Operational Readiness Simulator: Optimizing Operational Availability Using a Virtual Environment

Achieving TASAR Operational Readiness

NASA has been developing and testing the Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests (TASAR) concept for aircraft operations featuring a NASA-developed cockpit automation tool, the Traffic Aware Planner (TAP), which computes traffic/hazard-compatible route changes to improve flight efficiency. The TAP technology is anticipated to save fuel and flight time and thereby provide immediate and pervasiv...

Security Consensus Operational Readiness Evaluation

Using Flight Data to Improve Operational Readiness in Naval Aviation

In order to improve the operational readiness of Naval aviation, the Department of the Navy (DON) is implementing a knowledge management process known as Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA). MFOQA utilizes available flight data from existent onboard data collection systems to provide information that can be used to improve efficiencies in aircraft maintenance and operations, fl...

Disease Prediction Models and Operational Readiness

The objective of this manuscript is to present a systematic review of biosurveillance models that operate on select agents and can forecast the occurrence of a disease event. We define a disease event to be a biological event with focus on the One Health paradigm. These events are characterized by evidence of infection and or disease condition. We reviewed models that attempted to predict a dis...

Using an experimental drilling simulator to study operational parameters in drilled-cutting transport efficiency

Inadequate hole cleaning can lead to many problems in horizontal and directional wells. In this work, we tried to investigate the cutting transport phenomenon by an experimental directional drilling simulator, considering the differences between the operational and experimental conditions. The inclination, fluid type (water, foam, viscous, and dense), rotary speed (0 and 110 rpm), nozzle bit si...