Marine Tiltrotor Test and Evaluation Squadron 22 (VMX-22)

When the United States Marine Corps resumed Operational Testing of the V-22 in 2003, they chose Holmes-Tucker International, Inc., to implement a test data system at VMX-22, MCAS New River, North Carolina. The VMX-22 Test Information Management System (TIMS) is a Microsoft SQL Server-based system patterned after the TIMS used at VX-1 and VX-9. The VMX-22 system builds upon the success of the VX-1 and VX-9 systems, providing a repository for test-related information, including test planning and execution data. The VMX-22 incorporates new interfaces to simplify test data collection, allowing the test team to import data directly from various USMC infrastructure systems. Schedule data is imported from the M-SHARP. This schedule data is used as the single flight time source for mission reliability analysis as well as status reporting. Built-in test (BIT) data can be downloaded from the V-22 Aircraft Maintenance Event Ground Station (AMEGS). Maintenance records and flight data is imported from the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS) Optimized Organizational Maintenance Activity (OOMA) database. These maintenance and logistics data are directly linked to the aircrew observations debriefed directly into TIMS, providing a complete set of linked and related data for subsequent analysis. With the automated interface with NALCOMIS, TIMS also facilitates collection and scoring of Reliability, Maintainability, Availability (RMA) data for test reports, and scoring of Maintenance Action Forms.

As VMX-22 becomes a composite squadron, Holmes-Tucker will continue to success of TIMS for the MV-22 and implement for H53E.

H-T has one on-site analyst/system administrator who provides both analytical and technical support to squadron personnel. She is assisted by our programming team in Hampton , VA.