Given the numbers of aircraft in service today, the competitive profit margins, extensive regulatory frameworks, and how critical passenger safety is, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) has now evolved to become a major market within the aviation industry
Digital transformation is revolutionizing aerospace, changing its ecosystem to one that’s increasingly marked by growing speed and agility, greater integration and with transparency at every point of the supply/support chain.
UPSers from Louisville, Kentucky and Anchorage, Alaska spent two weeks at the GE Aviation Customer Technical Education Center (CTEC) in Springdale, Ohio.
Five and a half years after entry into service of its first GEnx-2B-powered Boeing 747-8F, Cargolux became the first operator worldwide to fly one million hours with this engine and remains GE’s GEnx fleet leader in total operating hours.
Additively manufactured composites offer advantages that include greater design flexibility, decreased costs and production efficiency. Download the e-book to learn how additive manufacturing enables a new era of lightweight structures with degrees of geometric complexity, part consolidation, and design optimization not previously possible.
When it comes to selecting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for asset-intensive industries such as aerospace & defense (A&D), it is important to select the right solution for your organization.
Over 70% of the whole-life costs of complex equipment is incurred in in-service support. Reducing support costs, enabling Contracting for Availability (CfA) and Class Output Management (COM) while also increasing operational output, require intelligent and predictive support solutions.
A leading provider of shipbuilding, Vigor Industrial uses IFS Applications to manage all of its operational activity, including customer work, materials and subcontractors, payments, inventory management, equipment maintenance and general ledger entries.
Making jigs and fixtures using additive manufacturing provides dramatic cost savings compared to conventional machining. But the savings involve more than how the tools are made.
In our latest Check 6 with Accenture, we take a look ahead at what 2017 might have in store, including the commercial aerospace industry’s growth, new orders, aircraft deliveries and challenges.
The TRUEngine™ program reached 15,000 engine enrollments, a 25% increase in the last year. More than 200 operators and lessors have engines in the program.
Two of the big questions in commercial aviation today are “How long will low fuel prices continue?” and “What effect will they have on the longevity of mature equipment?”
The move to data-driven intelligence is driving exceptional growth in big data and analytics, a technology that represents an opportunity for IT and business leaders to harness game-changing power in the quest for digital transformation.
