The RJLG team in the EverGreene Technology Park (ETP) in Waynesburg, PA, has been supporting the United States Air Force Propulsion Community since 2004 developing and supporting the Engine Health Management Plus Data Repository Center (EHM+DRC).

The EHM+DRC program expanding in 2007 to support the DoD Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) initiative to bring the National Security System (NSS), Engine Health Management (EHM) and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) programs under the EHM+ umbrella as one integrated program. The EHM+DRC system centralizes, integrates and streamlines USAF Propulsion community engine data and applications for EHM+. The EHM+DRC system resolves data silo issues that may remain locally at a Base and application cohesiveness through application hosting on a standard Air Force selected platform under the EHM+DRC framework.

RJLG has been transforming the EHM+DRC system as a data and knowledge management system of USAF Propulsion Community aircraft engine data within a portal framework to aggregate several web applications that provide engineers, maintenance personnel, MAJCOMS, fleet managers, contractors and research institutions with secure access to various Engine Health Management data sources and corresponding analytical tools.

RJLG is working toward key CBM+ objective in developing the EHM+DRC to a federated architecture (a federated architecture is the union of independent disparate data or application systems under a single cohesive view). The EHM+DRC system is being developed as a provider and consumer of services. The EHM+DRC as a provider system will publish data and application services to the CBM+ Research Environment (CBM+RE) and other domains such as DoD's, General Electric's and Pratt and Whitney's Engine Management Logistics Infrastructure (EMLI) domain that provides prognostics on remaining aircraft engine life for a particular mission. The EHM+DRC as a consumer system will consume content of remote providers such as data services from EMLI, GCSS-AF-DS, and other Air Force or contractor systems to extend EHM+ capabilities.

RJLG is developing the CBM+RE system as a consumer system that aggregates the content of the remote providers into a single view with transparent boundaries (e.g., EHM+DRC engine data, Aircraft Structural data, other domains). The purpose of CBM+RE is provide a holistic view of aircraft, engine and aviation data together for analysis and decision making purposes so a specific weapon system or fleet of weapon systems can be viewed and analyzed in its entirety. A task that has been considered a dream within USAF that RJLG is making into a reality!

In the Pipeline
EHM+DRC, EHM+ and CBM+ Programs - Contract Add-ons
RJLG is conducting Market Research at request by United States Air Force to support FY08 requirements for USAF propulsion community. Support is expected to include extension work to the existing EHM+DRC, EHM+ and CBM+ Programs RJLG is on contract to support. If USAF accepts the Market Research, a RFP may be issued to formalize contract requirements for FY08.

DESP II
RJLG recently received a RFP from GDIT and submitted proposal to support the Design and Engineering Support Program II. DESP II is a Department of Defense sponsored program to provide design and engineering/technical support services for the Department of Defense mission weapon systems, components, and support equipment (including engineering design, integration, system modifications, limited manufacturing, activities to support process analysis and improvements for maintenance/repair operations). The DESP II contract has a $1.9 Billion total contract ceiling over a five-year ordering period with seven-year execution periods that covers broad scope of government services. For more information about DESP II, please visit http://www.anteon.com/despii/ .