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- The system we're proposing will revolutionize

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aircraft maintenance, operations, and training,

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modernizing it through augmented reality,

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which is the overlaying of video images, text,

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and graphics, over our natural environment,

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removing the obstacles that get in the way

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of production as we currently do it.

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The system is called MOTAR.

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Maintenance Operations and Training Augmented Reality.

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It involves using augmented reality goggles,

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which are worn over the eyes, that allow you

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to see through them and still interact

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with your environment, while having data and graphics

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overlay over what you're seeing.

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This means that when a maintainer

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is actually performing a task,

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their attention isn't split between

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a computer screen and what they're working on.

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It also gives them both of their hands to work,

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which I can tell you is quite handy.

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Having the data displayed directly in front of you,

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in a step by step process, takes away a lot of the

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distractions that occur during maintenance actions.

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For safety, augmented reality gives us many

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opportunities that don't exist currently.

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Being able to overlay video and text and graphics

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over the real world means that,

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when you're approaching a running engine,

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you can have a red line rotating around the engine,

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showing you where the danger zones are.

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Or, when an aircraft is running radar,

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you could have a virtual cordon

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to keep people from wandering into an area that

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they're not supposed to wander in to.

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We can also use it for virtual warning tags on the aircraft

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to show when you're not supposed to use a system.

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This whole system is designed around commercial,

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off the shelf systems that already exist.

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The Microsoft HoloLens and the HTC View,

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which already exist, can already be purchased.

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By using commercial, off the shelf solutions

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with our current tech data systems,

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we can save money in integrating this and

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get it into production faster.

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We're not reinventing the wheel.

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We're moving forward with technologies we're already using

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and that our maintainers are already familiar with,

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just giving it to them in a faster, easier to use method.

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In a recent study that General Electric did,

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working on a wind power systems,

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they were able to take a trained technician

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and have them perform a task as they normally would,

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using maintenance manuals, and then

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perform it again using augmented reality technology

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and they saw a 35 percent improvement

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on the very first time that they used it.

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This system will speed up training,

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improve maintenance velocity,

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improve operational safety in a cost effective way,

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while restoring our readiness and modernizing the Air Force.

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No, futurizing the Air Force.

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