Aircraft Engine Component Improvement Program

Abstract

The Aircraft Engine Component Improvement Program (CIP) provides the only source of critical sustaining engineering support for in-service Air Force engines to maintain flight safety (highest priority) to correct deficiencies, improve system operational readiness (OR) and reliability & maintainability (R&M), reduce engine Life Cycle Cost (LCC), and sustain engines throughout their service life. Past investments have reduced warfighter Class A rates and decreased Engine Related Loss of Aircraft (ERLOA)and generated significant returns on investments. Significant new tasks for this year support increasing reliability and maintainability of the B-52 aircraft/TF33 engine, correcting the #1 removal driver for the TF34 engine to achieve LCC of 24M and eliminating a safety concern with cracked header on the F119 engine. Engine CIP provides the only means to develop/address solutions to safety issues, obsolescence, reliability, availability, maintainability and affordability driven by changes in aircraft operational parameters, missions, usage or age. It also serves as the primary vehicle implement emerging technology solutions to resolve these issues. The program starts with government acceptance of the first procurement-funded engine and continues over the engine's life, gradually decreasing to a minimum level (safety/depot repairs) sufficient to keep older engines operational. Engine CIP testing identifies and fixes engine-related problems ahead of operational impacts. R&M related Engine CIP efforts significantly reduce out year Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and spares costs. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver WEAPON SYSTEM capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605831F. This program is in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity includes development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production and anticipate production funding in the current or subsequent fiscal year.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
0207268F_7_3600_PB_2022
Change Summary Explanation
FY20 decrease of -$4.059M due to a SBIR reduction FY21 increase of +$29.770 for Congressional Add for program increase FY 22 funding request was reduced by -$6M to account for F-35 Engine CIP efforts being early to need; the funding request was reduced by -$5.538 million to account for the availability of prior year execution balances.
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Emerging Technology
  • Engine Components
  • Engineering
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Operational Readiness
  • Procurement
  • Product Development
  • Program Management
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

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