Factors Underlying Recent Trends in the Operational Availability of Shipboard Equipment (Material Support Study)

Abstract

This is a study of trends in the operational availability of shipboard equipment and factors underlying these trends. Using 3-M data, the study found decreasing operational availability for all three kinds of equipment analyzed. The main components of operational availability, reliability and mean downtime, were examined to determine which was responsible for the decrease. The finding that mean downtime was the main reason, for electronic and HM/E (hull, mechanical, and electrical) equipment, led to an investigation of the trends in deferred maintenance actions, supply times, and administrative delay times.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADB025922

Entities

People

  • Daniel B. Levine
  • Norma Hibbs

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Databases
  • Destroyers
  • Downtime
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Launching
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Munitions
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Economics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics