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Air Force to Add 12 Weapons Systems for AI/ML-Informed Predictive Maintenance This Year

Air Force to Add 12 Weapons Systems for AI/ML-Informed Predictive Maintenance This Year
Artificial intelligence/machine learning Engine Health Model is to be used with U.S. Special Operations Command MH-60 Helicopters (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Elisandro T. Diaz)

The U.S. Air Force is to add a dozen weapons systems to its Enhanced Reliability Centered Maintenance (ERCM) model that employs artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) for predictive maintenance. Those systems are the Boeing [BA] F-15 fighter, B-52 bomber, RC-135 reconnaissance plane, C-17 transport, and A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft, the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AC/MC-130 gunships, F-16 fighter, and HH-60 helicopter, the Bell [TXT] and Boeing CV-22 tiltrotor, the Northrop Grumman [NOC] RQ-4 Global Hawk and the General Atomics'…

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