1/2/2023 0 Comments Umark aircraft recovery kit![]() ![]() A flight line variant, optimized for efficiency in operations on improved surfaces and able to lift and reach the most extreme loads will follow. First up for procurement and fielding is the expeditionary variant, optimized for air mobility in support of operations in austere environments on unimproved terrain. Several major tool suppliers now offer a line of Aerospace Standard ratcheting wrenches assembled in the U.S., allowing AGSE to proceed with a Modification Work Order (MWO) to fill the empty drawers.įielding of these additional tools will begin in FY 2016.Įarlier this year, the Army approved a Capability Production Document for the Self-propelled Crane Aircraft Maintenance and Positioning (SCAMP) Increment II, and the Army Acquisition Executive delegated Milestone Decision Authority to PEO Aviation for the program. ![]() This information drove AGSE to strike them from the product item description but leave an empty drawer to facilitate adding compliant tools when they became available. During the course of defining the original requirement, market research determined the required ratcheting wrenches were not Berry Amendment compliant. Those units already fielded CATS know that six of the seven tool kits are fielded with an empty drawer. ![]() All tools are designed to the latest aerospace industry standards and housed in foam shadowed drawers. CATS, a modernization of the New Aviation Tool System fielded in the mid-1990s, is an assortment of seven tool kits: hydraulic, powertrain, sheet metal, technical inspection, general mechanic, electrical, and power plant. The CATS program has also fielded 13 toolboxes to one allied nation through Foreign Military Sales. We are well ahead of the initial fielding schedule and on path to have CATS fully fielded by mid-summer 2016. As of 31 July 2015 we’ve fielded 12,218 CATS toolboxes to 46 Active Duty and National Guard units – over 50% of the Army requirement. The Common Aviation Tool System (CATS) is rapidly fielding Army wide. Modernized Unit Maintenance Aerial Recovery Kit (M-UMARK) As Army Aviation enters future operations, AGSE will again look to employ a TPE system to support rotational deployed forces. The TPE program has proven highly successful, saving the Army over $23M combined in transportation and Reset expenses. ![]() The strategy also extends operational use of the equipment, reducing Reset cycle times and saving Reset dollars. An added benefit is preserving unit organic equipment and more importantly, time, for home station training. Utilizing TPE for combat rotations rather than unit organic equipment unburdens units from packing and shipping these critical systems, significantly reduces inter- and intra-theater transportation costs, and reduces loss/damage from multi-modal transportation. Aviation Support / By Amanda Medley: The personnel within the AGSE Product Office are dedicated to fielding, modernizing, and sustaining the Right Tools, at the Right Time, in the Right Place, ensuring our Soldiers have the most effective systems to conduct aviation maintenance any-where at any time.ĪGSE recently completed a refresh of our “big three” Theater Provided Equipment (TPE) systems pre-positioned in Afghanistan: Standard Aircraft Towing Systems (SATS), Generic Aircraft Nitrogen Generators (GANG), and Auxiliary Ground Power Units (AGPU). ![]()
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