VEHICLE CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM

The present invention is a system and method for monitoring conditions of a vehicle and generating a maintenance plan according to the monitored conditions. The system includes one or more sensors 22 and a data acquisition unit 26 locate d within the vehicle 21. The one or more sensors 22 generate signals of a condition from various locations within the vehicle 21. The data acquisition unit 26 stores the generated sensor signals at a first sampling rate. The system also includes a structural condition management system 30 that receives the stored sensor signals from the data acquisition unit. The structural condition management system 30 is external to the vehic le 21. The structural condition management system 30 processes the transmitted sensor signals based on one or more associated predefined condition assessment algorithms and generates a maintenance plan based on the processed sensor signals.