Military

A. NOMENCLATURE-TITLE-PROGRAM

1. Nomenclature-Title-Acronym. Navy Metrology and Calibration (METCAL) Program

2. Program Element. None

B. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

1. System Characteristics Unclassified

2. Capabilities Unclassified

3. Functions Unclassified

D. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

1. Operational Uses. The Navy METCAL Program, established by the Secretary of the Navy through SECNAVINST 3960.6, provides for calibration and repair facilities to ensure optimum performance of calibratable Support Equipment (SE). Calibratable SE is compared and adjusted to metrology standards of higher accuracy. The Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (AIR 3.6.1) provides policy, procedures, management, and funding for the Naval Aviation METCAL Program as discussed in this NTSP. The Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA-04M13) is the lead systems command for the Navy METCAL Program.

2. Foreign Military Sales. NA

E. DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND OPERATIONAL TEST. NA

F. AIRCRAFT AND/OR EQUIPMENT/SYSTEM/SUBSYSTEM REPLACED. NA

G. DESCRIPTION OF NEW DEVELOPMENT

1. Functional Description. The Navy METCAL Program (web address: http://metrology.corona.navy.mil) ensures that measurement accuracy is uniform and traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (http:// www.nist.gov), the U.S. Naval Observatory (http://www.usno.navy.mil), or Department of Defense (DoD) approved sources. The Navy Metrology Engineering Center, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, California, provides technical guidance. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) establishes Naval Aviation METCAL Program qualification criteria and training requirements, conducts training for higher echelon calibration activities, and coordinates and monitors METCAL training conducted for the Navy and Marine Corps at NTTU Keesler AFB, Biloxi.

Metrology standards are laboratory type devices used to maintain continuity of value in the units of measurement, and may be used to calibrate a standard of lesser accuracy or to directly calibrate SE. SE includes Test and Monitoring Systems (TAMS), automatic test equipment, general and special purpose electronic test equipment, and related equipment and software. SE items and metrology standards are calibrated per the intervals and procedures listed in the Metrology Requirements List (METRL) number NA-17-35MTL-1.

The METCAL Program specifies the following hierarchy of calibration facilities:

a. Navy Primary Standards Laboratory. The Navy Primary Standards Laboratory (NPSL), located at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island, California, is the Fleet Support Activity (FSA) for calibration standards. The NPSL (www.nadepni.navy.mil/npsl) maintains direct liaison with the NIST and the Naval Observatory to ensure measurements are traceable. These laboratories provide special metrology engineering services for standards and TAMS beyond the capability of lower echelon calibration laboratories, and serve as a repository for Navy primary standards.

b. Navy Depot Calibration Laboratory. The Navy Depot Calibration Laboratories (NDCL) provide calibration and repair of metrology standards and SE that are beyond the capability of lower echelon calibration laboratories. NDCLs maintain traceability to the National Bureau of Standards via the NPSL. NDCLs are operated ashore but also provide on-site services to NAVAIRSYSCOM activities ashore and afloat.

c. Marine Corps Mobile Calibration Complex. The Mobile Calibration Complexes (MCC) provide deployable on-site, and in-laboratory depot level calibration services primarily to aviation units of the parent Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and any other service as may be coordinated by higher echelon.

d. Field Calibration Activities. Approximately 100 Intermediate Maintenance Activities (IMA), ashore and afloat, are designated Field Calibration Activities (FCA). The FCAs are operated primarily by military personnel and provide intermediate level calibration and repair of any fleet SE and metrology standard for which they maintain standards and instrument calibration procedures.

2. Physical Description. NA

3. New Development Introduction. NA

4. Significant Interfaces. NA

5. New Features, Configurations, or Material. NA

H. CONCEPTS

1. Operational Concept. Calibration and maintenance functions are performed by qualified Navy enlisted personnel and Marine Corps aviation personnel with the following Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) and Military Occupational Specialty codes:

• NEC 6673, Field Calibration Activity Technician (Electrical/Electronic), E-3 to E-6
• NEC 1589, Fleet Electronics Calibration Technician, E-4 to E-7
• MOS 6492, Aviation Precision Measuring Equipment/Automatic Test Equipment (PME/ATE) Calibration and Repair Technician, E-3 to E-7

Advanced calibration and maintenance functions are performed by qualified Navy enlisted personnel with NEC 6718, Electronics Standards Specialist (E-5 to E-6), U.S. Marine Corps personnel with MOS 6492 (E-3 to E-7) who are graduates of C-190-2011, and civilian personnel who are graduates of an authorized calibration course or equivalent. All personnel performing calibration and maintenance functions are trained in Metrology Automated System for Uniform Recall and Reporting (MEASURE) system operation, procedural, and documentation disciplines. Initial MEASURE training is obtained from NTTU Keesler AFB Biloxi. Additional MEASURE training is available upon request from MEASURE Operations Control Center (MOCC). Per Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction (OPNAVINST) 4790.2G (www.nalda.navy.mil/4790), personnel holding other NECs or MOSs may be used in the calibration of physical, mechanical, pressure, and temperature equipment after completion of either formal or on-the-job training.

2. Maintenance Concept. Metrology standards and TAMS are maintained per designated calibration intervals and procedures. The calibration and repair of metrology standards will be conducted per the laboratory structures specified in the METCAL Program. Calibration intervals and procedures are defined in METRL NA-17-35MTL-1. A wide variety of metrology standards and TAMS are used in quantitative applications.

The MEASURE provides a standardized system for the recall and scheduling of TAMS and metrology standards into appropriate calibration facilities or laboratories, and for the documentation of data pertaining to calibration actions performed.

The calibration and maintenance of metrology standards and TAMS is based upon scheduled and unscheduled maintenance per OPNAVINST 4790.2G, and will be conducted under organizational, intermediate, and depot levels as follows:

a. Organizational. No calibration or repair of metrology standards or TAMS will be conducted at the organizational level of maintenance.

b. Intermediate. Work Center 670 FCA personnel, per the OPNAVINST 4790.2G and METRL NA-17-35MTL-1 ashore and afloat, will perform scheduled and unscheduled calibration and repair of fleet TAMS. The calibration and repair of fleet TAMS will be documented on a MEASURE Metrology Equipment Recall (METER) card (OPNAV 4790/58) and appropriate calibration labels or tags attached. The calibration of fleet TAMS that are not authorized, or are beyond the capability of maintenance at the intermediate level, will be forwarded to the appropriate authorized calibration and repair facility. The intermediate level also performs calibration and repair of metrology standards within their cognizance.

c. Depot. The calibration and repair of metrology standards and fleet TAMS which are beyond the capability of maintenance at the intermediate level will be conducted at the Navy Standards Laboratories (NSL), NDCLs, and MCCs per OPNAVINST 4790.2G and METCAL Programs.

d. Interim Maintenance. NA

e. Life Cycle Maintenance Plan. NA

3. Manning Concept. Qualified intermediate level calibration and maintenance personnel are identified by NEC or MOS and are within the activity's existing manpower authorization (OPNAV 1000/2 or Marine Corps Table of Organization). No increase or decrease in the IMA billet structure is required by this NTSP. This NTSP only addresses the requirements for manning billets authorized to be filled within aviation support activities by designated personnel in both the Navy and the Marine Corps.

4. Training Concept. Calibration training for Navy and Marine Corps personnel is currently being conducted at NTTU Keesler AFB Biloxi. Navy personnel are trained for NEC 6673, 1589, and 6718; Marine Corps personnel are trained for MOS 6492 (basic and advanced as required).

Selected Reserve personnel may earn intermediate level maintenance NECs by attending formal training at NTTU Keesler AFB Biloxi providing a quota and funding are available, and the student is available to attend the training. Specific guidelines are contained in NAVPERS 18068F Volume II, Chapter IV, Navy Enlisted Classifications.

The established training concept for most aviation maintenance training divides "A" School courses into two or more segments called Core and Strand. "A" School Core courses include general knowledge and skills training for the particular rating, while "A" School Strand courses focus on the more specialized training requirements for that rating and a specific aircraft or equipment, based on the student's fleet activity destination. Strand training immediately follows Core training and is part of the "A" School. "A" School graduates going to intermediate level activities attend the appropriate intermediate level "C" School.

a. Initial Training. Initial training is not required.

b. Follow-on Training. Follow-on training for operator and organizational maintenance is not applicable. Follow-on training for United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) intermediate level is listed below.

d. Training Pipelines. NA

a. Aviation Maintenance Training Continuum System. AMTCS provides career path training to the Sailor or Marine from their initial service entry to the end of their military career. AMTCS is an integrated system that satisfies the training and administrative requirements of both the individual and the organization; the benefits are manifested in the increased effectiveness of the technicians and the increased efficiencies of the management of the training business process. By capitalizing on technological advances and integrating systems and processes where appropriate, the right amount of training can be provided at the right time, thus meeting the CNO's mandated "just-in-time" training approach.

AMTCS provides a cost effective training continuum as an integrated system, which satisfies the training and administrative requirements of both the individual Sailor or Marine and the organization. Technology investments enabled the design and development of several state-of-the-art training and administrative tools: Computer-Based Training (CBT) for the technicians in the Fleet in the form of Interactive Courseware (ICW) with Computer Managed Instruction (CMI) and Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) for the schoolhouse.

Included in the AMTCS development effort is the Aviation Maintenance Training Continuum System - Software Module (ASM) which provides testing {Test and Evaluation (TEV)}, recording {Electronic Training Jacket (ETJ)}, and a Feedback system. The core functionality of these AMTCS tools are based and designed around actual maintenance related tasks the technicians perform, and the tasks are stored and maintained in a Master Task List (MTL) data bank. These tools are procured and fielded with appropriate COTS hardware and software, i.e., Fleet Training Devices (FTD) - Laptops, PCs; Electronic Class Rooms (ECR); Learning Resource Centers (LRC) and operating software, network software and hardware.

Upon receipt of direction from OPNAV (N889H), AMTCS is to be implemented and the new tools integrated into the daily training environment of all participating aviation activities and supporting elements. AMTCS will serve as the standard training system for aviation maintenance training within the Navy and Marine Corps, and is planned to supersede the existing Maintenance Training Improvement Program (MTIP) and Maintenance Training Management and Evaluation Program (MATMEP).

2. Personnel Qualification Standards. NA

3. Other Onboard or In-Service Training Packages. Marine Corps onboard training is based on the current series of MCO P4790.12, Individual Training Standards System and MATMEP. This program is designed to meet Marine Corps, as well as Navy OPNAVINST 4790.2 series, maintenance training requirements. It is a performance-based, standardized, level-progressive, documentable, training management and evaluation program. It identifies and prioritizes task inventories by MOS through a front-end analysis process that identifies task, skill, and knowledge requirements of each MOS. MATMEP is planned to be replaced by AMTCS.

2. Program Documentation. NA

3. Technical Data Plan. A list of calibration publications and training manuals is found in METRL NA-17-35MTL-1. Items required for each course are identified in element IV.B.4 of this NTSP.

4. Test Sets, Tools, and Test Equipment. NA

5. Repair Parts. Depot Metrology standards repair parts and spares requirements are controlled by NAVAIRSYSCOM. Intermediate Metrology standards and TAMS repair parts and spares requirements are controlled by appropriate Type Commanders via allocation of Aviation Fleet Maintenance (AFM) Funds.

6. Human Systems Integration. NA

K. SCHEDULES

1. Installation and Delivery Schedules. NA

2. Ready For Operational Use Schedule. The equipment is Ready for Operational Use (RFOU) when delivered.

3. Time Required to Install at Operational Sites. No installation is required.

4. Foreign Military Sales and Other Source Delivery Schedule. NA

5. Training Device and Technical Training Equipment Delivery Schedule. NA

L. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND CONTRACTOR FURNISHED EQUIPMENT TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. NA

M. RELATED NTSPs AND OTHER APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS