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Aviation and Aerospace Solutions Centre

The Aviation and Aerospace Solution Centre (AASC) which is within the School of Engineering, aims to create solutions to industry problems by leveraging the latest technology and new procedures for the Aviation and Aerospace Industry in Singapore and the region. This centre has been collaborating with aviation and aerospace companies to improve their productivity and efficiency.

Aviation and Aerospace Solutions Centre AASC

Focus Areas

Productivity and Innovation

 



Application of  process re-engineering & automation, data analytics, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) for productivity gain and innovation in Airport & Airline Operations, Air Traffic Management, Aviation Safety and Security.

Smart Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Operations


Application of Industry 4.0 technologies, process redesign and development of new repair techniques for achieving efficiencies and cost savings in Aircraft MRO operations.

UAV Systems Applications

 


Developing capabilities and solutions by conducting feasibility studies, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system designing and implementation of specialised UAV applications.

Resources & Facilities

The AASC collaborates for the resources and facilities with other centres in the School of Engineering and schools across Republic Polytechnic (RP). Examples of such facilities are listed below.

The ARCH

Capabilities in this lab include aircraft maintenance and repair activities, composite repairs and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods in MRO operations. It offers expertise in composite repairs and NDT in MRO operations. It also offers SAR-66 Basic Training, as RP is a SAR-147 Maintenance Training Organisation approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).

Virtual Aerodrome Lab & Flight Operations Lab

Capabilities in this lab include virtual airport landside operations of aircraft landing and take-off with communications among pilot, air traffic controller and ground services team. It offers expertise in the simulation of airport landside operations and communication scenarios.

Boeing 747 Flight Simulator Lab

Capabilities in this lab include troubleshooting techniques in the actual B747 cockpit with almost 90% actual aircraft parts in the cockpit for realism in feel and operations. It offers expertise in simulation of flying & troubleshooting in the cockpit when system failure occurs.

VR Training Room - DA40 Flight Simulator

Capabilities in this lab include aircraft flight controls with 1:1 scale replica of the DA40 cockpit section with the same look and feel as the actual aircraft. It offers expertise in the simulation of primary and secondary aircraft flight controls in full avionics suite (Global Positioning System (GPS), Instrument Landing System (ILS), autopilot, and flight planning.

Industry Projects Highlights

 

Project: Replication & Repair of Hot air Thermal Defects on Composite Aero-Structures

Industry Partner: CW Aero Services Pte Ltd & Sensorcraft Technology (S) Pte Ltd

In this project, a new resin-injection method and equipment were developed for in-situ healing technique to repair thermal defects in composite aerostructures. It helped MRO centres to find the thermal damage severity and composite repair efficiently.

 


Project: Virtual Reality (VR) Enabled Skill Development for Cabin Crew Training

Industry Partner: Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd

In this project, VR enabled skills development solution was developed for an A320-200 cabin crew training.  It included aircraft familiarisation, Inflight Safety and Multiplayer Scenario-based training. The training can now be done even in remote areas with unlimited use and does not rely on the availability of the aircraft.


Project: Light Base Sensing for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Low Light Conditions

Industry Partner: University of Glasgow

In this project, Semantic Depth Prediction System (SDPS) was developed. It is a vision-based navigation solution that relies on a monocular camera to recreate a 3D scene by fusing object detection, semantic segmentation and depth estimation for the purpose of indoor navigation in GPS denied environments.

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