Sustaining a fleet of configuration-controlled assets

A computer-readable non-volatile medium having control logic stored therein for causing a sustainment data system (SDS) server to sustain a fleet of configuration-controlled assets, the SDS server including a processor in communication with a memory, the control logic comprising computer-readable program code for causing the SDS server to:

• integrate a plurality of previously separate computer applications each including specific reusable business transactions associated with managing a fleet of assets, wherein functional capabilities of individual computer applications of the plurality of previously separate computer applications are defined by one or more of the specific reusable transactions executable therein, wherein the plurality of previously separate computer applications are separate from the fleet of assets, and wherein a first computer application of the plurality of previously separate computer applications communicates via a first communication format to a first gateway, where the first gateway communicates with the SDS server via a second communication format;
• receive technical data associated with at least one asset of the fleet of assets from a second computer application of the plurality of previously separate computer applications that is separate from the fleet of assets;
• integrate the received technical data per customer requirements;
• translate the received technical data from a third communication format associated with the at least one asset of the fleet of assets to a second format associated with the SDS server;
• transmit, to the first gateway associated with the first computer application, the translated technical data;
• convert, by the first gateway, the translated technical data from the second communication format to the first communication format;
• transmit, from the first gateway to the first computer application, the converted technical data, wherein the first computer application is configured to utilize at least one of the specific reusable business transactions, and wherein the first computer application is further configured to install the converted technical data, and wherein the first computer application is separate from the at least one asset of the fleet of assets;
• receive sensor data associated with a mission completed by the at least one asset, the sensor data received from at least one of the plurality of previously separate computer applications;
• determine, based on execution of the plurality of previously separate computer applications, a work order and a schedule to perform the work order, based on the received sensor data for the at least one asset, an availability of a trained resource to perform the work order, and the technical data;
• transmit, to a computer system associated with a user, the work order and the schedule for display to the user;
• plan, using at least one of the plurality of previously separate computer applications, a second mission for the at least one asset;
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• transmit, to the computer system associated with the user, the second mission for display to the user.

A method for sustaining a fleet of vehicles, the method implemented using a sustainment data system (SDS) server including a processor in communication with a memory, the method comprising:

• integrating and executing, within the SDS server, a plurality of modules associated with the management of a fleet of mobile platforms, the plurality of modules including a mission planning system for planning the missions for individual platforms within the fleet of mobile platforms, an integrated vehicle health management system (IVHMS), and a resource planning service for determining schedules for performing work orders on the individual platforms, wherein the plurality of modules are separate from the fleet of mobile platforms, and wherein a first module of the plurality of modules communicates via a first communication format to a first gateway, where the first gateway communicates with the SDS server via the second communication format;
• creating, by the SDS server, a predetermined set of messages for allowing the plurality of the modules, including the mission planning system, the IVHMS, and the resource planning service to communicate with each other;
• receiving, by the SDS server, technical data associated with at least one individual platform of the fleet of mobile platforms from a second module of the plurality of modules;
• translating, by the SDS server, the received technical data from a third format associated with the at least one individual platform of the fleet of mobile platforms to a second format associated the SDS server;
• transmitting, from the SDS server to the first gateway associated with the first module, the translated technical data;
• converting, by the first gateway, the translated technical data from the second communication format to the first communication format;
• transmitting, from the first gateway to the first module, the converted technical data, wherein the first module is configured to utilize at least one reusable business transaction, and wherein the first module is further configured to install the converted technical data;
• determining a schedule to perform a work order using results from execution of the resource planning service that are based at least in part on data provided by execution of the mission planning system, an availability of a trained resource to perform the work order, the technical data, and the IVHMS, wherein data provided by the IVHMS includes sensor data associated with missions completed by the individual platforms;
• transmitting, to a computer system associated with a user, the work order and the schedule for display to the user;
• determining a second mission for the individual platforms using the mission planning system and the resource planning service;
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• transmitting, to the computer system associated with the user, the second mission for display to the user.

A method for managing the insertion and removal of previously separate domain applications that have been integrated with one another, the method implemented using a sustainment data system (SDS) server including a processor in communication with a memory, said method comprising:

• configuring an extended application interface to connect the previously separate domain applications together, each previously separate domain associated with an aspect of management of a fleet of assets, wherein the previously separate domain applications are separate from the fleet of assets, wherein a first domain application of the plurality of previously separate domain applications communicates via a first communication format to a first gateway, wherein a second domain application of the plurality of previously separate domain applications communicates via a second communication format to a second gateway, and wherein the first gateway and the second gateway communicate with the SDS server via a third communication format;
• receiving, at the first gateway, data from the first domain application for the second domain application, wherein the first domain application and the second domain application are separate from the fleet of assets;
• translating, by the first gateway, the received data from the first communication format associated with the first domain application into the third communication format associated with the SDS server;
• receiving, at the SDS server, the translated data from the first gateway;
• transmitting, from the SDS server, the translated data to the second gateway;
• converting, by the second gateway, the translated technical data from the third communication format to the second communication format;
• transmitting, from the second gateway to the second domain application, the converted technical data;
• operating, by the SDS server, a transaction manager to extract and install one or more reusable transactions;
• implementing, in the SDS server, an application adapter for each new domain application to be added, with the application adapter configured to interface the new domain application to the extended application interface;
• receiving a plurality of data from the previously separate domain applications, wherein the plurality of data received is associated with the fleet of assets and is one of technical data and sensor data for each of the assets in the fleet of assets, the plurality of data received from a domain application associated with an engineering data system and configured to update at least one of stored engineering data and stored logistics analysis data of at least one asset, the sensor data associated with a mission completed by the at least one asset, the sensor data received from the previously separate domain applications;
• aggregating, by the SDS server, data received from the previously separate domain applications;
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• determining a reliability trend, using the aggregated data, for one or more assets of the fleet of assets.