Technology Title
Adaptive Mission Readiness – Dynamic, Adaptive Maintenance with Distributed Manufacturing
Tech Focus Area
Business Processes/Partnerships
Abstract
Problem Statement: The Department of War (DoW) currently operates a maintenance paradigm that is largely reactive & based on static, periodic schedules. The system can struggle to provide adaptive or immediately actionable solutions for the dynamic maintenance and repair needs of today’s weapon systems, not least because spare parts are often unavailable when and where they’re most needed.
Description of the Innovation Solution: Our innovative platform provides adaptive and dynamic information, decision space and actionable maintenance options by integrating dimax cloud, an industrial platform for trusted, distributed manufacturing with Google’s world-class agentic analytics to dynamically make parts, components or products required at the point of need for maintenance and repair with proof of Security, Quality and Authenticity.
Benefits to the DoW: We increase warfighter readiness and uptime by offering maintenance decisions and actions that are agile, effective, and affordable. We provide an unprecedented ability to make informed decisions and then adaptively act on them in a dynamic maintenance and repair environment. We offer knowledge and actions across 3-time horizons that drive most maintenance decisions:
-Dynamic: Make Now! Immediate part production through local, distributed manufacturing.
-Proactive: Plan Ahead / Make Ahead! For short- & medium-term maintenance and repair needs that cannot be satisfied by existing spare parts inventory or supply chain. Leverages a wider distributed manufacturing network that includes the industrial base.
-As Planned plus Resilience: Adds contingency options (suppliers, routing, materials, and production nodes) to existing maintenance supply chain.
This innovation directly enhances warfighter readiness by shifting the maintenance posture from static to adaptive across every armed force location including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and DLA. Key benefits include a significant increase in asset availability, reduction in unscheduled downtime, lower operational costs and an expansion of the industrial base.
Innovation Challenges: Today’s military readiness demands a new way of operating enabling rapid, organic, local repair. Use of this adaptive, actionable, agentic platform requires participation by an expanded pool of Creators, Producers and Buyers encouraged to participate in a larger industrial base with more capability and capacity.
Technical Maturity/Demonstration Results: Google’s AI/ML models are Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 9 and are utilized globally across multiple industries. The dimax platform has been developed to TRL 7 across 3 tool chains: CNC machining, additive manufacturing and formulated production. Together they are ready to employ in a secure, private pilot or POC across any service or joint agency benefitting emergent operational repair.
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