Fleet management in European integration: the case of military helicopter support

The article focuses on both economics and spatial issues related to Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of defence platforms in Europe. Using facts and figures related to costs, trends and fleet sizes evolution, the authors discuss the interest of a spatial reorganisation of MRO production. Given the fiscal situation of the main European countries with a modern army, the relevant scale to consider the reorganisation is certainly Europe. Through the example of defence helicopters fleets of a selection of European countries, the authors address the question of cooperation of the MRO. A greater cooperation in the support of fleets would lead to a spatial reorganisation of MRO. On one side economies can be expected from this reorganisation, but, on the other hand, new problems arise. Specifically, a number of costs associated with different forms of “distances” – geographical, operational and political distances – limit the potential savings that could be expected. This work provides insights on these important issues for the construction of a European defence, both in its political, military and industrial dimensions.     

通用装备机械液压系统综合检测试验平台的设计与研制

针对目前通用装备保障建设过程中存在的保障设备通用性差、综合功能弱、机动性能差及信息化程度低等问题,提出了"划类分组、综合集成、一体通用"的设计思想,研制了可完成军械、装甲、工程、防化、车辆、陆军船艇等装备机械液压系统技术状况检测与评估、故障诊断、部(元)件修后试验与质量评估、信息管理等功能的综合机动平台。重点阐述了平台各系统的设计思想、硬件组成及软件框架。实际应用表明,该平台具有"广谱"、"广域"和"全时"的能力,其推广使用将为通用装备保障由"基于型号"向"基于能力"的建设转型提供成功示范。     

基于DMD的通用安全信息系统开发研究

提出了一种基于DMD的信息系统开发模型,描述了基于该模型的信息系统设计原则、开发流程和体系结构,并通过实例说明了DMD的功能和应用,最后介绍了系统的安全策略和特点。应用该模型开发的系统后期维护灵活方便,可扩展性强,具有较强的实用性。     

装备维修管理系统的设计与实现

装备维修管理系统是一种新型维修管理模式,为解决现代装备协同维修过程中资源优化调度和分配的各类问题,从装备维修保障系统的需求分析入手,讨论了基于改进遗传算法的维修资源配置算法,并采用建模与仿真技术,设计实现了装备维修管理系统。     

一种防空导弹全任务维修训练模拟器设计

针对当前部队缺乏装备维修训练手段的问题,基于"虚实结合"思想设计了一种防空导弹武器系统全任务维修训练模拟器。采用半实物仿真技术构建了基于以太网的多PC分布式体系结构;采用虚拟现实技术构建了虚拟维修训练环境;基于"虚拟维修中测量使用真实信号"理念采用"虚拟维修计算机+任意波形发生器"实现了战车测试信号产生;提出了"维修训练融入操作训练"的训练模式,实现了操作训练和维修训练的有效无缝连接。通过在教学实践中使用证明,该系统结构合理,可靠性高,扩展性好,并对其他复杂装备的维修训练模拟器研制有指导意义。     

Optimal production and maintenance policy for imperfect production systems

A joint optimization of the production run length and preventive maintenance (PM) policy is studied for a deteriorating production system where the in‐control period follows a general probability distribution with non‐decreasing failure rate. In the literature, the sufficient conditions for the optimality of the equal‐interval PM schedule is explored to derive an optimal production run length and an optimal number of PM actions. Nevertheless, an exhaustive search may arise. In this study, based on the assumption that the conditions for the optimality of the equal‐interval PM schedule hold, we derive some structural properties for the optimal production/PM policy, which increases the efficiency of the solution procedure. These analyses have implications for the practical application of the production/PM model to be more available in practice. A numerical example of gamma shift distribution with non‐decreasing failure rates is used to illustrate the solution procedure, leading to some insight into the management process. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2006     

基于可拓工程方法的维修保障系统效能评估研究

分析了维修保障系统效能的影响因素,应用可拓工程方法建立了维修保障系统效能多指标参数的物元可拓评估模型,以定量的结果对维修保障系统效能进行了评估分级,并与层次分析法和突变评价法的结果进行了比较,结论基本一致.为维修保障系统效能评估问题寻求出一种新的方法,其评估结果可为决策提供定量依据.     

战时装备维修器材分配方法研究

根据参战部队任务及其性质,装备的损坏率及其分布,总部、部队库存现有装备维修器材等条件,结合战时装备维修器材的储备模式,给出了战时装备维修器材的分配程序、模型和评估方法。针对分配中总部资源不足的重点和难点,引入带权重保障程度作为逐个分配的依据,应用示例说明了分配程序的适用性及灵敏性。     

Maintenance and flight scheduling of low observable aircraft

In this article, we focus on relatively new maintenance and operational scheduling challenges that are faced by the United States Air Force concerning low‐observable (LO) or stealth aircraft. The LO capabilities of an aircraft degrade stochastically as it flies, making it difficult to make maintenance scheduling decisions. Maintainers can address these damages, but must decide, which aircraft should be put into maintenance, and for how long. Using data obtained from an active duty Air Force F‐22 wing and interviews with Air Force maintainers and program specialists, we model this problem as a generalization of the well‐known restless multiarmed bandit superprocess. Specifically, we use an extension of the traditional model to allow for actions that require varying lengths of time, and generate two separate index policies from a single model; one for maintenance actions and one for the flying action. These index policies allow maintenance schedulers to intuitively, quickly, and effectively rank a fleet of aircraft based on each aircraft's LO status and decide, which aircraft should enter into LO maintenance and for how long, and which aircraft should be used to satisfy daily sortie requirements. Finally, we present extensive data‐driven, detailed simulation results, where we compare the performance of the index policies against policies currently used by the Air Force, as well as some other possible more naive heuristics. The results indicate that the index policies significantly outperform existing policies in terms of fully mission capable (FMC) rates. In particular, the experiments highlight the importance of coordinated maintenance and flying decisions. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 62:60–80, 2015     

基于GERT的武器装备维修备件订货间隔期预测

由于武器装备维修备件的需求是随机波动的,订货间隔期的准确预测就成为了一个难点。针对这样一个随机波动的需求系统,提出了利用GERT随机网络模型对其进行描述,进而求出随机波动需求的订货间隔期的解析表达式,解决了不确定性需求的订货间隔期的预测问题,为武器装备维修备件的科学管理提供数据支持。通过实例验证表明,GERT随机网络模型是解决武器装备维修备件订货间隔期的一种有效手段和方法。