HUMS Management Family

T-HUMS – AH64, CH53, UH60

RSL T- HUMS is a leading edge aircraft health management solution for helicopters and tilt rotor aircraft.The system significantly improves flight safety, mission effectiveness and fleet readiness. T- HUMS reduces fleet operating costs through Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) and improved aircraft availability.

T- HUMS features a smart array of sensors and powerful processing capabilities with embedded artificial intelligence technology. T- HUMS conducts in-flight tracking, evaluation of exceedance and trends, as well as diagnostics and prognostics of power plant, rotors system, drive train and other critical aircraft systems. T- HUMS provides the pilot with mission-relevant advisories, and offers the maintenance crew effective diagnostics and prognostics for accurate and cost-effective maintenance.

The T- HUMS open architecture offers our customers several configurations including Rotor Track and Balancing (RT&B), a pilot control and advisories panel, and much more, providing all the benefits of a flight data recorder (FDR). It includes optional crash survivable memory module, optional video and voice recording for post mission debriefing.

Maintenance Benefits

Condition based maintenance
Profitable PBTH (Power By The Hour)
Reduction of mission aborts
Less AOG
Simplified logistics for fleet deployment
Benefits earned on all maintenance echelons
Reduced maintenance effort and cost by:
- "Maintain as you fly"- Maintenance flights are obsolete
- Repair when damage is still minor
- Increased aircraft MTBF
- Decreased aircraft MTT

Operational Benefits

Improved flight safety
Improved mission reliability and effectiveness
Streamlined and vibration-free flight
Fewer unscheduled engine removals
Improved fleet availability and effectiveness
Fewer non-revenue/maintenance flights
Reduced fleet operation costs
Improved aircraft performance
Improved aircrew effectiveness
Reduced aircrew workload
Post mission assessment and debriefing
FOQA (Flight Operation Quality Assurance) programs supported

Main Features

Airborne Segment
Functions:

Power-plant diagnostics - in-flight
Vibration analysis - engines, gearbox, drive-chain (shafts, bearings), propeller in-flight
RT&B - in-flight analysis
Flight regime recognition
Power assurance
Pilot alerts and advisories
Options:
- Hot start rejection
- Airframe load and stress monitoring
- Aircraft systems (electrical power, APU, fuel) health reporting
- In-flight RT&B adjustment
- Video and voice recording
- Integral GPS
In-flight powerful processing and diagnostics
Open architecture - adaptable to rotary and fixed wing aircraft
- Upgradeable configuration - can meet customer's future needs Configurable interfaces and sensing package - RPM, pressure,temperature, vibration, RT&B, chips detection and smart sensors
- Configurable data extraction - LAN, PCMCIA card, wireless communications
- Wide interface spectrum:1553, RS-422/232, Arinc-429/629,LAN, IR, CAN
- Optional crash survival memory module
- Fully MIL-STD-810E, MIL-STD-461B, RTCA/DO-160D, RTCA/DO-178B compliant
- Light weight and minimal power consumption

Ground Segment

Diagnostics and prognostics using Expert System,Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic solutions
User-friendly tools for effective data mining
Vibration analysis tools

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