Integrated Maintenance Information System: User Field Demonstration and Test.

Abstract

This report presents the results of a field test and demonstration of the Integrated Maintenance Information System (IMIS). The IMIS project was an advanced development demonstration project which developed and field tested the technology to provide the maintenance technician with the capability to access all of the technical information (interactive electronic technical manuals, interactive diagnostics instructions, work orders, supply availability and ordering, historical data, training material, etc.) required to maintain aircraft via a single, integrated system, regardless of the source of that information.' In the final phase of the project, an IMIS Demonstration System was developed and tested. In the field test, the performance of technicians on troubleshooting tasks when using the IMIS Demonstration System was compared with their performance on comparable tasks when using the paper technical orders. Test results indicated that technicians were able to perform the tasks significantly faster, used fewer parts, and made fewer serious errors when using the IMIS. In addition, the test indicated that, when using the IMIS, non-specialist (crew chief) technicians could perform the tasks as effectively as the specialists.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA303722

Entities

People

  • Donald L. Thomas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Field Tests
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Laptop Computers
  • Maintenance
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems