Hellfire II Next Generation Captive Carry Health Monitor (NG-CCHM) (Army)
Abstract
The Hellfire II NG-CCHM is a missile health monitoring device that measures and records operational and environmental stresses tailored to the most recent Hellfire II missile design, the AGM-114R model. The NG-CCHM is conceiHOB ved as a self-powered, low-cost autonomous system capable of measuring and recording key health status parameters. It will be an electronic data acquisition device embedded into each missile and will be optimized for long life to automatically record Captive Carry hours, temperature exposure, and possibly humidity exposure and drop shock events. The NG-CCHM will enable the warfighter to ascertain if a missile has been subjected to excessive use or exceeded environmental design parameters that may prevent the missile from performing according to specifications. Program Outputs and Efficiencies: System requirements trade study, preliminary design review, critical design review, design verification and analysis activities. This effort will leverage past and ongoing Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Science & Technology (S&T) efforts, specifically the Remote Readiness Asset Prognostics and Diagnostics System (RRAPDS). Initiated as a Science and Technology Objective (STO) in FY00-02 timeframe, RRAPDS is a missile health monitoring system that senses and measures the environments to which a missile has been exposed inside its storage container. Key technologies of this system are integrated into Patriot, Precision Attack Missile, and Ground Multiple Launch Rocket System. An applied research effort titled "Missile Sustainment Technology" that began in FY07 will be leveraged. The primary efficiencies expected from the NG-CCHM effort are reduced Operations and Maintenance (O&M) costs and maintenance burden to the warfighter, increased reliability and availability, and enhanced system safety; the residual from these efficiencies is increased readiness. TTI funding accelerates the delivery of this capability by two years.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- f2174f9c04c04a152a57090c665c7e2e