Integrated system and methods for management and monitoring of vehicles

An integrated system for assessing the condition and management of a structural platform in flight, the system comprising:

• a Structural Health Monitoring System (SHM) comprising:
• a plurality of transducers, including a plurality of pairs of actuators and sensors,
• a generator device configured to excite at least one of said actuators to produce ultrasonic guided waves, and
• at least one of the sensors configured to receive ultrasonic guided wave signals reflected from damage in the structural platform;
• an Operational loads Monitoring System (OLM) coupled to at least some of the sensors, the Operational loads Monitoring System comprising at least one processor that, while the structural platform is in flight, applies parametric models using flight parameter data to estimate real usage of structural components by performing a static, fatigue and damage tolerance analysis (FDTA) using the parametric models and Finite element Models results;
• a databank storing a maintenance plan comprising inspection periods and tasks of the structural platform or a plurality of structural platforms;
• and
• a subsystem coupled to the Operational loads Monitoring System, the subsystem being configured for damage and repair management (iSRM) to generate warnings to the pilot during flight for enabling inflight response to detected damage.