StandardAero has disclosed it has secured a US Air Force (USAF) contract to apply its Maintenance Insight™ predictive maintenance, readiness and reliability diagnostic tools to the F100-220 engine programme. The engine powers more than 175 F-15 aircraft. The award extends Maintenance Insight’s coverage to a fifth engine type in the USAF fleet.
Maintenance Insight comprises advanced reliability models and predictive maintenance tools developed over the past two decades to support major defence platforms. Hosted within the USAF’s cloud computing environment, the tools use artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital twin technologies to analyse engine failure modes and inform maintenance work scopes, deployment planning and preventive maintenance. Propulsion teams use these real-time insights to improve readiness and reliability while optimising engine maintenance costs.
“The Air Force has been on the leading edge of Predictive Maintenance philosophy and implementation, and StandardAero is proud to have been part of that journey,” commented Marc Drobny, President of the StandardAero Military, Helicopters and Energy Division. “Our solution can deliver long term reduction of maintenance costs, and improvements in deployment readiness and time on wing for the fleet. We stand ready to expand this solution to other engine platforms powering USAF aircraft, as well as commercial aerospace fleets.” Together with the USAF’s Propulsion team, StandardAero has successfully developed diagnostic and predictive maintenance applications for multiple engine fleets, including the T56 engine powering the C-130 fleet, the J85 engine powering the T-38 fleet, the TF33 engine powering the B-52 fleet, and the TF39 engine.”
