Sponsored by the Army’s new xTech SBIR program, Design Interactive has partnered with Hitachi to win a Direct-to-Phase II Award. Under Topic F of the solicitation (Condition Based Maintenance for Combat Vehicles), Design Interactive proposed the development of AUGMENTOR® Data Unification Operations (DUO).
AUGMENTOR® DUO is a Soldier-centered diagnostic tool that uses a hybrid approach to condition-based maintenance modeling which will improve the Army’s ability to manage complex systems by providing data and analytics to support preemptive and predictive maintenance.
Like traditional predictive modeling techniques, DUO combines onboard sensor data with vehicle-specific history and aggregates this data across a fleet of similar, peer vehicles. What makes DUO unique, is the fusion of the traditional data with physics and material models of components and Soldier-provided data. This data fusion not only allows DUO to better diagnose the most likely current condition but also provides a prognosis that predicts the likely remaining useful life of a component. Additionally, it results in a more accurate diagnosis of the current condition, a prognosis that predicts the remaining useful life (RUL) of a component, and fully integrates the Soldier into condition-based maintenance. Ultimately, DUO will result in increased fleet and personnel readiness.
Design Interactive is a small woman-owned business founded in 1998, headquartered in Orlando, Florida with over 20 years of human factors, user-centered design, and modeling expertise. For more information on Design Interactive, please visit us at https://www.designinteractive.net/.
For more information about the Army’s xTech program, see here: https://www.arl.army.mil/xtechsearch/
Contact:
Name: Stacey Sanchez
Email Address: stacey.sanchez@designinteractive.net
