A new system is deployed to monitor ships’ maintenance needs before parts fail.
A new AI-driven monitoring system is now onboard the USS Fitzgerald to help crews detect maintenance needs in the early stages of a part failing and before they can percolate into bigger problems that might hinder a vessel’s ability to engage in active duty when necessary.
The Enterprise Remote Monitoring Version 4 (ERM v4), the system is the shipboard aspect of a Pentagon program called Condition Based Maintenance Plus seeks to leverage machine learning to help ship crews, ashore commands, logistical nodes, and other units keep more assets ready to fight
