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DATA WAREHOUSE FOR
CONDITIONED BASED MAINTENANCE
TO OPERATE AT ARMY’S LOGISTICS SUPPORT ACTIVITY
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Mar. 4, 2008─ The Data Warehouse for Conditioned
Based Maintenance has reached a new milestone within the U.S. Army
Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). To better serve the needs of the
AMCOM, the Aviation Missile, Research and Development Engineering Center
(AMRDEC) and the Program Executive Office Aviation, the Data Warehouse
is now operational within the Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA), the
Army’s authoritative source for logistics data and logistics
intelligence.
AMCOM’s Conditioned Based Maintenance-Data Warehouse (CBM-DW), whose
implementation is being led by defense contractor Westar Aerospace &
Defense Group, Inc., is the information management side of Army
Aviation’s transition from its current reactive, fault-based maintenance
program to a predictive and reliability-centered approach to
maintenance.
The CBM-DW fuses multiple data sources containing detailed information
about each aircraft by loading the disparate data and organizing it for
analysis. AMRDEC and Program Management Office engineers then use the
CBM-DW to correlate actual usage data with maintenance and component
failure data. Acquiring vibration data and regime information (i.e., how
the aircraft was flown) from on-board sensors provides insight into the
condition of installed components.
Eventually, engineers will use the information in the CBM-DW to develop
prognostics that predict when a component will fail based upon the
conditions under which it has been flown. The CBM-DW is a key enabler to
linking all the data sources necessary for the implementation of CBM.
“The end goal is to eliminate unnecessary time-based inspections,
decrease unscheduled, reactive maintenance, and increase unit readiness
by enabling the soldier to order parts and schedule maintenance prior to
component failure,” said Mary Catherine Akamatsu, Director of Westar’s
Enterprise Life Cycle Solutions Division.
“The combination of establishing a world-class scalable data warehouse
within LOGSA and deploying the first increment of the system delivery is
a major step in the CBM-DW implementation strategy,” Akamatsu added.
“LOGSA provides enterprise level hardware for the system’s operation,
expands our user base, and allows the data to be more widely available
to the benefit of the Army Aviation community.”
About Westar:
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. is a leading systems engineering
contractor with more than 1300 professionals around the world delivering
high-value engineering, software solutions, logistics information
management, flight training, and IT technical support services to the
U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments and select commercial
customers. Westar is a subsidiary of QinetiQ North America.
About QinetiQ North America:
With more than 5,500 engineers, scientists and professionals working in
partnership with customers, QinetiQ North America develops innovative
technology solutions to meet the challenges of national defense,
homeland security and information access. QinetiQ North America is part
of QinetiQ Group plc, (QQ. LSE) one of the world’s leading defense and
security technology companies.
For more information on Westar, visit: www.westar.com
Media Contact:
Mike Ruggeri
Vice President, Communications
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.
636-300-5151 (work)
636-627-9070 (mobile)
ruggeri@westar.com