A Flexible Integrated Intelligent Prognostic System (FIIPS) for Condition Based Maintenance (CBM)

Sporian has previously developed and successfully demonstrated a unified, integrated system to support Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) objectives.  The system acquires available CBM oriented data present on an aircraft, stores it, analyzes it on-aircraft using prognostic algorithms, and forwards data to ground systems when the aircraft returns so that further fleet-wide prognostic analyses can be performed.  This system, referred to as the Flexible Integrated Intelligent Prognostic System (FIIPS) for Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) will contribute to overall CBM+ and sustainment improvement efforts.  The FIIPS for CBM+ is a software-focused system that can be deployed on small, lightweight stand-alone hardware, integrated into existing avionics boxes such as a HUMS, or hosted as a virtual system on existing aircraft computers with suitable computing resources.  The FIIPS for CBM+ system is designed to produce data that supports diagnostic activities (troubleshooting) as well as prognostic maintenance.  This system has been developed with US Army funding with the Future Vertical Lift family of rotorcraft in mind, and is well positioned to be leveraged to provide similar sustainment-improving capabilities for US Air Force aircraft, allowing the USAF to benefit from greater than $1 million in previous research and development costs.  The USAF Phase I transitioning effort will focus on: identifying USAF aircraft platforms that can benefit from use of the technology and working with strategic partners to define TRL- and MRL-elevating technical activities that will be a focus of Phase II activities.