HELICOPTER WIRING SYSTEM BATTLE DAMAGE REPAIR

The purpose of this paper is to discuss recent U.S. Army activities in the repair of combat damaged helicopter wiring systems as part of the Army's Aircraft Combat Maintenance/Battle Damage Repair (ACM/BDR) program, and in particular, the development program of a prototype ACM/BDR Wiring Repair Set for use on present inventory helicopters. Wiring repair set development program topics discussed include: the program philosophy, objectives/goals, hardware and software concepts, set development, effectiveness of repairs and the attainment of repair capability goals by helicopter type. Also discussed are the "lessons learned" for considerations during the design of future helicopter wiring systems.