LAIRA Military Roads Compliance Matrix¶

Layered Autonomous Inference and Reasoning Agent | Airwai, Inc. Prepared May 11, 2026

Purpose¶

This document maps LAIRA's roadway inspection capabilities against the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) standards governing DoD installation roads and parking. It is intended for installation civil-engineering offices, NAVFAC and USACE district pavement engineers, AFCEC evaluators, and federal contractors executing on-base road work.

For DoD airfield pavement (a different scope), see Military Airfields.

Headline finding. UFC 3-270-08 adopts ASTM D6433 as the mandated PCI methodology for paved DoD roads. LAIRA's D6433 implementation (deduct curves, CDV iteration, per-section PCI) therefore applies directly. The remaining DoD-specific work is the PAVER export adapter and integration with installation pavement-management workflows.

Governing standards¶

Standard	Title	Role
UFC 3-270-08	Pavement Maintenance Management	DoD network-level PMS for paved + unpaved roads, parking, airfields
UFC 3-270-01	O&M Manual: Asphalt and Concrete Pavement Maintenance and Repair	Field repair / maintenance procedures and material specs
ASTM D6433-20	Roads and Parking Lots PCI Surveys	Adopted by UFC 3-270-08 as the PCI methodology

UFC 3-270-08 also covers airfield pavement; the airfield-specific PCI methodology (ASTM D5340) is treated in the Military Airfields matrix. This page focuses on the road-and-parking portion.

Status legend¶

See the shared status legend. Icons: ✅ Meets, ✅+ Exceeds, 🔄 In Development, 🔶 Partial, ℹ️ Different Paradigm.

UFC 3-270-08 compliance¶

Requirement	UFC Reference	LAIRA Capability	Status
Network-level PMS coverage of paved roads + parking	UFC 3-270-08	Continuous full-coverage scanning + D6433 PCI engine produces per-section PCI at the sample-unit resolution UFC 3-270-08 specifies	🔄
PCI surveys (mandatory; ASTM D6433 adopted)	UFC 3-270-08, §1	D6433-compliant sample-unit sizing, deduct curves, CDV iteration, and section PCI (see Federal & State §1)	🔄
Distress identification for AC + PCC roads	UFC 3-270-01 + D6433 X1 / X2	LAIRA detects all 19 D6433 AC distresses and all 19 PCC distresses (see Federal & State §1.3 and §1.4)	✅
Treatment selection (repair material + technique)	UFC 3-270-01	LAIRA's outputs feed downstream treatment-selection workflows; the matrix scope is detection and measurement, not treatment design	ℹ️
Data export to PAVER / PavementVision	UFC 3-270-08	PAVER-compatible CSV / XML export per the PAVER data dictionary; per-section + per-sample-unit records	🔄
Triannual programming cycle support	UFC 3-270-08	Continuous condition data with pass-over-pass change detection; supports programming-cycle inputs at any cadence	✅+
Network-level prioritization (M&R budget allocation)	UFC 3-270-08	LAIRA outputs feed the PAVER prioritization engine; ranking algorithm is downstream	ℹ️

UFC 3-270-01 — repair methods reference¶

UFC 3-270-01 is the O&M manual covering repair materials, equipment, and procedures for asphalt and concrete pavement maintenance. LAIRA's role is upstream of UFC 3-270-01: detection and measurement of distresses that drive repair-method selection. LAIRA does not specify repair methods; the installation CE office or contractor matches LAIRA's distress data to the UFC 3-270-01 repair catalog.

DoD installation buyer profile¶

Buyer	Domain	Procurement profile
Installation civil-engineering (CE) office	Day-to-day pavement maintenance	Annual O&M budget; P-card thresholds ($15K direct, $2.5K micro-purchase, often $50K SAT) for in-scope work
AFCEC (Air Force Civil Engineer Center)	Enterprise pavement evaluation across DAF	Triannual pavement evaluation cycle; PAVER data ingestion mandatory
NAVFAC district offices	Navy and Marine Corps installation infrastructure	District-level contracting; UFC compliance + NAVFAC supplements
USACE district offices	Army installation infrastructure + USACE-managed federal projects	District-level contracting; UFC + USACE Engineering Manuals
Defense contractors (Booz Allen, AECOM, Burns & McDonnell, MELE Associates)	Subcontracting on installation pavement evaluation and management	Pass-through buyer; downstream of CE office or AFCEC

What LAIRA does not replace¶

Capability	Why not replaced
Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) testing	Subsurface structural evaluation requires physical loading; LAIRA covers surface only
Core sampling and laboratory analysis	Material characterization requires physical specimens
Continuous Friction Measurement Equipment (CFME)	Surface friction requires tire contact
Subgrade structural evaluation	UFC 3-270-08 ties into structural design (UFC 3-260-02, UFC 3-250 family); LAIRA outputs feed structural design but do not perform it

Sensor and data output¶

For sensor specs and output schemas, see the Product Reference:

Sensor Stack — sensor configuration certified for on-base operations
Detection Pipeline — the same primitives used for civil road inspection
Output Formats — PAVER-compatible export

Source documents¶

Cited standards resolve to entries in the source registry. Key entries: ufc-3-270-08, ufc-3-270-01, astm-d6433.