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Diagnostic Solutions is a veteran owned small business registered with the Small Business Administration and Central Contracting. With more than 150+ years combined experience diagnosing and solving complex vibration, rotor track and balance, and engine performance issues, Diagnostic Solutions offers an extensive knowledge base and expertise, yielding reduced down time, repair costs, and reactive maintenance. We specializes in providing on-site technical support, training, and health monitoring and vibration analysis data management and analysis. In recent past, we have collaborated directly with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and colleges, such as Boeing and Pennsylvania State University, to solve CH-46 mix box resonance issues. We are currently working with North Carolina State University to develop a fault isolation system for rotor controls. Diagnostic Solutions has been directly involved with several Navy development programs, such as the CH-46 and AH-1W aircraft, as well as T58, T64, and T400 engine test cells, to mention a few. Commercially, we are currently involved with S76, BV107, and BV234 aircraft, along with providing support to Honeywell customers on a daily basis. Our experience and knowledge of aircraft HUMS systems is second to none. We are currently contracted and funded by the Naval Air Systems Command (PMA-226) to aid the Aircraft Integrated Maintenance System (AIMS) development, and provide training and field service support for H46 aircraft. We are also US Authorized Honeywell/Chadwick-Helmuth HUMS distributors and are contracted under a purchased services agreement with Honeywell to provide customer support for VXP, EVXP, V2000, 8500C's, etc.
Kenneth Todd, President and founder of Diagnostic Solutions, has 3000+ flight hours and 29+ years experience on the H46 aircraft and T58 engines, and is considered a subject matter expert in vibration analysis, rotor track and balance, and health monitoring and spectral analysis systems. For the past 12 years, after retiring from the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Todd has been directly involved with solving the H46 rotor track and balance issues via Dynamic Component Change 81 (DCC-81), as well as the design, development, and implementation of the very successful vibration analysis program for the H46 aircraft and T58 test cells. He was a key proponent in isolating and correcting the T58 component balance issues, and assisted the Navy in procuring and implementing new balancing equipment at the Naval Air Depot, Cherry Point. Mr. Todd was also instrumental in the development and implementation of H46 hardwired vibration analysis system, which ultimately evolved into AIMS basic. Furthermore, he authored the original requirements document for AIMS. Mr. Todd has been directly involved in numerous engineering projects, such as high speed shaft balancing, mixbox resonant vibration resolution, and cockpit absorber testing, to mention only a few. Mr. Todd has an intimate understanding of all software and hardware currently fielded for the T58 and H46 vibration and HUMS programs. He has spent significant time the past several years teaching and training Marines in all aspects of vibration analysis, rotor track and balance, and test equipment and systems fielded today. Mr. Todd also holds a clearance to fly on Marine Corps aircraft for troubleshooting and system development.
Brian Hatcher, Vice President/ West Coast Operations Director, has over 22+ years aviation experience, and over 15+ years on the H46 aircraft and T58 engines. Brian is considered a subject matter expert in vibration analysis, rotor track and balance, and health monitoring systems. Brian served 12 honorable years in the United States Marine Corps performing rotor track and balance and vibration troubleshooting on the CH-46, AH-1W, UH-1N, aircraft. Following his discharge, Brian continued his undergraduate studies in business management. While attending college, Brian was employed by a leader in the helicopter air ambulance community, as the lead airframe and power plant mechanic maintaining Bell 222 and Eurocopter BK-117 helicopters. Later, Brian joined Chadwick-Helmuth (now Honeywell), a leader in the industry, noted specifically for their expertise in the understanding and development of vibration diagnostics. Brian was responsible as the Lead Applications Engineer for the on-board and ground-based product departments. Brian led the application development of new vibration analysis and helicopter rotor track and balance systems and applications for fixed-wing and rotor-wing aircraft. Here he worked closely with customers, correcting vibration issues, collecting and monitoring data, and was instrumental in developing HUMS configurations for many different applications. As Brian’s career progressed with Honeywell over a period of nine years, he held positions of increased responsibility as Technical Sales Manager, and Sales & Customer Marketing Manager. Brian was responsible for identifying and quantifying growth opportunities in the Helicopter and fixed wing HUMS markets. Prior to joining Diagnostic Solutions as a partner in 2007, Brian’s most recent role with Honeywell was as Principal Systems Engineer for the Aircraft Health & Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) division. Brian was responsible for analyzing HUMS product hardware and software designs, assessing test requirements, developing program task and schedule assignments, and managing and tracking all aspects of HUMS projects. He was also responsible for the definition and development of system requirements, interface control documents, system test plans, along with execution and analysis of system level tests. In 2007, Brian joined Diagnostic Solutions as a partner. Since joining Diagnostic Solutions, Brian has served the Marine H-46 community, supporting the West Coast AIMS aircraft. As the Diagnostic Solutions’ Business Group continues to grow, and with Brian’s ability to apply sound business planning theories, Brian will continue to manage Diagnostic Solutions’ International Business Unit, and will serve as the West Coast Operations Director for all Diagnostic Solutions’ business units. Brian has substantial experience in Aircraft Vibration Analysis and aircraft applications, as well as business education. Brian is also Six Sigma Green Belt certified.
Frank Eason, Lead Engineer, has 21+ years experience on the H46 aircraft and T58 engines, and is considered a subject matter expert in all aspects of vibration analysis and health monitoring systems. After earning a B.S. Degree in Aerospace Engineering from N.C. State University, Mr. Eason was employed by NAVAIR 4.3.3.3.0, located at the Naval Air Depot on Marine Corps Air Base East, Cherry Point, North Carolina, and subsequently worked on the OV-10, C-130, and CH-46 platforms. Additionally, Mr. Eason provided vibration analysis and aircraft health monitoring system support for the V-22, H-1, H-53, H-2, H-3, and H-60 aircraft programs. Mr. Eason also played an instrumental role in implementing and maintaining vibration analysis equipment on the T58, T64, T400, T700, and F402 aircraft engine test cells, as well as their associated aircraft. While employed by NAVAIR, Mr. Eason became the vibration team technical lead at Cherry Point and oversaw the creation, design, and implementation of the AIMS on the CH-46 aircraft. Mr. Eason’s experience also extends to IMDS-HUMS and V-22 VSLED systems. He has worked with all aspects of HUMS system management, to include configuration of data collection specifications, data management process, and data analysis. Software coding, modal testing, fleet training, training material development, technical publications development, and troubleshooting complex aircraft/helicopter systems are also a part of Mr. Eason’s knowledge base. When leaving NAVAIR, Mr. Eason was the senior technical expert on vibration analysis. Mr. Eason has always concentrated his focused on the needs of the customer, tailoring health monitoring system applications to be more user-friendly, and maximizing and capitalizing on the benefits these systems offer.
Chad Wogoman, Diagnostics / Field Support Engineer, has over 11+ years experience on the H46 aircraft and T58 engines, and is considered a subject matter expert in vibration analysis, engine performance qualification, and aircraft health monitoring systems. Immediately following Mr. Wogoman’s Marine Corps enlistment, he was employed by NAVAIR 4.4.4.2 (T58 Engineering), located at the Naval Air Depot on Marine Corps Air Base East, Cherry Point, North Carolina. During this time, Mr. Wogoman became T58 Engineering’s dynamic balance and vibration analysis lead, and was directly involved in resolving several key vibration and rotating component balancing issues. Mr. Wogoman was also selected as T58 Engineering’s Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead in the design, development, and implementation of the AIMS system on H46 aircraft. Furthermore, he has designed and developed several analytical software tools used to manipulate data and automate the analysis process for the Marines and supporting engineering staff. While employed by NAVAIR, Mr. Wogoman was directly involved in numerous engineering developmental projects/initiatives, to include dynamic high-speed component balancing, test cell instrumentation and data acquisition, and a number of high visibility engineering and aircraft mishap investigations. Mr. Wogoman has an intimate understanding of all software and hardware currently fielded for the T58 and H46 vibration and HUMS programs. He has spent a significant amount of time in the past several years teaching and training Marines in all aspects of test cell operation, vibration analysis, engine performance qualification, and test equipment utilization.
Neil Seamon, Senior AIMS / Applications Engineer, has over 17+ years experience combining mechanical, rotor track and balance, avionics troubleshooting, and vibration data analysis on a variety of aircraft applications, including the H-46. Neil served five honorable years in the United States Marine Corps performing rotor track and balance and vibration troubleshooting on the AH-1W, UH-1N, AH-1J and OV-10 Broncos, in regular intervals. Following his discharge, he was tasked with leading a team in charge of avionics upgrade packages on the H-46, C-130, AH-1W, and UH-1N aircraft. Later, Neil joined a leader in the industry, noted specifically for their expertise in the understanding and development of vibration diagnostics. Here he worked closely with customers, correcting vibration issues, collecting and monitoring data, and was instrumental in developing HUMS configurations for many different applications. Neil was later employed by a highly recognized aerospace company known for their avionics packages both in the civilian and military sectors. Again, Neil worked intimately with OEM's and customers providing logistical support and on-sight avionics troubleshooting which included diagnostic data collection and analysis. Furthermore, Neil also assisted engineering in the development and improvement of their mainstream avionic provisions. Neil has an intimate understanding of the software and hardware currently fielded for the T58 and H-46 vibration and HUMS programs. He carries a FAA airframes and powerplants rating, and a significant amount of his experience has consisted of supporting all aspects of onboard and avionic configurations. In addition, Neil's past experience includes years of teaching and training civilian personnel and Marines in all aspects of vibration analysis, rotor track and balance, test equipment, and systems fielded today.
Rob Randazzo, Field Support Engineer, is a Marine Corps Reserve helicopter pilot with 10+ years experience and 1800 flight hours in several different aircraft. Rob has logged hundreds of hours testing aircraft rotor track and balance, engine performance, and utilizing in-flight monitoring systems. Rob has an extensive knowledge base of aircraft systems, testing requirements, flight profiles, and aircrew user requirements. After receiving his Mechanical Engineering Degree from Kettering University, Rob worked in the automotive industry increasing production line efficiency and safety. While at Penn State University, Rob joined the Marine Corps as an officer to fly the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at New River Air Station, Jacksonville, North Carolina. Rob deployed with the Fighting Griffins of HMM-266 overseas and flew numerous combat missions with them as an operations officer, maintenance officer, and functional check pilot; the most recent of which was Operation Enduring Freedom. After this tour, Rob was assigned to the Naval Air Depot, Cherry Point, North Carolina (now know as Fleet Readiness Center East) as the flight check officer and then safety officer. During his tour with Fleet Readiness Center East, Rob worked closely with the H-46 program as they disassembled and reworked the Sea Knight helicopter from the ground up. Rob has extensive knowledge of the H-46 in-flight monitoring system, AIMS, and has logged hundreds of hours operating AIMS in varying weather conditions and flight profiles. Rob's main aircraft is the mighty CH-46E Sea Knight Battle Phrog helicopter, but he has also flown the H-53 Sea Stallion, AH-1 Cobra, UH-1 Huey, and light civil aircraft. After serving 11 years active duty in the Marine Corps, Rob currently flies the HH-46E with VMR-1 Marine Corps Search and Rescue aboard Cherry Point as a reservist. Rob works closely with Fleet Squadrons, providing support, training, and receives feedback related to HUMS systems.
Diagnostic Solutions' team of experts has justifiably gained the reputation of data analysis, diagnostic, and problem resolution connoisseurs.
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