COMMERCIAL MRO
8 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY
WITH THE
Boeing 737 MAX,
Base2 Solutions
has created
a diagnostic
software
application
that will allow
mechanics
to access
performance
diagnostics via
the cockpit or a
mobile device.
BOEING
tor which mimicked the attributes of the real aircraft.
The solution, known as the Onboard Maintenance
Function (OMF), supports the MAX 737 during manu-
facturing and maintenance by easily surfacing fault
conditions for the mechanics.
The company was formed in 1996 as the IMS
Company, and rebranded in 2012 as Base2 Solutions.
As a boutique consulting company, Base2 has skilled
developers, engineers, and consultants who thrive on
tough challenges, especially in regulated environments
such as aerospace, transportation, and health care.
OMF took the company two and a half years to
complete, and testing on prototype 737MAX aircraft is
currently in progress. By bringing all the sensor data
to a central location, OMF allows the maintainers to
access the data on a flight deck computer or a por-
table maintenance device, which significantly speeds
troubleshooting and systems integration.
The biggest challenge according to Andrew Hosch,
vice president software, was the timeline. Because the
implementation of the OMF tool was ahead of the data
Base2 engineers had to become
virtual maintenance engineers
and create their own fault simulator.