Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to dramatically enhance productivity and training in maintenance. It is, though, just part of a more fundamental shift. Its supporting technologies will have a ...

B-1B Lancer tail number 85-0092 is lifted and placed on flatbed trailers for the 1,000-mile journey to Wichita, Kan., in 2020. The National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University ...

In my previous Nextgov column, I got to interview the general manager of a company that is using artificial intelligence to help the military plan out its maintenance schedules. That program uses AI ...

FORT BLISS, Texas — Soldiers and leaders across the 1st Armored Division explored how emerging augmented reality and virtual reality technologies could reshape the future of maintenance, training, and ...

Raquel Parker, a logistics management specialist with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s logistics outfitting branch, packs Augmented Reality Maintenance System (ARMS) kits for ...

AR allows workers to see live machine data and step-by-step instructions directly on equipment to complete tasks ...

As part of Schneider Electric’s InnovationTalks, a virtual event held in June 2020, the company featured a tour of its factory in Batam, Indonesia. The factory produces a number of products for ...

The technologies saved hours of time and effort, improved safety, and simplified several tedious tasks in maintaining the B-52. The U.S. Air Force is experimenting with new ways to improve maintenance ...

In the world of manufacturing, augmented reality (AR) is one of those technologies that has been eagerly anticipated for years but isn’t yet widely used due to a lack of numerous commercial ...

To augment content in the real world, CEON TechGuide employs spatial information and information about surroundings, such as table surfaces, workbenches and walls. Animations are not locked into a ...

ARMAS—augmented reality maintenance and safety— is a marker-based AR system that lets the user see color-coded visualizations of battery cells inside containers. Providing a kind of "X-ray" vision, ...

Maintenance of modern aircraft is a complex process. The use of AR smart glasses with 3D information visualization should make repair and maintenance work easier for aircraft mechanics. Virtual ...