Todays high demand on aging military aircraft and the corresponding lean maintenance workforce requires this lean workforce to focus their attention on repairing mission incapable aircraft, leaving little time to document their actions. When performing maintenance, technicians manage many resources, including team coordination requirements, various tools required for the job, Technical Order manuals, and various maintenance documentation systems. Many of these resources are directly associated with the primary task of repairing the aircraft, others are related to the secondary task of documenting their actions. Current documentation systems do not adequately integrate these secondary tasks with the primary goal of repairing the aircraft. A more streamlined documentation system, effectively integrated with the primary task, will enable greater accuracy in sustainment of aircraft over long periods of time.
Total Quality Systems (TQS) has developed an Autonomic Communication Exchange (ACE) prototype system, which is designed for both hands-free and autonomic collection of aircraft maintenance data to electronically collect, record, and deliver diagnostic information while interacting with maintenance personnel working on an aircraft. Through conversational communication and other automated sensor inputs, ACE collects maintenance data as the technician continues to perform their primary maintenance task. ACE will support all levels of maintenance from the flightline to the depot.
Features
- Maximizes the ability of the maintainer to perform multiple repair tasks
- Reduces the amount of time to complete maintenance tasks
- Provides intelligent information feedback while performing tasks
- Enhances maintainers ability to perform critical maintenance without interupption of repair documentation
- Maximizes sortie generation rate
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