Air Vehicle Integration and Technology Research (AVIATR). Delivery Order 0002: Condition-Based Maintenance Plus Structural Integrity (CBM+SI) Strategy Development

Abstract

Military aircraft platforms are currently confronted by two pressing issues: increasing maintenance costs and decreasing availability. Nearly 30% of Air Force platform Operations & Support (O&S) costs are for structure inspection and repair. Condition-Based Maintenance plus Structural Integrity (CBM+SI) offers an opportunity to achieve significant platform availability increases and maintenance hour per flight hour decreases. A promising solution to both of these issues is the application and integration of CBM+ and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) technologies and processes into the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) activities. Lockheed has developed an approach to integrate CBM+SI into a new ASIP framework and demonstrate the potential improvements in aircraft availability, total cost of ownership and maintenance man-hours per flight hour. In order to spur the adoption of CBM+SI into the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program of each platform, the benefits to the USAF from employing CBM+SI must be clearly established. The benefits with the most impact for the Air Force are, in order of importance, increased aircraft availability, reduction in total cost of ownership, and reduction in maintenance hours per flight hour. Widespread adoption of CBM+SI into the Aircraft Structural Integrity Programs, and a strong technical pull developed for the enabling technologies; will occur once a solid business case is made for CBM+SI. Specific Objective: Develop and demonstrate a CBM+SI strategy for at least one structural application on a United States Air Force weapons platform. As part of this demonstration, the benefits to the Air Force as result of employing this CBM+SI strategy shall be determined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA546937

Entities

People

  • Dale Ball
  • Joe Lougheed

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programs
  • Corrosion Inhibition
  • Fuselages
  • Horizontal Stabilizers
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Military Aircraft
  • Physical Properties
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Economics
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.