Engine Sustainment Study
Abstract
In a future filled with increasingly complex national security challenges, the Department of Defense (DoD) will need to find innovative solutions to solve readiness challenges to provide continued capability to the operator. Most recently, the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) challenged the DoD to increase readiness in this era of the great power competition. However, any strategy to recover and maintain readiness levels required by the NDS and current and future DoD leadership must also include long-term cost control conditions. The DoD high operational tempo the past 25+ years has presented many challenges in the sustainment and readiness of weapon systems. One avenue to increased readiness and reduced cost in sustainment is the leveraging of parts that are identical and certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under its Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) process. This paper captures MITRE's efforts to quantify the benefits as well as impediments to adoption of reverse engineered PMA parts that have not been licensed by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and provides recommendations to resolve these impediments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 15, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1146364
Entities
People
- Ben Brandt
- Chris Dalton
- Debbie Naguy
- Tricia Hill
Organizations
- MITRE Corporation