The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have now delivered the first 14 sets of a new on-board F-35 computing system intended to streamline information processing, perform condition-based maintenance, monitor component performance and integrate otherwise disparate pools of information gathered by sensors on the jet.
Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN)
The system, called Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN), was developed as a follow-on or improvement upgrade to the F-35s well known Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS). ODIN is slated to be fully operational by 2022, a Lockheed statement said.
A statement from the Pentagon’s F-35 office explained that the initial phase of the deployment of the ODIN computer hardware, known as the ODIN Base Kit, has now replaced all first-generation unclassified Autonomic Logistics Information System, or ALIS,
The new ODIN hardware is 75 percent smaller and lighter than previous hardware and was procured at nearly 30 percent lower cost.
This kind of high-speed, diagnostic computer system performs a number of critical functions. One of those is condition-based maintenance wherein onboard sensors and computers monitor flight systems such as engine rotations or cooling functions. In addition, ODIN will examine the component health of on-board software and hardware throughout the aircraft such as avionics and other electronics.
