Army engineering maintenance consists of those engineers, technicians,and military organizations responsible for the expert repair and maintenance of army

Army

An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...

 vehicles, weapon systems, and other equipment.

Army engineering maintenance should not be confused with military engineering which is distinctly separate and analogous to civil engineering

Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

 while the former analogous to mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

 and electrical engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

.

Operational and tactical level focus

At the operational and tactical levels, army engineering maintenance is focused on the repair and scheduled maintenance work required to keep army equipment fleets operational.

Strategic level focus

At the strategic level, army engineering maintenance is closely linked to military logistics

Military logistics

Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of military forces. In its most comprehensive sense, it is those aspects or military operations that deal with:...

. At this level, it includes work such as the design, development, and testing of new vehicles and weapon systems. It also includes lifecycle management

Lifecycle management

*Product lifecycle management*Product life cycle management*Information Lifecycle Management*Plant lifecycle management*Application Lifecycle Management*Virtual Machine lifecycle management*Software Lifecycle Management*Building lifecycle management...

 activities once new systems become operational.

See also

• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branch
  Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branch
  The Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Branch is a personnel branch of the Canadian Forces that provides army engineering maintenance support.-History:...
  
  
• Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger II main battle tanks and WAH64 Apache...
  
  
• Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  The Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the Australian Army that has responsibility for the maintenance and recovery of all land electrical and mechanical equipment...
  
  
• Pakistan Army Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
  College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
  The College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering or is the largest constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.- Location :...
  
  
• Motor transport
  Motor transport
  Motor transport refers to the operation and maintenance of a military vehicle fleet , and sometimes to the servicemembers to operate and maintain them. Traditionally, motor transport organizations are responsible for a unit's military trucks and associated equipment, as well as the transport of...
  
  
• Armoured recovery vehicle
  Armoured recovery vehicle
  An armoured recovery vehicle is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to repair battle- or mine-damaged as well as broken-down armoured vehicles during combat, or to tow them out of the danger zone for more extensive repairs...
  
  
• Systems engineering
  Systems engineering
  Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...
  
  

Other types of engineering in the military:

• Military engineering
• Marine engineering
  Marine engineering
  In maritime transportation, the engine department or engineering department is an organizational unit aboard a ship that is responsible for the operating the propulsion systems and the support systems for crew, passengers and cargo. This work is carried out by marine engineering officers who...
  
  
• Aerospace engineering
  Aerospace engineering
  Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering...
  
  
• Communication Systems Engineer
• Weapons engineering