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Abstract

Common Ground Equipment is a Naval Aviation project to apply new technology to common support equipment necessary to support multiple systems/aircraft within the Navy. The common support equipment items developed with this budget are briefed to the Air Force, Army and Coast Guard for possible use in joint procurement in the production phase. Crash cranes are used for lifting and moving disabled aircraft on CVN and L-Class ship flight decks. The Carrier/Amphibious Assault Ship Crash Crane (CV/AACC) will be a diesel powered lift system performing crash and salvage functions on board CVN and L-class ships. The CV/AACC will replace the legacy A/S32A-35A, Carrier Vessel Crash Crane (CVCC) and the A/S32A-36A Amphibious Assault Crash Crane (AACC). The CV/AACC will support all aircraft on CVN and L-Class ships. Recent transition has merged existing PEMA and SPECS project lines under Aviation Maintenance Advancement Solutions (AMAS). Funding supports the evaluation, testing and integration to develop Portable Electronic Maintenance Aids (PEMA) Commercial solution for portable device deployments across the Naval Aviation Enterprise. PEMA is a portable device utilized by maintainers with the implementation of digital maintenance capabilities (digital publications, Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals, Internet Protocol based data uploads, Binary digit data downloads, automated diagnostics, and planeside Naval Aviation Logistics Command/Management Information System. PEMAs are mandatory display devices supporting modern day Automated Maintenance Environment implemented for weapon systems. Future Readiness Initiative to Develop Standard PEMA Cyber Solution (SPECS) architecture for all Portable Electronic Maintenance Aids (PEMA)s to standardize software across NAE, leverage existing enterprise tools, and to correct cyber shortfalls identified by the Cyber Warfare Detachment (CWD). A Cyber Risk Assessment (CRA) identified vulnerabilities on the Portable Electronic Maintenance Aid system that could be exploited to threaten U.S. capabilities. A new software image and configuration management process has been identified to mitigate the top 60% of identified risk groups and 100% of penetration test findings from the CRA. The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inherent flaw that exists with our current means of providing maintenance support, regardless of system: The requirement to travel around the globe to the maintenance site in order to support the fleet. The inability to operate in 2020 brought the need for a new capability to the forefront: the capability to provide real-time maintenance support remotely. Virtual assistance has been identified to provide subject matter expert (SME) to the maintainer in real-time through voice/chat communication and indications through holograms overlaid within the maintainers view allowing guidance with highlight items of interest on the equipment being worked. This will reduce maintenance action complexity to ultimately drive down Mean-Time-To-Repair (MTTR) metrics and increase Aircraft Availability. ETIRS system provides Navy and Marine Corps Intermediate (I) - Level out-of-airframe test capability for various aircraft engines. It will be used at shipboard and land based engine test activities to support testing of turbofan, turboshaft and turboprop engines. ETIRS will include development of unique Engine Test Program Sets (TPSs). The Legacy ETI systems are reaching end of life and exhibiting obsolescence issues impacting sustainment.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0601_0205633N_7_1319_PB_2024

Tags

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
• Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Microelectronics