Complete Aviation Cable Restoration Kit

The operational commitments required of today’s Navy as well as the goal to streamline material resources have made it necessary to increase maintenance quality while reducing time spent in its performance. Commonly, repairs made to the fiber optic networks on Navy aircraft at sea, require for optical cable to be spliced. The ability to mechanically restore the spliced section of cable back to its original specifications will reduce future maintenance costs while improving mission readiness. Luna Innovations is proposing to further develop and manufacture low cost, cable restoration devices and tooling that will fully restore the mechanical properties of the cabling after the splicing has been preformed on the optical network. During the first phase of this three phase development program, Luna demonstrated the feasibility of the restoration and devices by measuring restored cable strength to be 110% of the manufacturer’s specifications. The Phase II effort will consist of design optimization, extreme environmental testing, and a sound plan for transition to large scale manufacturing, including pilot production of the restoration devices. This project will result in a device and its necessary tooling that will meet the needs of the Navy for optical and electrical cable restoration.