An innovative system for monitoring the state of civil helicopters of the Russian Federation has been developed

The head of the research and innovation center "IRT" announced plans to equip civil aviation equipment with an automatic monitoring system. It will allow you to monitor the main parameters of its technical condition in real time. Until now, this system has been used only on combat vehicles. Now a decision has been made to introduce it into civil aviation.
Currently, preparations are underway for the certification activities of a new control system involving the Mi-17, on which it is still installed in a test mode. Upon completion of the testing phase, it is also planned to equip other aircraft with this monitoring system. Including civilian Mi-26 and Mi-8.


The principle of operation of the implemented system is to timely assess the real state of aviation equipment. Unlike scheduled technical inspections, the system gives a complete picture of the duration of flights and the intensity of operation of the helicopter during the reporting period. This, in turn, allows a more rational approach to the maintenance of equipment, and to planning the timing of maintenance.

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Automated control is a complex of high-precision miniature sensors of different nature, which allow obtaining reliable information about such important parameters as:

✅ temperature
✅ deformation
✅ acoustic emission
✅ corrosion and others

The indicators taken from the sensors integrated into the design of aviation equipment are processed and displayed in an accessible form on the computer of the on-board technician. This allows you to timely track possible technical problems in the main components of the equipment, or the risk of violation of the integrity of the structure due to deformations and internal cracks. This is especially important in light of the widespread use of composite materials in aviation.


This approach will help optimize the time and logistical costs of aircraft maintenance as much as possible. Savings rates can exceed 30%. The system will also make it possible to predict the residual operational life of the device, before the onset of a pre-failure state. In the future - the development of the system, covering a wider range of controlled elements and systems.