Utilizing fleet-driven metrics to identify and forecast system degrader

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is responsible for cradle-to-grave development and support of Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE). As this equipment and its associated development, maintenance, and support become increasingly complex, and the budgetary pressures facing the Navy become increasingly strong, there arises a need for an Integrated Support Environment (ISE) for ALRE. For the Fleet, the ISE streamlines the process of requests for information, help, repairs, and needed capabilities. For the NAVAIR stakeholders supporting the Fleet, the ISE provides efficient tailored access both to the knowledge required for supporting the Fleet and for strategically planning for the future. One of the current products of the ISE initiative includes Fleet-driven metrics of ALRE systems. All ALRE Fleet metrics data, comprising readiness, equipment performance, maintenance, and supply system degraders, are housed in the NAVAIR Lakehurst ISE laboratory, where all team members can access, analyze, validate, and utilize ALRE metrics data. This metrics data is used to identify issues driving maintenance and support costs, forecast requirements, and influence performance. By proactively identifying maintenance and modernization requirements, it is possible to coordinate and assure current and future Fleet ALRE materiel readiness, as well as develop and justify current and future budgets. In the past, many product improvement programs were based on subjective analysis. Aircraft carrier databases contained multiple errors and incomplete information, hampering analysis of metrics data. Further complicating the issue, metrics data was stored across multiple data warehouses, making it more difficult to gather information and make important connections between distinct data sets. ISE integrates information from all of these disparate Navy-wide data sources to identify and explore opportunities to increase system readiness by effectively implementing maintenance and design improvements. Localizing the data to one central repository facilitates linking the information together in order to fully capture the current status and future needs of the Fleet. ISE allows users to continuously monitor performance in near realtime, report detailed information for day-to-day decision-making, and analyze data to uncover trends in performance.