NCMS Project #: 142293
Problem: The importance of rotorcrafts in multiple industries and emergency services across the United States makes it imperative for commercial businesses and public service providers to find better and more innovative ways to maintain and sustain their fleets while improving turnaround time and lowering costs. The Army rotorcraft mission requires a high readiness level for the helicopter fleet. Delays in repair and overhaul have an overall impact on the ability of the Army to successfully execute its operations.
Benefit: Demonstration of the effectiveness of these process improvements in maintaining the Army’s rotorcraft fleet will act as a surrogate to the commercial rotorcraft industry for modernizing maintenance and sustainment facilities and processes.
Solution/Approach: The overall objective of this effort is to improve the efficiency of rotorcraft repair. Reviewing and analyzing selected components integral to maintenance and sustainment of rotorcraft and making updates to the Dynamic Component Repair Facility (DCRF) facility with specific upgraded technology will create a safer, more efficient, and optimized component repair and remanufacture center.
Impact on Warfighter:
- Reduce maintenance and sustainment costs
- Decrease repair turnaround time
- Enhance warfighter readiness
DOD Participation:
- Corpus Christi Army Depot
Industry Participation:
- Southwest Research Institute
- NCMS
Benefit Area(s):
- Cost savings
- Repair turnaround time
- Mx avoidance & reliability
- Obsolescence
- Safety
- Mx management improvement
- Improved readiness
- Reliability improvement
Mx Focus Area:
- Facilities and Industrial Process Modernization
