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Naval Air Systems Command’s Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment program is installing the first Aviation Data Management and Control System Block 2 upgrade to the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. These workstations will be installed throughout the ship, allowing users easier access to data. (Courtesy photo)
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ADMACS team
celebrates first
upgrade
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Posted
2/3/2011 Updated
2/3/2011
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by Tom Worsdale
Naval Air Systems
Command Public
Affairs
2/3/2011 - JOINT
BASE
MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST,
N.J. -- Naval
Air Systems
Command's Aircraft
Launch and Recovery
Equipment program is
installing the first
Aviation Data
Management and
Control System Block
2 upgrade to the USS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
with completion
scheduled for Spring
2011.
"I am very proud
that we are
providing the fleet
with a cutting edge
product - the Block
2 upgrade - that
will increase daily
efficiency and data
management for
shipboard
operations," said
Capt. James
Donnelly, ALRE
program manager.
The current ADMACS
system being
operated by fleet
carriers is a
real-time data
management system
connecting the
carrier's air
department, ship
divisions and
Sailors who manage
aircraft launch and
recovery operations.
ADMACS communicates
aviation and
command-related data
across the system's
local area network
and the Integrated
Shipboard Network
System. The position
and location of the
aircraft on flight
and hangar decks are
then electronically
displayed in the
flight deck control
room.
ADMACS also displays
the status of
aircraft, launch and
recovery equipment,
fuel, weapons and
other aviation and
ship related
information.
According to Bruce
Chiodi, ALRE
Information Systems
integrated product
team lead, the
system upgrade
significantly
improves the
effectiveness of
aviation operations
and allows workload
reduction through
process automation,
optimization and
integration of key
operational systems.
Block 2 increases
efficiency by
automating current
paper-based
management processes
such as weapons and
ALRE maintenance
management, as well
as digitizing the
flight and hangar
deck control
management process,
which is currently
accomplished by a
template-based
spotting board.
"ADMACS Block 2
integrates many
essential systems
used on carriers and
enhances data
sharing over the
network," said
former ADMACS Block
2 lead Gino
LoStracco, at a
system dedication
ceremony at NAVAIR
at Joint Base
McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,
where the original
system and upgrades
continue to be
developed. "The
current upgrade also
includes installing
workstations
throughout the
carrier, allowing
users to log on to
access work orders,
view maintenance
scheduling and enter
data."
Other carriers
slated for Block 2
installation include
CVN's 68, 70-71,
74-77 and are
scheduled for
completion by 2015.
The next upgrade
installment, Block
3, will provide more
integration with
shipboard systems,
and will add
cross-check
functionality,
enhance weapons
management functions
and provide
interfaces to the
Electromagnetic
Aircraft Launch
System, Advanced
Arresting Gear and
Consolidated Afloat
Networks and
Enterprise Services
systems. Block 3
installations are
scheduled to begin
in fiscal year 2013. |
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