075 – “NUVU and NUVU-IR… 21st Century Tools for Non-Destructive Digital Inspection” Author: Dr. Yogesh Mehrotra Company: Materials Technologies Corporation Phone: (203) 502-8900 Email: YMehrotra@AboutMTC.com Problem: Given DoD’s aging hardware inventory, Readiness & Sustainment remain ever dominant themes across all DoD services. In his May 2011 testimony before Senate Armed Services Committee, now retd. AF […]
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Author: Naveen Sydney Company: hyperFIELD Phone: (850) 276-9356 Email: naveen@hyper-field.com In May 2018, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis discussed our National Defense Strategy. He outlined that a critical part of the nation’s competitive, military advantage is a reform of the DoD’s business practices and budgets for technological innovation to increase lethality. He stated that cyber, […]
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Author: Gerry Falen Company: Robins AFB/Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex Phone: (478) 222-2912 Email: gerald.falen@us.af.mil • Roughly half of Air Force maintenance data is poorly coded, which degrades individual aircraft and fleet analysis. It is no small feat to correct that coding — after identifying rare subject matter experts, the corrections could take four years […]
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Author: Shane Groves Company: USAF Phone: (478) 335-6482 Email: shane.groves@us.af.mil When properly specified and integrated, commercial off the shelf (COTS), articulated arm, robotic systems can provide many benefits to depot operations. ESOH risk reduction for operators in hazardous environments including paint, depaint, thermal spray, surface prep, grinding, and milling. Utilizing robotics can limit exposure to […]
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Author: Jeremy Johnson Company: Robins AFB/Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex Phone: (478) 327-2659 Email: jeremy.johnson.5@us.af.mil The Asset LifeCycle Information Management (ALCIM) program addresses the Air Force Sustainment Center’s (AFSC) high priority technology need to provide operational efficiency metrics of key manufacturing machinery, assess the need for proactive maintenance using advanced machine learning algorithms, and provide […]
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Author: Nathan Rigoni Company: US Army AMRDEC Phone: (256) 876-4620 Email: nathaniel.c.rigoni.civ@mail.mil Integrated Data Environment for Automated Labeling (IDEAL) Maintenance Innovation Challenge DoD Maintenance Symposium Army rotorcraft routinely capture a large amount of sensor data covering a range of information from engine performance and gearbox vibration to aircraft orientation and outside environment. This data acquisition […]
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Author: Ken Anderson and Nate Johnson Company: Universal Synaptics Phone: (801) 731-8508 Email: ken.anderson@usynaptics.com, nate.johnson@usynaptics.com The Department of Defense (DoD) sustainment & logistics budgets cannot afford to waste a single dollar. The Services are seeking ways to reduce No Fault Found (NFF) and increase Mission Capability by 80% for the F-35, F/A-18, F-16 and F-22. […]
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Author: Jeff Demo Company: Luna Innovations Phone: (434) 220-9443 Email: demoj@lunainc.com Environmental and chemical contaminant accumulation within airframes can result in corrosion, coating degradation, equipment damage, and reduced aircraft readiness. Aircraft structures are composed of a wide range of contaminant and corrosion susceptible materials including aluminum, steel, and titanium alloys, as well as composites and […]
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