Current Procedures for Assessment of BDR in Helicopters

Abstract

This paper will discuss the current US Army Battle Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR) doctrine, with a review of the purpose and employment of current BDAR by aviation units in the field. It will define the key aspects of BDAR and conduct an in-depth review of BDAR assessment per current US Army doctrine. The paper will then examine key personnel responsibilities with regard to effective BDAR, categories of maintenance and repair, and the BDAR timeline, including how BDAR "triage" is used in the field. With current doctrine established a comparison and contrast of how actual BDAR is being conducted and what mechanisms have been established to increase aircraft readiness, repair, and availability will be analyzed. Several examples of various actual BDAR field repairs will be presented for review and discussion. The paper discusses the ever evolving BDAR organization that is intertwined with forward deployed engineering support, from the start of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) to its current in-theater configuration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA572405

Entities

People

  • James Shamess
  • Kevin Rees
  • Lance Esswein
  • Reinhold Horn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Combat Areas
  • Damage Assessment
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Iraqi-War
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Materials
  • Personnel Management
  • Projectiles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design