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By Gerry Gibson

A portable c-CAMM2 unit is linked into base networks. The system has been rolled out across ADF aircraft to provide for better maintenance management.

Photo provided by Gerry Gibson.

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* The Computer Aided Maintenance Management System version 2 was rolled out for aircraft across the Services on October 12. The system means Defence engineers can determine the routine maintenance requirements of aircraft down to the individual component level to ensure airworthiness. For the next year, the new system will be monitored and improvements will be made where the need is identified.

AIR operations across the ADF will benefit from the successful rollout of the Computer Aided Maintenance Management System version 2 (CAMM2) to all Air Force, Army and Navy aircraft last month.

CAMM2, which will be used in support of ADF air operations to provide serviceable, airworthy and correctly configured weapons systems, has been delivered to 12 sites and more than 12,000 Defence personnel.

The work undertaken by Defence, particularly the Project Air 5279 team and contractor Accenture, in completing the rollout, was recognised in a ceremony on October 12.

Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd, Defence Materiel Organisation Chief Operating Officer Frank Lewincamp and Director General Materiel Information Systems Brigadier David McGahey attended.

The rollout provides CAMM2 to ADF aircraft and systems including Hornet, Hawk, PC-9, Orion, Blackhawk, Kiowa, Iroquois, Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter, F-111, H- and J-model Hercules, B707, Sea Hawk, Squirrel, Sea King, Super Sea Sprite, life support systems and hyperbaric chambers.

“Completing the rollout of CAMM2 is a major achievement, which incorporates not only the operating units of these aircraft types but their associated System Program Offices and maintenance contractors,” the Aviation Engineering and Maintenance Management Systems project manager, Wing Commander David Fredericks, said.

“The project replaces a 25-year-old legacy aircraft maintenance management system and would not have been successful without the buy-in and cooperation of the air crew, engineering staff and logistics personnel who will use the new system.”

CAMM2 allows engineers to track aircraft configuration and routine maintenance requirements down to the individual component level. By improving the quality, detail and timeliness of aircraft data, the system enables greater enforcement of airworthiness requirements and provides tools to maximise aircraft utilisation and reduce maintenance costs.

“While the rollout of CAMM2 to the ADF’s current air fleet is complete, the development of CAMM2 will continue. During the next 12 months, ongoing improvements will be made to the performance, usability and functionality of the CAMM2 system,” Wing Commander Fredericks said.

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