance services to remain combat ready. EA-6B aircraft undergo standard depot level maintenance (SDLM) about every eight years. In addition to SDLM, depots must complete 72 wing center section replacement services and over 175 major aircraft modification services by 2010. Navy regulations govern when each EA-6B is eligible for each service; these rules are flexible enough to allow more induction schedules than can be evaluated manually in a reasonable amount of time. Because each service keeps an aircraft at the depot for six to 14 months and performing multiple services together requires less time than performing services independently, services should be combined whenever possible. This thesis introduces DMAAP (Depot Maintenance And Acquisition Planner); a prototypic optimization based decision support tool to assist in scheduling EA-6B depot level maintenance services and major aircraft modification kit acquisition. DMAAP produces a Master Plan (induction schedule) providing a monthly schedule for the first six years, a yearly schedule out to 2013 and yearly major aircraft modification kit acquisition levels out to 2010. We compare DMAAP Master Plans obtained using alternate depot induction policies to demonstrate DMAAP's ability and show how yearly depot workloads and yearly operational aircraft vary under alternate policies.

Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance and Aircraft Modification Kit Procurement

Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance and Aircraft Modification Kit Procurement
Author: Rosser O. Baker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2000
Genre:
ISBN:

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The Department of the Navy maintains a fleet of 124 EA-6B aircraft, the only tactical electronic warfare aircraft in the Department of Defense inventory. Already 30 years old and not to be retired until 2015, the EA-6B requries depot maintenance services to remain combat ready. EA-6B aircraft undergo standard depot level maintenance (SDLM) about every eight years. In addition to SDLM, depots must complete 72 wing center section replacement services and over 175 major aircraft modification services by 2010. Navy regulations govern when each EA-6B is eligible for each service; these rules are flexible enough to allow more induction schedules than can be evaluated manually in a reasonable amount of time. Because each service keeps an aircraft at the depot for six to 14 months and performing multiple services together requires less time than performing services independently, services should be combined whenever possible. This thesis introduces DMAAP (Depot Maintenance And Acquisition Planner); a prototypic optimization based decision support tool to assist in scheduling EA-6B depot level maintenance services and major aircraft modification kit acquisition. DMAAP produces a Master Plan (induction schedule) providing a monthly schedule for the first six years, a yearly schedule out to 2013 and yearly major aircraft modification kit acquisition levels out to 2010. We compare DMAAP Master Plans obtained using alternate depot induction policies to demonstrate DMAAP's ability and show how yearly depot workloads and yearly operational aircraft vary under alternate policies.

Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance and Aircraft Modification Kit Procurement

Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance and Aircraft Modification Kit Procurement
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2000
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ISBN:

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The Department of the Navy maintains a fleet of 124 EA-6B aircraft, the only tactical electronic warfare aircraft in the Department of Defense inventory. Already 30 years old and not to be retired until 2015, the EA-6B requires depot maintenance services to remain combat ready. EA-6B aircraft undergo standard depot level maintenance (SDLM) about every eight years. In addition to SDLM, depots must complete 72 wing center section replacement services and over 175 major aircraft modification services by 2010. Navy regulations govern when each EA-6B is eligible for each service; these rules are flexible enough to allow more induction schedules than can be evaluated manually in a reasonable amount of time. Because each service keeps an aircraft at the depot for six to 14 months and performing multiple services together requires less time than performing services independently, services should be combined whenever possible. This thesis introduces DMAAP (Depot Maintenance And Acquisition Planner); a prototypic optimization based decision support tool to assist in scheduling EA-6B depot level maintenance services and major aircraft modification kit acquisition. DMAAP produces a Master Plan (induction schedule) providing a monthly schedule for the first six years, a yearly schedule out to 2013 and yearly major aircraft modification kit acquisition levels out to 2010. We compare DMAAP Master Plans obtained using alternate depot induction policies to demonstrate DMAAP's ability and show how yearly depot workloads and yearly operational aircraft vary under alternate policies.

Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance

Optimally Scheduling EA-6B Depot Maintenance
Author: Bradley P. Meeks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 85
Release: 1999-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781423542643

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Ranging from Operation Desert Storm to combat actions in the Balkans, EA-6B Prowler aircraft lie at the heart of nearly all tactical aircraft strikes. Providing a fleet capable of such combat actions in the next decade challenges the Prowler community to efficiently schedule EA-6B depot maintenance services. By 2009, EA-6B depots must conduct 80 wing center section replacements, 144 major aircraft modifications and standard depot level maintenance 154 times. There are several complex rules governing when each Prowler is eligible for each service; these rules are also flexible enough to allow more induction schedules than can be evaluated manually in a reasonable amount of time. Since each service removes aircraft from mission inventory for six to 12 months and performing multiple services together requires less time than performing services independently, services should be combined whenever possible. This thesis develops a mixed integer linear program, EA-6B Depot Maintenance Optimization Model (EDMOM), to help schedule EA-6B aircraft for depot maintenance services. EDMOM minimizes total time aircraft are removed from mission inventory; it produces an induction schedule for the EA-6B fleet through 2009 that adheres to all appropriate rules and conducts 378 services in only 216 inductions, requiring 2,446 total months. Without combining services, it would require 3,630 months, nearly a 50 percent increase.

Impact of the Integrated Maintenance Concept on EA-6B Readiness and Maintenance Support at NAS Whidbey Island, WA and NADEP Jacksonville, FL

Impact of the Integrated Maintenance Concept on EA-6B Readiness and Maintenance Support at NAS Whidbey Island, WA and NADEP Jacksonville, FL
Author: Kimberly J. Schulz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2002-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781423549079

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Faced with an aging Navy air force, the EA-6B, a piece of the aging aircraft inventory puzzle, is included in a mandated program called Integrated Maintenance Concept (IMC.) IMC incorporates a maintenance process called Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) to establish and adjust preventative maintenance requirements. The premise of the program is to justify each preventative maintenance action to maintain obsolescent airframes while reducing aircraft out-of-service-time and operating support costs. The implementation of a preventative maintenance program validated by RCM coupled with the fixed period end date (PED) will, in theory, reduce total ownership costs (TOC) to include reduced depot level turn around and scheduled maintenance time. The objective of this thesis is to ascertain how the move from SDLM to IMC is impacting the community from all perspectives and their views on readiness and supportability. To gather data, the researcher conducted on site interviews with key players at all levels of maintenance support. IMC, with the incorporation of RCM justified preventative maintenance actions can positively impact the life of the aircraft. However, to make it possible, the depot field site has to be fully supported and the organizational and intermediate levels manned at appropriate levels and training in structures repair, priority.

A Survey of Aircraft Structural-life Management Programs in the U.S. Navy, the Canadian Forces, and the U.S. Air Force

A Survey of Aircraft Structural-life Management Programs in the U.S. Navy, the Canadian Forces, and the U.S. Air Force
Author: Yool Kim
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 0833038621

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The average age of aircraft in the U.S. Air Force is 22, making aging an increasing concern. The Air Force program responsible for maintaining the structural safety of its aircraft faces challenges, however, such as budgetary pressures, regulations, and communication issues. The authors sought insights on these issues by comparing similar programs in other services. Their observations suggest the value of clear policies, independent assessments, standard metrics, and open and clear communication.

U.S. Navy Program Guide - 2017

U.S. Navy Program Guide - 2017
Author: Department Of the Navy
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2019-03-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781090335104

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The U.S. Navy is ready to execute the Nation's tasks at sea, from prompt and sustained combat operations to every-day forward-presence, diplomacy and relief efforts. We operate worldwide, in space, cyberspace, and throughout the maritime domain. The United States is and will remain a maritime nation, and our security and prosperity are inextricably linked to our ability to operate naval forces on, under and above the seas and oceans of the world. To that end, the Navy executes programs that enable our Sailors, Marines, civilians, and forces to meet existing and emerging challenges at sea with confidence. Six priorities guide today's planning, programming, and budgeting decisions: (1) maintain a credible, modern, and survivable sea based strategic deterrent; (2) sustain forward presence, distributed globally in places that matter; (3) develop the capability and capacity to win decisively; (4) focus on critical afloat and ashore readiness to ensure the Navy is adequately funded and ready; (5) enhance the Navy's asymmetric capabilities in the physical domains as well as in cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum; and (6) sustain a relevant industrial base, particularly in shipbuilding.