COMPILATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DATA FOR AIRCRAFT FLEET MANAGEMENT

• US 20090083050A1
• Filed: 09/25/2007
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Martin Marietta Corporation)
• Inventors: Eltman, Joseph T., DeHart, Michael H., Kell, Edward T.
• Application Number:
  US11/860,575
• Publication Number:
  US 20090083050A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance

Abstract

A fleet management service receives HUMS data from a multitude of operators, compiles the HUMS data, and communicates fleet management data to each of the multiple of operators as compared to a fleet of that aircraft type. The fleet management service provides an executive level summary of each operator'"'"'s aircraft, maintenance and supply chain performance, with analysis of this performance compared to the fleet of that aircraft type.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving aircraft data from a multitude of operators which together operate a fleet of an aircraft type;

compiling the aircraft data from the multitude of operators; and

communicating the compiled aircraft data as fleet management data for each of the multiple of operators as compared to the fleet.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

accessing HUMS data as a portion of the aircraft data; and

limiting access to HUMS data for an individual aircraft to only that operator which operates that individual aircraft.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said compiling further comprises:

converting differing aircraft data from each of the multitude of operators into a common data format.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating maintenance data as a portion of the fleet management data.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating supply chain data related to the maintenance data as a portion of the fleet management data.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating top removal data as a portion of the fleet management data.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating monthly operation usages as a portion of the fleet management data.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating material fill rata data as a portion of the fleet management data.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating HUMS monitoring data as a portion of the fleet management data.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating fleet removals normalized per 1,000 hours as a portion of the fleet management data.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating operator vs. similar fleet removals normalized per 1,000 hour data for that operator.

12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating operator top removals versus the same part removed for the fleet of that aircraft type for that operator.

13. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating maintenance data as a list of suggested actions as a portion of the fleet management data.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating part availability data related to the list of suggested action as a portion of the fleet management data.

16. The medium as recited in claim 13, wherein said receiving and said communicating step are performed through an FTP server.

17. The medium as recited in claim 13, wherein said receiving and said communicating step are performed through an Internet-based system.

18. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said communicating further comprises:

communicating a suggested maintenance action as a portion of the fleet management data;

communicating a particular part required as a portion of the fleet management data; and

communicating when said particular component should be ordered as a portion of the fleet management data.

15. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving aircraft data from a multitude of operators which together operate a fleet of an aircraft type;

compiling the aircraft data from the multitude of operators; and

communicating the compiled aircraft data as fleet management data for each of the multiple of operators as compared to the fleet.