Current 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.

KSAAP Site Closures

USACE Kansas City District awarded a contract to ARA to get site closure at three locations at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant. The areas covered are an Explosive Waste Incinerator, Burn Pads 5 and 6, and a Pistol Range. The project includes geophysical surveys, MEC clearance, Building Decontamination and Demolition, and soil sampling and remediation.

ROUMRS Demonstration Project

Remotely Operated Underwater Munitions Recovery System (ROUMRS): The US Army has awarded a contract to ARA, Inc. to recover military munitions to a depth of about 120' from Ordnance Reef, Waianae, Hawaii using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The field operations will likely occur during the summer/fall period of 2010.

Open Detonation Area Survey

USACE Kansas City District awarded a contract to ARA to perform the geophysical survey and subsurface soil investigation of the Open Detonation Area at KSAAP.

Valve and Flex Hose Maintenance Project