FLEET MANAGEMENT


T


he Program Executive Office


(PEO) Aviation has implemented a new fleet management (FM) strategy for all aviation plat-


forms. FM is a proactive approach that enhances platform visibility by gather- ing and analyzing data with the goal of reducing the maintenance burden on the Soldier. The project managers (PMs) are the trail bosses of this strategy and own the tools necessary to conduct effective


INTEGRATED MODERNIZATION


The modernized UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, pictured here, will have integrated bussed data incorporated into the system designs, helping to reduce the Soldier’s maintenance burden. (U.S. Army photo by J.D. Leipold.)


To increase the time on wing, we must understand the root causes of our com- ponent removals and their removal rates. Not until these facts are known and the root causes identified can we address them.


REDUCING THE BURDEN The main goals of FM are to:


 Reduce the Soldier’s burden.  Increase availability and reduce mission aborts.


 Identify and reduce maintenance and reliability drivers.


 Monitor aircraft health and identify trends.


 Maintain fleet configuration and inventory management.


 Improve logistics synchronization and predictability.


 Accurately determine man-hour requirements.


 Monitor and understand fleet OPTEMPO.


 Control or reduce total ownership life cycle.


How do we define and measure “bur- den”? For our aviation maintainers, it can be defined as the total number of events our Soldiers are required to accomplish.


“Events” are all the scheduled, unscheduled, and preventive maintenance and other support tasks that the maintainer performs.


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FM, which is now a core function within each project office in the organization.


Our aircraft are working at a high operational tempo (OPTEMPO) with acceptable readiness rates. There is a per- ception that there is no opportunity for improvement with the resources available to support the current fight. We have more stock on hand and with greater depth than ever. The Army provides us


with additional civilian contractor man- hours for maintenance support.


Because of this increase in resources, we are masking the root cause of reliability drivers, failure modes, and inefficiencies in our maintenance. Some root causes are not realized because of the repair and replacement process during reset and depot overhaul. With dwindling resources and the inevitable drawdown, we will lose the reachback, dollars, and man-hours that we are enjoying.


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