Improving Maintenance Decision Making in the Finnish Air Force Through Simulation

to INFORMS Annual Meeting 2008, October 12-15, Washington, D.C., USA Improving Maintenance Decision-Making in the Finnish Air Force through Simulation Ville Mattila, Kai Virtanen and Tuomas Raivio Systems Analysis Laboratory Helsinki University of Technology P.O.Box 1100, Otakaari 1M FIN-02015 TKK, Finland [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] We use discrete-event simulation to model the maintenance of fighter aircraft and improve maintenance-related decision making within the Finnish Air Force. The model supports maintenance designers in studying the impact of maintenance resources, policies, and operating conditions on aircraft availability. Thus, it advances the operational capability of the aircraft fleet. The main challenge of this simulation study was the scarcity and confidentiality of data needed in model construction.