The integration of prognostics and adaptive reconfigurable control technologies within the proposed framework is unique and represents a potentially significant advancement for air/space transportation systems. The potential commercial use of the proposed technologies is broad. Examples of key customers that could benefit through use of the developed technologies include: unmanned combat air vehicles, JSF, future combat systems, commercial airlines, land and marine propulsion systems, industrial actuation systems, and robotic applications.
The need for automated fault diagnosis and anomaly mitigation technologies is evident in several new NASA programs focused on autonomous system operation. A potentially significant outcome of this program is to provide critical vehicle subsystems with the potential to become more reliable, operationally available and economically maintained through the use of the proactive anomaly detection and mitigation strategies. The real-time automated anomaly detection and fault mitigation technologies will be directly applicable to NASA's IVHM applications, Crew Exploration Vehicle, Reusable Launch Vehicles, Unmanned Air Vehicles and future generation general aviation platforms.
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