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Anniston Army Depot, Ala., 31 March 2006. At its newly renovated TIGER (Total InteGrated Engine Revitalization) facility, Anniston Army Depot will commemorate the signing of the program enterprise between the U.S. Army and Honeywell.
In late January 2006, Honeywell won the U.S. Army contract for Total Integrated Engine Revitalization (TIGER), a program designed to improve and extend the life of the AGT1500 turbine engine used to power the Abrams family of vehicles.
The contract calls for Honeywell to improve service of the Abrams's AGT1500 engine using Six Sigma processes to gather data on performance. The company will then make data-driven decisions to affect repairs and engineering improvements.
"We worked with the Army to develop the TIGER program to save costs and improve readiness for their Abrams tanks," says Mike Cuff, vice president, Surface Systems, Honeywell Defense & Space. "We will deliver performance-based logistics and engineering design improvements facilitating an integrated lifecycle management approach to reduce operating costs, while doubling the service life of overhauled AGT1500 engines from 700 to 1400 hours."
Honeywell plans to partner with the Army's Program Manager Heavy Brigade Combat Team (PM-HBCT), TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, and Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) under a long-term agreement.
Honeywell will provide engineering support, durability design improvements, integrated supply chain management, material management, field repair support, field and overhaul data collection, and fact-based maintenance.
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