Integrated Vehicle Health Management Design Guidelines ARP6407

This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) provides guidelines for the design of Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM) systems. This guidance is technology-independent; the principles are therefore generally applicable to the majority of potential IVHM design scenarios, including “clean sheet” system design, where IVHM is considered as a primary design consideration and the retrofit of existing systems with IVHM capability, where the design process leverages and supports existing system elements. In either case, the document will provide guidance on the design considerations for an IVHM system throughout the analysis, concept development, and synthesis stages of the IVHM Design process and provide discussion for the users’ consideration on the trades, metrics, and lifecycle impacts of IVHM design decisions.