Maintenance Mentor
Abstract
Maintenance Mentor (MXM) is a research effort conducted by a joint AFRL/HESR and Northrop Grumman Information Technology team to identify the basic, high-level requirements necessary for improving flight line diagnostic capabilities. The effort was initially focused on identifying specific informational and visual requirements and needs of the maintainer for a specific avionics diagnostics task on a specific aircraft. Soon after its start, however, redirection of the project began to move it from a single task approach to one of documenting the basic flight line troubleshooting and maintenance process and identifying the requirements that, if satisfied, could significantly enhance the maintainers' efficiency and effectiveness in turning aircraft mission-capable much faster than is currently possible. With the redirection of the project, the initial predisposition to emphasize a single weapon system approach that might later be broadened evolved into a higher-level, multi-weapon system view. This program was felt to be particularly timely since statistics clearly show that most aircraft fix rates have not markedly improved in recent years and many have declined. Although this is certainly a multifaceted problem, it is apparent that one element of the solution is that the maintainer's ability to troubleshoot and diagnose problems requires enhancement. The MXM research is aimed at helping bring that about.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA418249
Entities
People
- Brian E. Tidball
- Dave Byler
- David A. Lemery
- John T. Jacobs
- Randall Whitaker