The Background: A major OEM with a library of over 5700 component maintenance manuals supporting various in-service aircraft constantly requires revisions derived from fleet issues and engineering data evolutions.
A major aircraft OEM that had received a several billion-dollar contracts to design a new, all composite, military aircraft approached RCM for manpower and management support.
The Background: Since 1978, Sikorsky Aircraft has delivered approximately 6,000 UH-60 BlackHawks and other variants to the U.S. Military and International militaries.
The Background: Helicopter composite refueling probe redesign. The production design proved unsatisfactory in field. Probe had too much flexibility and possibly could interfere with the main rotor, thus creating a catastrophic event.