Earmark - Life Cycle Savings through Machinery Health Monitoring (Note: only to continue the development of technologies needed to implement condition-based maintenance practices)

Agency:		Department of Defense--Military
Bureau:		Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Account:		Research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy (17-1319)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Comptroller Program/Budget
Contact Information:		http://WWW.DOD.GOV 703-697-5131

Life Cycle Savings through Machinery Health Monitoring (Note: only to continue the development of technologies needed to implement condition-based maintenance practices)

3 recipients will receive $2,000,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Description: Life Cycle Savings (LCS) is a logistics R&D project to implement Sense and Respond Logistics (S&RL) in Navy systems. LCS makes use of Conditioned Based Maintenance (CBM) techniques and specific prognostic algorithms to provide proactive maintenance and equipment health monitoring. The project employs smart sensors with wireless capability and interfaces to existing Navy maintenance/supply applications to create actionable information. When implemented, LCS should result in higher equipment availability, reduced manning requirements, and lower equipment maintenance/material costs.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Northruop Grumman Defense Mission System	$2,000		For-Profit	Reston, VA
Resource Consultants INC	$0		For-Profit	Vienna, VA
The Penn State University	$0		Public Educational Institution	State College, PA

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: 108-622

Location: Line 66, Page 297

Citation Excerpt: Life Cycle Savings through Machinery Health Monitoring (Note: only to continue the development of technologies needed to implement condition-based maintenance practices)

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007