Aircraft Age Impacts on Maintenance Requirements
Abstract
Under the current defense environment, decreasing economic resources limit new aircraft acquisition programs. As a consequence the Services will be forced to operate aging aircraft without replacement for many critical missions. The impact of this average age increase upon future Operating and Support (O&S) costs must be assessed properly if the Department of Defense decision makers are to make properly informed downsizing decisions. The Naval Aviation Maintenance Office, Logistics Engineering Department, Resource Analysis Division, has developed methodology, techniques and procedures for evaluating potential relationships between the age of in service aircraft and their O&S costs using existing data bases. The incidence of verified material failures (VF) and the Direct Maintenance Manhours (DMH) expended to correct them are correlated to the aircraft's age during its in-service operational life and are potential indicators of increased O&S Costs. The Naval Aviation Logistics Data Analysis (NALDA) data bases for Navy and Marine Corp aircraft contain historical operations and maintenance data which can serve as age indicators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA275701
Entities
People
- John Johnson