Rule-Based Information System for Training Resource Planning and Fleet Readiness Assessments

Measuring fleet readiness is a significant and critical challenge that faces the Navy today. The goal to maintain a force that is trained and knows how to apply their training effectively is crucial for the fleet's and the nation's preparedness. Aneffective maintenance training program not only trains under the best of circumstances, but needs to simulate what can and does go wrong as well. To measure readiness requires quick and seamless access to the information that contributes to a successfultraining program, not the least of which is availability specially engineered maintenance training devices and other training tools that simulate the behavior of malfunctioning weapon systems. Tecolote Research is proposing to develop a model that wouldintegrate with the NAWCSTD's TEELTR (Training Effectiveness Link to Readiness) model, and provide a mechanism to measure maintenance training equipment availability on fleet readiness. The innovation in this approach will be in integrating the disparatedata sources, developing the metrics for measuring readiness impact and providing for geographically dispersed information transfer as well as a contemporary web-services based software application to allow easy, secure access to the model. Government andindustry are both concerned with managing the logistics of critical resources (training systems, weapon systems, facilities) and assessing how their availability impacts organizational goals. Being prepared comes at a cost, and the impact of essentialresources (maintenance training equipment)