Abstract
Within the aerospace industry there is a desired paradigm shift to move aircraft maintenance towards offering maintenance programmes with predictive, rather than purely preventative, capabilities, which would utilise health monitoring technologies. This maintenance revolution will not just incorporate new technologies into key aircraft systems such as engines, wing/fuselage structures and landing gear, but would result in aircraft maintenance packages tailored towards individual customer requirements. The difficulties with incorporating health monitoring into systems do not just extend to the technical, but also require clear identification of a clear commercial business need. It is identified that the development of aerospace health monitoring systems offers a variety of often overlooked commercial challenges, which are required to be addressed to enable integration into often well-defined business practices. This paper provides a digest of recent research into the commercial challenges associated with the integration of health monitoring products into electromechanical actuation systems for aircraft landing gear. Discussions on current aircraft maintenance practice and how a move towards a predictive philosophy built upon health monitoring systems is likely to affect future maintenance operations are used to develop the business case for health monitoring within this application. Three proposed pricing strategies, which are aimed at formulating part of a business strategy, are reviewed, highlighting the need to carefully consider the impact of the new technology on business strategies before adopting them. These considerations of how a landing gear manufacturer would incorporate health monitoring systems integrated into their products are a fundamental part of health monitoring systems' integration and development.
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