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A-10 Aircraft Structural Maintenance Information Management System

June 23, 2016 By Becca

The U.S. Air Force relies on its Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) to prevent structural failures and anticipate required maintenance or preventative maintenance actions in order to mitigate major structural repair or replacement events. Diligent record keeping is an essential element of this critical program. The A-10 Aircraft Structural Maintenance Information Management System program was proposed as a means of improving DoD data collection and interrogation systems.  The Joint Council on Aging Aircraft also suggested that improvements be made to data collection processes to enable trend analysis.

A10 in the airS&K Engineering and Research was hand selected by the Air Force’s ASIP Lead to help solve this shortfall by developing the Structural Maintenance Information Management System (SMIMS) for the A-10 close air support aircraft. SMIMS provided the A-10 Engineering and Analysis group at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, with a data collection and data mining tool that would allow statistical analysis of the data collected and vastly improve their ability to manage the structural health of the A-10 fleet.

SMIMS is a multi-layered structural maintenance information management system capable of providing A-10 ASIP engineers and maintainers with required structural damage/repair data, compliant with MIL-STD-1530C, to support more accurate individual and fleet wide risk analyses. Additionally, this enhanced visibility of the airframe structural condition with more accurate risk assessment will further assist A-10 maintainers in anticipating/preventing future maintenance actions.

The SMIMS database captures detailed information on the aging processes which occur in the aircraft, and thus supports the ongoing evaluation of structural integrity during sustainment. The database was developed to record all significant damage findings, such as cracks, corrosion, delaminations, etc. discovered during program depot maintenance, analytical condition inspections, time compliance technical order (TCTO) structural inspections, teardown inspections, and normal operational maintenance.

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KC-135 Airframe Teardown Research and Data Management

June 23, 2016 By Becca

S&K Engineering and Research personnel performed extraction, disassembly, and coating removal services in support of the KC-135 teardown program. Our personnel managed and performed these tasks on some of the most complex sections of the KC-135 aircraft, including the cockpit, tail cone, and center-wing sections. More than 38 teardown sections were processed, comprising over 2,000 individual parts. S&K Engineering and Research personnel also developed a Teardown Data Management System (TDMS) to facilitate data entry, access, review, and storage for Air Force program management.kc135

S&K Engineering and Research personnel performed the work in accordance with the teardown protocols managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory for use on the KC-135 teardown. These protocols identified critical work instructions in documentation, technical procedures, and other guidelines to ensure validity of the data collected during the teardown. Our personnel have participated in the development of several of the teardown protocols generated for the KC-135 teardown program, including authoring the “Teardown Section / Part Identification and Tracking,” “Teardown Section Extraction,” and “Teardown Data Management System – User Manual” protocols, as well providing contributions for several other protocols, which have become Air Force standards.

To supplement data analysis, S&K Engineering and Research personnel developed 3D models for the complete KC-135 airframe structure.

 

KC-135 images courtesy US Air Force.

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F-15 Airframe Teardown Research and Data Management

June 23, 2016 By Becca

S&K Engineering and Research personnel worked to support fleet structural risk assessment and fleet management decisions through the teardown and analysis of decommissioned F-15C/D aircraft. Under this contract, S&K Engineering and Research personnel provided program management, technical, and engineering support to collect data for the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP). By examining the structural health of sample aircraft and verifying existing analysis predictions, current inspection intervals can be validated and modified as necessary.

f15_teardownS&K Engineering and Research personnel executed all aspects of the teardowns including planning, transportation of aircraft, disassembly, subcontractor management, inspection, and documentation of findings. S&K Engineering and Research technicians, engineers, and metallurgists followed detailed protocols to perform complete forensic aircraft analysis including the microscopic evaluation of excised specimens to detect minute flaws that may eventually grow into structurally significant damage.

The teardown data allowed the System Program Office (SPO) to ensure continued technical and economic feasibility of the F-15 mission and anticipate structural issues that may affect continued airworthiness and safety. Inspection findings were used for further damage tolerance analysis and structural integrity to reassess the airframe’s service life, ascertain the viability of future investment and upgrades, and support management decisions regarding the USAF F-15 fleet and F-15 fleets operated by Israel, Japan, Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

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Foreign and Domestic F-15 Technical Data Support

June 23, 2016 By Becca

S&K Engineering and Research personnel provide acquisition, update and sustainment of Country Standard Technical Order (CSTO) documents to support the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and the TOs for the United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 aircraft and related systems.

Our rapid and flexible response to CSTOs includes reviewing engineering data and USAF TCTOs for applicability to foreign F-15 counterparts, while ensuring that updated documentation is formatted with the same standards as the original data, and incorporating all outstanding supplements into the appropriate manuals and checklists. S&K Engineering and Research personnel provide full support to the foreign and domestic operators; this support also includes acquisition and delivery of technical data for unique CSTOs.

Image of Israeli F-15 courtesy US Air Force.

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