CTMA Project #: 140869
Problem: Increasing aviation safety is a primary design and operational goal for aircraft flying within the industrialized nations. Decreasing the failure probability requires a platform sustainment methodology that continually improves the ability to detect and mitigate functional degradation before failure occurs.
Benefit: The public benefits via improved safety records, reduction of operational sustainment costs that keeps ticket prices down and a reduction to travel delays.
Solution/Approach: The objective of this initiative is to demonstrate that IMAS is capable of being expanded to an aircraft fleet beyond that demonstrated during the SBIR/STTP project. This project will focus on the H60 helicopter fleet that is used commercially and across the DoD Services. The demonstration is intended to replicate COTS prognostic/diagnostic analysis at a DoD facility for documenting cost and benefits of IMAS to improve operational readiness levels via utilization of artificial intelligence inspired linked-data analysis systems compared to conventional database record keeping systems. The goal of the project is to transition IMAS to a joint platform supporting CBM+.
Impact on Warfighter:
- Reduction in time and labor costs
- Improved maintenance
- Improved readiness
- Detection of red flags and precursors to failures
DOD Participation:
- U.S. Navy
- U.S. Marines
Industry Participation:
- Analatom
- MERC
- NCMS
Benefit Area(s):
- Cost savings
- Repair turn-around time
- Maintenance avoidance and reliability
- Maintenance management improvement
- Improved readiness
Focus Area:
- Business processes/partnerships
