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Aircraft That Can Feel Pain
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February
4, 2007: After four years of effort, the U.S. Army has developed a sensor
system that monitors the structural health of aircraft in flight. Using sensors
and software, the LAHMP system alerts the crew to potential, or imminent,
failure of structural components. The U.S. Air Force is testing the system as
well, and is particularly eager to install the system in the thousands of older
aircraft they are using. No one ever expected so many 30 and 40 year old warplanes
to still be in service. While the aircraft can be kept in flying conditions via
good maintenance and refurbishment, this is largely uncharted territory. Most
troubling are unexpected structural problems that are being detected in these
older aircraft. LAHMPs will take a lot of the anxiety out of operating these
older aircraft.
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