Core Avionics Master Plan - NAVAIR - U.S. Navy

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Core Avionics Master Plan 2011 Appendix A-52. Funded Enhancements and Potential Pursuits.Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA). (2012) The commercialairline industry instituted a Flying Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) program tohelp with procedural standardization and pilot proficiency. The major airlines reportedthat the program produced measurable improvements in aircrew proficiency andsignificant reductions in hazardous events. An OSD memorandum (dtd 11 Oct 2005) forSecretaries of the Military Departments directed all Department of Defense (DoD)components to implement a multi-faceted MFOQA capability. Subsequently, theSecretary of the Navy issued a similar memorandum (dtd 2 Feb 2006) to theCommandant of the Marine Corps and the Chief of Naval Operations supporting theMFOQA process.Whereas ORM is a subjective process based on weighted averages of operatorfeedback parameters, MFOQA objectively analyzes actual aircraft data. It is aknowledge management process consisting of post-flight, off-aircraft analysis of datadownloaded after every flight. MFOQA supports four primary functional purposes: Post-Mission Aircrew Debrief (PMAD), Flight Data Analysis (FDA), Aircraft Maintenance andTroubleshooting (AMATS), and Mishap Investigation (MI). It provides aircrew,maintainers and leadership the ability to review individual flight operations with aquantitative analysis of aircrew and aircraft system performance, and to conduct longterm trend analysis to improve proficiency and maximize safe and efficient use of theaircraft. Analysis tools are available at the squadron level immediately after each flight,and can be applied in the aggregate across all flight records stored in an EnterpriseMFOQA database. MFOQA will aid in risk management and improve readiness acrossthe spectrum of operations, including Maintenance, Operations, Safety and Training.The maintenance aspects of MFOQA are designed to supplement current maintenanceprocedures and processes, and will not replace any established systems. The NavyMFOQA program is the approved Enterprise program of record for Naval aircraft. TheF/A-18 is the lead platform to integrate this capability.Classified MFOQA. (2016) Certain platform missions regularly involve utilization ordownload of classified information and/or capabilities. MFOQA Increment 2 would be aclassified variant of the baseline unclassified utility, and is intended to perform the samefunctional requirements.Autonomous Risk Identification. (2017) Software is being developed thatanalyzes aircraft data and automatically identifies desired trend information. ForMFOQA purposes, the goal would be to identify operational or proficiency trends thatpresent potential risks or imminent mishaps. This tool would reduce manpowerworkload for instructors or squadron analysts, and allow a higher level of analysisacross dozens or hundreds of sorties versus compilation of individual post-flightassessments. It could also enable higher level commands, such as Wing commandersor Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), to get automated risk identification on a largerscale across squadrons.A-5 Flight Safety 8
Core Avionics Master Plan 2011 Appendix A-5E. Component Health Monitoring. The component health monitoring capabilityelement addresses systems that capture indications of the performance and integrity ofmajor dynamic components on the airframe.1. Current capabilities.Most Naval Aviation aircraft incorporate some form of health monitoring capability.Many of these systems are unique and are often managed by platform prime vendors.They are primarily used to record operating time against forecasted airframe fatigue life.Some take selected measurements of key component attributes, or record equivalentstrain and stress counts for engineering calculations of structural life usage. Manylegacy platform maintenance schedules are built around operating time instead of actualcomponent health degradation or evidence of potential impending failure. TheIntegrated Mechanical Diagnostic and Health and Usage Monitoring System (IMDHUMS) is used on both rotary and fixed wing aircraft and assists with maintenancecheck flights, warns of potential defects, tracks operational and structural life usage, andrecords exceedances. Some systems track component vibration signatures to comparethem against known healthy or problem signatures. Some are also designed to analyzesignature change trends to alert maintainers to perform integrity inspections.2. Advanced Research and Technology Development.Sensor Improvements. (2010) This effort is a Small Business Innovative Research(SBIR) initiative that will evaluate the potential for benefits of incorporating microminiaturewireless sensors into health monitoring systems. Wireless components couldbe more easily and cost-effectively fitted to locations that cannot be connected to therecorder by wires. Other digital and material technology advancements are beingapplied to the aircraft and component health monitoring field. Sensors are detectingsignatures over larger frequency ranges with finer sensitivities. Filters are becomingmore capable at detecting smaller metal or composite traces. Some technology gainsare already being incorporated in unmanned aerial vehicles applications.3. Funded Enhancements and Potential Pursuits.Wireless Maintenance Information Download. (2012) Wireless download ofmaintenance diagnostic information will enable planners and ground crews toaccelerate aircraft turnaround for following missions. Wireless digital transmission willeliminate the need for additional classified handling equipment, avoid potential loss ofdata fidelity during manual transfer and enable maintainers to monitor airframeparameters that could prevent mishaps. JSF will field Prognostic Health Management(PHM) down-link capability Block II in support of mission sortie generation/readinessobjectives. Downloaded parameters will include fuel state, ammunition state,expendables state, and component health conditions requiring maintenance in order tominimize turnaround time. Real time, accurate PHM down-link of specific componentconditions supports Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), which would significantlyenhance readiness by enabling maintainers to move from time-scheduled removals andinspections to removing items only when required. Removing components only whenthey have achieved their limit of safe operations within tolerances can also returnsignificant cost avoidances by extending the lives of the parts beyond their engineeringestimates, thereby reducing the costs of repairs or replacements. CBM may also resultin reduced requirements for spares inventories or deployed spare support footprints.A-5 Flight Safety 9
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