ARMY AL&T


After each part is scanned, it is matched with 40-year-old structural drawings of the Black Hawk—some of which are diffi- cult to read—and labeled with the correct name and part number, Myers explained. “Every single part is identified,” she said.


To create the full 3D twin, the team has to merge the information in the old 2D drawings with the 3D scan. “Tat scan gives us a complete 3D model file,” Myers said. “Now we are starting to get the full picture. [Te twin] tells us the measure- ments, it tells us what each scanned part is called, it tells us the part number, it puts in the distribution statement [minimum security level required to read it], it puts in the export warning control [identifies export-controlled technical data], it puts in the annotations,” such as dimensions, geometric tolerances, symbols and notes to document the design and manufactur- ing requirements.


Te team will scan approximately 5,000 individual parts over the course of 30 months, she said. During that arduous process, as each structural component scan is completed, NIAR will review it for quality control and then send it back to the Army. “We will put it into our prod- uct life cycle management tool that we use, that the Army uses,” and it will undergo different engineering reviews for further quality and safety evaluation, Myers said.


“Now this is where it’s starting to be real interesting,” she continued. “How do we tie that to the logistics process? How does a logistician go in and look at and under- stand this 3D model? Do logisticians and maintainers have the software and skills to be able to do it?”


Tis is another aspect of the pathfinding process, Myers said. Finding out which software needs to be purchased at what cost, who should be viewing the twin


ON THE WAY


An operational Black Hawk helicopter and a separate fuselage begin an 800-mile journey on May 18 from Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas to Wichita, Kansas. (Photo by Lisa Simunaci, AMCOM)


VIRTUAL MODEL


A UH-60L fuselage and an operational Black Hawk helicopter are transported in May from Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas to Wichita State University in Kansas, where researchers at the National Institute of Aviation Research will create a virtual model. (Photo by Lisa Simunaci, AMCOM)


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