Subwave Sensing seeks to apply our Radio Frequency MicroElectroMechanical (RF-MEM) digital diagnostic sensor technology to greatly improve preventative maintenance procedures, facilitate material selection and improve structural diagnostics for three of the most prevalent concerns in general and military aviation; namely enhanced safety, airframe health assessment and increased aircraft lifecycle. 

Our Sensor would help achieve these goals by leveraging the use of our highly sensitive and flexible sensor on components that are highly angled, curved (> 180 degrees) or round. Furthermore, our sensor monitors Principal strain, which is a culmination of all of the forces on that critical component in multiple directions at the same time. This means that the component could be under compression and positive torsion at one testing point and tension, bending and negative torsion the second testing point and our statistical algorithms can normalize these values and provide a total strain value, regardless of the forces applied to that component over time.

The Subwave RF-MEMS diagnostic system is uniquely positioned to: 

• Decrease the time and labor costs associated with routine preventative maintenance of aircraft through the use of wireless, penetrating radio emissions of hard to access areas, which results in faster return to flight times.

• Vastly improve the replacement part supply chain by having real-time structural integrity data to confirm when a part has reached it's end of life

• Reliably and confidently extend the life of critical components using real-time structural integrity data with simple and non-invasive scans more frequently

• Dramatically improve material selection during design and prototype testing

• Acquire highly sensitive and accurate static and dynamic fatigue data from highly angular and/or curved surfaces in multiple complex load configurations simultaneously (e.g. tension, compression, torsion (pos and neg), bending, shear etc.). 

• Simplify the way complex static and dynamic load data is collected, organized and reported to facilitate decision making process

• Improve the measurement of stress and strain within composite materials (e.g. carbon fiber, fiberglass etc.). 

NOTE: This product has not been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or other regulatory body for use in the United States or any other country.