Author: Jennifer Tribble Company: WR-ALC / 402 AMXG Phone: (478) 926-0396 Email: jennifer.tribble.1@us.af.mil Aircraft sustainment work within the Department of Defense is a costly and occasionally hazardous work domain, including flammability risks, volatile organic compounds, and low oxygen conditions within confined spaces. Government investment into maintainer safety has resulted in impressive track record for safety, […]
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Author: Jeff Demo Company: Luna Innovations Phone: (434) 220-9443 Email: demoj@lunainc.com Environmental and chemical contaminant accumulation within airframes can result in corrosion, coating degradation, equipment damage, and reduced aircraft readiness. Aircraft structures are composed of a wide range of contaminant and corrosion susceptible materials including aluminum, steel, and titanium alloys, as well as composites and […]
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Author: Brent VanDerMeide Author email: brent.vandermeide@us.af.mil Author phone: 801-989-6360 Company: USAF The PRC2 team’s most recent success has been taking an organic team that was entrenched in following an out-of-date process known as waterfall software development and embracing an effective method known as Agile which is similar to many leading industry practices. These rapid releases […]
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Author: Robert Kent Company: Temple Allen Industries Phone: (240) 888-6536 Email: rkent@templeallen.com Problem Statement The popular Aurand MP6 surface scaler can remove failing non-skid surface on carrier decks prior to reapplication. Injury rates amongst maintainers wielding the tool, however, are high, and no other tool has been found that can successfully address the particularly durable […]
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Author: John Saunders Company: USAF AF/A4P Email: john.f.saunders.mil@mail.ml Mobile Maintenance Documentation Application resolves a growing challenge for logisticians to interface rapidly evolving modern technology with legacy Information Technology (IT) systems. Aircraft maintainers from across Air Force’s “Log Nation” aligned with Apple at their Headquarters in Cupertino, CA to brainstorm, design, and develop a mobile application […]
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Author: Brett Kulp Company: Air Force – AF/A4LW Email: Brett.j.kulp.civ@mail.mil The AF Theater Integrated Combat Munitions System is a comprehensive Application as a Service (AaaS) initiative to replace 8 legacy munitions-related IT systems providing critical warfighting mission area capabilities while preserving associated business mission area functionality. Breaking from traditional approaches to IT deployment and management, […]
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