DSPCon has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract award from the US Air Force.
The award will support development of a modular, expandable, open-standards addition of processing capability for Propulsion Health Management systems that will increase the speed and depth of processing capabilities over currently utilised Full Authority Digital Engine Control hardware and software.
Propulsion Health Management is a critical technology for improving and extending product life cycles of aircraft systems through enhanced diagnostics, real-time data capture and reduced maintenance costs.
Once completed, the DSPCon platform will represent an improved computational capability over current existing systems through the use of optimised signal processing algorithms.
This improved capability will facilitate more thorough, rapid detection and analysis of equipment degradation so appropriate maintenance can be undertaken before degradation evolves into an equipment failure.
The technology will be targeted at commercial and advanced aircraft applications.
