ARA

Projects

PDA-MAP	Personal Digital Assistant Maintenance Application Project (PDA-MAP) is a "Proof-of-Concept" project for NAVAIR that will replace P-3 Maintenance Requirement Cards used during an Integrated Maintenance Concept (IMC) Inspection with a handheld version of these cards. Additionally, this project will provide other improvements to include: The Aircraft Discrepancy Book (ADB) which provides a listing of both rectified discrepancies over the course of the last ten flights and work that has yet to be completed. PDA-MAP provides the flight crew the ability to review this information while in the air. Presently the ADB remains in Maintenance Control. The ability for the Air Crew to annotate discrepancies as they occur in-flight and automatically generate a MAF based on these discrepancies in post-flight. The ability to generate Weight and Balance information for the Flight Crew, providing a paperless, electronic version of flight information.
E-LCDIS	Enhanced-LCAC Corrosion Data Input System (E-LCDIS) is an application that is used to track Corrosion Inspections for Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) Surface Ships. The application consists of a desktop application as well as mobile handheld application for data collection.
KSAAP Survey and Inspection	ARA is conducting an Asbestos Survey, Explosive Building Assessment, and Hazardous and Special Waste Inventory of the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant (KSAAP). KSAAP is a government-owned, contractor-operated installation under the jurisdiction of the Joint Munitions Command and is slated for closure as part of BRAC 2005. ARA will inspect all buildings, structures, and facilities on the site for the presence of explosives, ACM, and other hazardous materials to support transfer and provide recommendations.
Valve and Flex Hose Maintenance Project	This program will identify all valves and flex hoses onboard a ship and provide a mobile application to increase accuracy and decrease man-hours during the inspection. The program will have the inspectors record their data directly into a mobile device onboard the ship, eliminating the need for data entry after the inspection. The data entry will be eliminated by downloading inspection results to a desktop terminal after the inspection.