ARMY AL&T


Prognostic


systems forecast the future health of an aircraft, just like weather forecast models predict daily conditions.


since all requirements—data, accuracy, organizational and training—flow from that implementation. Policies need to be created and changed as necessary to allow for probabilistic assessments of the future health state. Hardware requirements and standardization should be developed. Training should be done to guide humans on how to use risk-based assessments of the future and the limitations of the informa- tion provided.


Predictive and Prognostic Maintenance touches nearly every area of the sustain- ment chain.


While the work necessary to implement it is substantial, it is essential to enabling the Army Aviation Enterprise Sustain- ment Strategy, and its benefits to the Army include reduced logistical foot- print, improved operational availability and decreased life-cycle cost.


For more information on the Army Aviation Enterprise Sustainment Strategy and PPMx, please refer to the January issue of Army Aviation magazine or contact the authors at Andrew.Bellocchio@westpoint.edu or Danny.L.Parker20.ctr@army.mil.


A GROUP EFFORT


UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter mechanics with Bravo Company, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, prepare to loosen a helicopter blade before pre-maintenance for a Black Hawk at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, June 25, 2021. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Sheldon,


40th Combat Aviation Brigade)


DANNY PARKER, Ph.D., has more than 15 years of control theory, optimization, machine learning and signal processing experience in the defense industry. He has been the principal investigator in various government research projects totaling over $20 million. One of his major contributions is in the application of dynamical systems principles to the development of formal design methodologies for structural health monitoring systems. In this field, he has adapted and implemented modern control theory techniques in removing environmental effects and estimation of amounts of damage. He has also done extensive work in target estimation, tracking and


classification using acoustics. He


received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering, a master’s degree in control theory and a


bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University.


LT. COL. ANDY BELLOCCHIO, Ph.D., is the director of the U.S. Military Acad- emy at West Point Center for Innovation and Engineering, where he also teaches mechan- ical engineering. He previously taught aeronautics, thermodynamics, fluid mechan- ics, ballistics and design. Additionally, he has course-directed cadet capstone research in mechanical engineering and led interdis- ciplinary projects for the Academy at West Point. His active research is in aircraft reli- ability and structural health monitoring. He earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and he holds a B.S. in mechan- ical engineering from West Point.


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