Smart Avionics Systems Environment for Automatic Test Systems

The objective for Global Strategic Solutions (GSS) is to design, develop, and evaluate a system solution to support the characterization of smart avionics system’s health-ready capabilities, transform smart avionics systems data into a standard format, and operationalize condition-based maintenance practices in automatic test systems (ATS). Using open system standards, this solution will enhance ATS with the capability to support weapon system condition-based maintenance (CBM) and prognostics health management (PHM) practices, enable avionics systems test/repair efficiencies, and facilitate capture and exchange of ATS data/information to support NAVAIR CBM+ enterprise efforts. GSS will accomplish this objective by gathering input and expert advice from interested stakeholders across multiple program offices to develop a product that integrates a Health-Based Test Rule Editor Application and Health-Based Test Advisory Application. This product will provide users with a consolidated list of health-based advisories and guidance based on input from the ATS shop and unit under test (UUT) report files ingested from maintenance domain data sources. The data that flows through the system is analyzed according to predetermined rules and is displayed within the Health-Based Test Advisory Application when the UUT meets a certain rule requirement. Users will interact with the advisory application to receive all UUT health tracking and suggested guidance. The product developed will focus on operating in a standards-based environment for ingesting, storing, and processing UUT data. Multiple standards organizations to include the IEEE, SAE, and ASME are actively engaged in developing standards to support ATS, CBM and PHM. Developing a standard structure for the UUT data and report files will ensure proper integration and accessibility for all organizations within the maintenance environment. With the data from interested stakeholders, GSS will standardize the data structure to be read by the developed applications to understand the end-to-end repair. The intent is for the solution to integrate into the current maintenance processes and LOG IT systems as efficiently as possible using real data and provide benefits immediately.