AgustaWestland (now Leonardo) needed a ground-based suite of tools as part of a next-generation Health & Usage Monitoring System for the AW101 — a state-of-the-art medium-lift helicopter used across military and civilian applications. The system had to enable full and efficient exploitation of all captured flight data, supporting complex operational and maintenance workflows at scale.
Critical Software designed and developed an open-standards, web-based HUMS software solution built on Web 2.0 technologies. The system was architected to be modular, flexible, and future-proofed — with inbuilt capacity for cost-effective modification as requirements evolve.
The solution integrated a web-based user interface capable of supporting multiple maintenance management systems, database configurations, aircraft variants, time zones, and languages — making it genuinely deployable across diverse operational environments.
The impact on operational performance was immediate and significant. Debriefing time was reduced by up to 300%, substantially lowering the demand on pilots following flights and enabling greater operational efficiency. Mission deployment time and costs also improved markedly.
The system enabled simultaneous aircraft processing with multi-user access — both internal and external — driving productivity gains across a range of related processes. And thanks to its future-proofed architecture, further evolutions and modifications have since been delivered quickly and cost-effectively.