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 requirements for FY22 and FY23 include Accelerated Mission Tests (AMTs) required to qualify complex redesigns enabling fleet incorporation of the improvement and providing risk reduction of recently fielded redesigns that were qualified by analysis. The AMT provides early identification of safety/reliability issues prior to the operational fleet experiencing the safety and/or reliability issue. Ongoing tasks for this year support addressing obsolescence and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortage (DMSMS) issues on the TF33 engine (B-52 aircraft), developing critical repairs and extending life limited parts to avoid $220M on the F119 engine (F-22 aircraft) in preparation for its 2nd depot interval, conducting accelerated mission test on the F135 engine, and eliminating critical safety concerns with the J85 engine (T-38 aircraft). Engine CIP provides the only means to develop solutions to safety issues, obsolescence, reliability, availability, maintainability, and affordability driven by changes in aircraft operational parameters and missions, usage, or age. It also serves as the primary vehicle to implement emerging technology solutions to resolve these issues and improve engine performance. Engines are accepted into the CIP program after 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 system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. For FY21 $0.00 was expended, and for FY22 $0.00M is forecast for civilian pay expenses in this program. element. 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.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2023
• Source ID: 0207268F_7_3600_PB_2023
• Change Summary Explanation: The FY2022 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY2023 through FY2026 funding. Therefore, an explanation of the change between the two budget positions for FY2023 cannot be made in a relevant manner.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Aircraft Engines
• Auxiliary Power Units
• Contracts
• Cruise Missiles
• Emerging Technology
• Engine Components
• Engineering
• Engines
• Life Cycle Costs
• Life Cycles
• Manufacturing
• Operational Readiness
• Procurement
• Program Management
• Propulsion Systems
• Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering
• Life Cycle Cost Analysis