NCMS Project #: 142309
Problem: The Army’s High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) has become unreliable as their engine, drivetrain, and suspension struggled with more weight than they were designed for. This has accelerated wear and tear on critical components causing maintenance failures, degrading reliability, and resulting in greater risk of injuries to personnel. Environmental conditions, including sand, dust, extreme weather combined with the heavier loads from being “up-armored” wears the brake pads and rotors more quickly with the average brake pad life somewhere between 250-1,300 miles.
Benefit: Improved reliability of braking and stability control systems will allow vehicles to spend less time in the shop and more time on the road. This increase in readiness translates into commercial vehicles doing the work to get goods and services where they need to be in a timely manner.
Solution/Approach: Phase IV will focus on developing new training curriculum and tools for technicians and maintainers to support retrofit and maintenance activities in overseas maintenance and sustainment facilities conducting supply chain risk management assessment and implementing mitigation measures to ensure availability of key parts and components of the kits and determine options to address microelectronics obsolescence in control hardware.
Impact on Warfighter:
- Reduce asset downtime and maintenance costs
- Decrease logistics footprint
- Improve safety
- Increase readiness and mission capabilities
DOD Participation:
- Red River Army Depot
- Product Director, Light Tactical Vehicles
Industry Participation:
Ricardo Defense
NCMS
Benefit Area(s):
- Cost savings
- Mx avoidance & reliability
- Safety
- Survivability
- Reliability improvement
Mx Focus Area:
- Reliability Improvement (Hardware)
