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The University of South Carolina (USC) has supported the U.S. Army by conducting research to support a timely and cost effective aircraft maintenance program. Research emphasis has been to collect and warehouse data, and formulate requirements for a move toward Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) for the U.S. Armed Forces.
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February 10, 2009
 

Well Received - Congratulations to Dr. Vytautas Blechertas and Mr. Nicholas Goodman for their well-received presentations at the 2nd Annual AHS CBM Specialists' Meeting in Huntsville, Alabama. Their presentations can be viewed in the Publication section.


October 31, 2008
 

Congratulations - Dr. Abdel Bayoumi has been awarded $868,404 by the SC National Guard / DOD for his project entitled, "Comprehensive Rotary-Wing Aircraft Research Plan in Support of the U.S. Army Conditioned Based Maintenance Program" and $500,000 for his project entitled, "U.S. Army Conditioned Based Maintenance Program: Aircraft Components Testing."


February 26, 2008
 
An Afternoon with USC - USC took the lead of a session at the American Helicopter Society's Technical Specialist's meeting on Condition Based Maintenance. If you missed the event, copies of all 4 papers presented are now available in the Publications section.

November 1, 2007
 
Breakthrough - The USC CBM Research Center was the feature story in the University's quarterly magazine, Breakthrough, which spotlights developing research programs at the University. Click here to read and download the full article, or visit our publications section for all of the recent articles regarding cbm@usc.

August 2, 2007
 
New Beginnings - The University of South Carolina's College of Engineering and Computing in conjunction with the South Carolina Army National Guard officially opened the Condition Based Maintenenance Center on Thursday. Missed the ceremony? All articles have been reproduced here for your convenience. More

June 30, 2007
 
All about CBM - The June Issue of Army Aviation Magazine chronicles the collaborative effort between the Army and Academia in improving Condition Based Maintenance methodologies at the University of South Carolina. Written by Col. Frank Atkins and Ret. Col. James "Kimo" Bacon. Full Article

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