DEFINITION:

Complex systems comprising electronic, electro-mechanical and hydraulic sub-systems must be engineered with ease of maintenance as a design goal. In a fielded system, effective preventive maintenance achieved through online system health monitoring, damage detection and smart diagnostics and repair strategies will

yield significant saving in the total life cycle costs, by improving the systems’ reliability, maintainability and availability.

 

(Source: ACARE Domain 414)

 

SUBDOMAINS:

  1. Autonomous logistics. anticipatory maintenance and repair
  2. Provisions of information to maintenance staff
  3. Reductions in logistics and maintenance support requirements
  4. Automated logging of system and sub-system performance
  5. System interfaces and architectures
  6. Self-healing and self-repairing systems and materials
  7. Maintenance monitoring systems
  8. Failure tolerant systems
  9. Computer-based maintenance support and training, methods and materials