Goleta, CA –October 9, 2009 – Frontier Technology, Inc. (FTI) has been selected by the US Army Tank and Automotive Command to develop an Enhanced Military Vehicle Maintenance System (EMVMS) for the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD).  ANAD is responsible for rebuilding critical systems and components that are used by soldiers on a daily basis.   Under this thirteen month contract, FTI and its subcontractor Auburn University will develop an EMVMS that will provide accurate analysis of system performance characteristics and ensure the system is restored to an optimum state of operation prior to redeployment.  The EMVMS will be able to  identify difficult to detect failure modes during the ANAD rebuild process.  As part of this effort, FTI will also investigate parameters that can reduce the number of failed components/unaccepted work and infant mortality of products delivered to the warfighter.

 

The EMVMS is based on FTI’s NormNet^®  Prognostic Health Management (PHM) technology.  NormNet^®  PHM uses  predictive algorithms  to  analyze and model  the expected  behavior  of the system being rebuilt as well as the equipment used in the rebuild process.   It then applies these models to detect and identify unusual or unexpected conditions that are indicators potential problems or future system failures.  NormNet^® PHM enables the EMVMS to perform fault analysis to identify high-priority faults and failure modes and  the most probable cause of a detected abnormality.  The  use of NormNet^®  PHM  ensures that the EMVMS will detect hard-to-find problems during the rebuild process and that systems being deployed to the warfighter meet their performance specifications and is free of defects. FTI will manage this work from its office in Anniston, Alabama.