Raytheon and Uptake partner to provide predictive maintenance to U.S. Marine M88 recovery vehicles

Raytheon has announced that it will partner with Uptake, a specialist in the development of industrial-use artificial intelligence software, to bring predictive maintenance capabilities to deployed U.S. Marine Corps teams using M88 armored recovery vehicles.

The U.S. defence industry giant says that this partnership will bring its technical ability for onboard recording, processing and transfer of large quantities of sensitive data over secure Wi-Fi to the table, while Uptake brings a suite of advanced artificial intelligence software that offers actionable insights at the component level.

“Commanders should have data-driven confidence that the vehicles chosen for a critical operation are not trending toward an issue right when it matters the most,” said Matt Gilligan, vice president of Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services business. “These kinds of decisions don’t just save dollars and ensure mission success– they save lives.”

Raytheon’s news release notes that “current maintenance and logistics decisions are event based or timeline driven, but militaries are increasingly using advanced data analytics and condition-based monitoring to identify problems and provide alerts before they happen.”

It adds that for Marines using the M88, this proposed proactive approach will “ensure predictive maintenance strategies are in place to improve long-term vehicle health and maximise availability.”

Australia is currently operating 13 M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System) armoured recovery vehicles.

As APDR has reported before, Defence is planning to acquire an unspecified number of additional M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System) ARVs to add to its current fleet, and LAND 907 Phase 2 will acquire an armoured engineering capability for the ADF that addresses four capability roles: assault breaching, armoured bridge launching, armoured engineering and armoured recovery.

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Kym Bergmann
Kym Bergmann is the editor for Asia Pacific Defence Reporter (APDR) and Defence Review Asia (DRA). He has more than 25 years of experience in journalism and the defence industry. After graduating with honours from the Australian National University, he joined Capital 7 television, holding several positions including foreign news editor and chief political correspondent. During that time he also wrote for Business Review Weekly, undertaking analysis of various defence matters.After two years on the staff of a federal minister, he moved to the defence industry and held senior positions in several companies, including Blohm+Voss, Thales, Celsius and Saab. In 1997 he was one of two Australians selected for the Thomson CSF 'Preparation for Senior Management' MBA course. He has also worked as a consultant for a number of companies including Raytheon, Tenix and others. He has served on the boards of Thomson Sintra Pacific and Saab Pacific.

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