Defense Maintenance and Logistics Exhibition

December 17-19, 2018 │ Tampa, FL, USA
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Defense Maintenance Competition

SAE International and The Aerospace Maintenance Council, both non-profit organizations, promote and supports the defense maintenance community. The partnership’s flagstone event, the Defense Maintenance Competition (DMC), recognizes and celebrates the defense maintenance technician and raises awareness of the knowledge and skill required to maintain safe weapons systems worldwide. The competition is held annually in conjunction with DoD Maintenance Symposium and Defense Maintenance and Logistics Exhibition.

The DMC provides an opportunity for current and future maintenance professionals to showcase their abilities and see how they stack up against peers across the country. Three-member teams complete in maintenance events intended to test skill and knowledge required of a maintenance technician.

This year’s event looks to showcase 10–15 event sponsors to challenge the technical expertise of more than 20 current and future defense maintenance professional teams. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

SAE International and the Aerospace Maintenance Council are grateful for the support that was provided for the 2017 program and are looking forward to growing the event in 2018 with industry support for competitive events.

To sign up a team to compete, download this sign-up form or contact:
Jim Sherman
james.sherman@sae.org
724-612-3214

Sponsors:

   

Competition description

The Defense Maintenance Competition returns to the symposium again for 2018. This competition provides an opportunity for current and future maintenance professionals to showcase their abilities and see how they stack up against peers across the country.  Three-member teams compete in maintenance events intended to test skill and knowledge required of a defense maintenance technician. Competitors will compete in a range of events that will highlight their technical prowess in maintenance.

The competition consists of various events to test the knowledge and skills needed of today’s defense technician. Descriptions for each event are provided here, along with the rules of the competition. For each event, teams will be given 15 minutes to complete. There is no need to bring tools to compete in the DMC, as all tools necessary to properly accomplish each event will be provided.

The competition will be held in the competition area of the exhibit space.

Current competitors:

  • 412 MXG/MXOPO Edwards AFB
  • 402nd AMXG Warner Robbins AFB
  • OC-ALC AFMC551 CMMXS/CL

 

Schedule

  Date Time
Event set up by sponsors Dec. 16 and Dec. 17  Before noon
Event practice Dec. 17 Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Competition Dec. 17 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Awards presentation Dec. 17 4:15 p.m.

Individual Events

Winglet Contour Check

This event will test the participants' ability to successfully measure the contour of the winglet.

Video: API Measurement and Automation

Analytical Chip Debris Classification

This event will test the participants' ability to successfully prepare and analyze a chip sample, using ChipCHECK.

Intermittent Fault Detection and Isolation in Electrical Wiring Interconnect Systems (EWIS)

This event will test the participants' ability to successfully detect and isolate random intermittent faults in wiring harnesses.

Oil Test Analysis

This event will test the participants' ability to successfully test an oil sample on the FieldLab 58 oil analyzer and produce a test report with automated maintenance recommendations.

Video: How to Run a Sample

Safety Cable

This event will test each participant's skill and speed while accomplishing a series of safety cable patterns.

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