Integrated Systems Health Management for Increased Autonomy

Autor: Martin P. DeSimio, Thierry Pamphile, Charles D. McCurry, Mark M. Derriso, Richard S. Burns
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: AIAA Infotech@Aerospace (I@A) Conference.
Popis: Within the aerospace community, health management has mostly been focused on estimating the condition of a vehicle or subsystem for predicting its remaining useful life. Research on using health information to infer effects on the vehicle’s operational capabilities has been gaining momentum over the last decade. These approaches typically perform health assessments on the internal condition of the vehicle; while largely ignoring the external factors and threats that could adversely impact the vehicle’s operational performance. A major technical challenge for increasing autonomy in aerospace systems is improving their state awareness to enable real-time decision making and adaptation. Current aerospace systems lack comprehensive state awareness information making them unable to react to changes in the vehicle states and operational environments. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has been investing in Integrated Systems Health Management (ISHM) technologies over the past 15 years to address this issue. AFRL defines ISHM as the integration of internal and external state information for the generation of state awareness and its use for ground management and real-time control of the vehicle. The purpose of this paper is to present AFRL’s ISHM vision, define related terminology, and discuss programmatic research.
Databáze: OpenAIRE