Mission Readiness
Balancing The Readiness Equation
Mission readiness is the critical enabler of our national security strategy. Impacted by the combined effectiveness of our nation’s armed forces’ supply chain, logistics, training, maintenance, and other functions, it ensures that our military personnel, assets, and systems are fully prepared today to meet the dynamic demands of assigned missions tomorrow.
Of all aircraft types missed their mission-capable goals in FY2021.
Assets and personnel involved in daily mission sustainment activities.
Assets and personnel involved in daily mission sustainment activities.
Assessments of readiness indicate a sobering truth. The US and allied defense assets and systems are insufficiently ready to win the next war.
As recently as May 2023, GAO testimony to Congress reported that mission capability has declined since 2017 and spotlighted challenges the Department of Defense faces in rebuilding, restoring, and modernizing the military.
The challenge is particularly stark in the military maintenance community, given its pivotal impact on force posture. The DOD needs a commercially proven and scalable solution to mitigate the recruiting, retention, and effectiveness challenges in maintenance that compromise asset availability—a full spectrum readiness platform delivering efficiency and proficiency gains across maintenance, supply, and logistics.
“Only 2 of 49 aviation systems met their annual mission capable goals. The vast majority missed by over 10%.”
The challenge is particularly stark in the military maintenance community, given its pivotal impact on force posture. The DOD needs a commercially proven and scalable solution to mitigate the recruiting, retention, and effectiveness challenges in maintenance that compromise asset availability—a full spectrum readiness platform delivering efficiency and proficiency gains across maintenance, supply, and logistics. DMA focuses on critical challenges facing warfighters and planners today, including:
- Skilled labor shortages and high operational tempo are compounding maintenance issues and delays.
- Parts shortages, obsolescence, and poor supply planning is increasing lifecycle costs and decreasing aircraft availability rates.
- Increased maintenance spending is crowding out investments in personnel and new capabilities.
How AI Enhances
Mission Readiness
AI-powered technology enables predictive analysis and efficient problem-solving methods to address issues effectively and proactively.
- Analyze decades of data in seconds
- Predict causal factors
- Fix it right the first time
Investing in machine learning and data analytics education, training, and implementation fosters the next generation of digital-native workforce.
- Streamline workflows
- Reduce time loss (hunt and gather)
- Accelerate resolution for junior maintainers
Mission readiness anticipates the threat of peer conflict intensifying strains on sustainment systems. AI supports ‘fast and lethal’ decision-making.
- Reduced cognitive load
- Tailored trend analysis
- Actions informed by real-time insights
Solving The Problem
Digital Maintenance Advisor is an explainable artificial Intelligence (EAI) modular software solution at the cross-section of maintenance and operations.
Addressing key challenges with applied EAI that maintainers want to use, DMA helps personnel rapidly and more effectively troubleshoot maintenance issues in and on complex weapons systems—leading to outcomes like improved fleet availability and mission capable rates, improved maintainer quality of life and retention, and improved overall force readiness.