Integrated Vehicle Health Management by Carl Byington at Impact Technologies and PHM Design

An enabling decision support capability that collects, processes, and manages health data to assess the current condition of a host system, determine its ability to perform a given mission, and facilitate its optimal management.
Enhanced Detection and Diagnostic technology targeting key functional areas
Integrated Model-Based Embedded Reasoning with Prognostic Inputs
Flexible, robust data acquisition and processing hardware facilitates demonstration
Enhanced ground based analysis functionality integrated in the logistics and maintenance infrastructure
Benefits of Health and Capability Information to Ground Operations
Mission assurance of loiter and target coverage continuity
Optimized maintenance enabled via system health knowledge
Opportunistic
Parts, tools, manpower on-hand
Optimized vehicle usage
Flight capabilities compared to mission requirements
Enhanced analysis and trending capabilities
Vehicle, System-wide, Fleet-wide historical perspective