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Frontier Technology, Inc. Awarded Follow-on JSF Phase II Contract for Advanced Prognostic and Health Management Technology
9/23/2008
Frontier Technology, Inc. (FTI) has been awarded a 24 month research contract in the amount of $ $597,778 for Advanced Prognostic and Health Management (PHM) and Model Based Prognostic Useful Life Remaining Capabilities for Aircraft Tactical Information and Communication Systems. FTI will expand its successful Phase I research and development of prognostic models for use in the prediction of the health state and future failure progressions for multiple aircraft communication, navigation and identification systems (CNI) and components. The company researchers will assess the application boundaries, accuracy, and limitations of its PHM modeling technologies and will demonstrate prototype prognostics models, techniques and supporting programs for electronics-based systems. The FTI approach combines principles of real-time predictive health state analysis with Reliability Centered Maintenance techniques that estimate Remaining Useful Life (RUL).
For this research, FTI will maximize the use of existing sensors, parameters and data sources from installed systems; create models of healthy systems that detect incipient faults; identify the fault to failure progression; estimate component or system RUL; and notify system users of fault detection, RUL and suggested remediation. This contract extends FTI’s research into prognostic assessment of electronics system health states and identification of future failure precursors. FTI will apply its data-derived PHM technology to selected high-value CNI systems to develop and demonstrate prognostic system health models that can also be transitioned to additional aircraft and land-based electronics systems.
This technology benefits any enterprise or application dependent on electronic systems that can benefit from early detection of degrading performance in electronic systems. Commercial applications with interest in this technology include aerospace, transportation, and energy production. These are areas where improved utilization of electronic systems and reduced down time can increase availability, reduce cost and improve performance.
Frontier Technology, Inc. (FTI) provides competitive-edge engineering, IT services, and software products to meet the challenges of its Department of Defense and commercial customers. FTI is an employee-owned business with headquarters in Santa Barbara, California. FTI excels at integrating system engineering and operations research methodologies with Information Technology solutions for a diverse customer base.
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