As the latest part of Boeing's top-to-bottom supply chain shake-up, the manufacturer is to bring production of 737 and 777 flap actuation systems in-house.
Greater Fort Lauderdale’s aviation industry is a multibillion-dollar sector, including airlines, airframe and engine manufacturers, component parts suppliers, maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities, and allied industries such as banking and insurance.
The purchase of Mxi Technologies by IFS is still revealing some very interesting possibilities. IFS Aerospace and Defense Director Graham Grose notes that Mxi’s Maintenix has been a best-of-breed aviation maintenance management system, installed for nearly 20 years alongside the leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. So a mature gateway has been built to connect Maintenix to ERPs used by Maintenix clients.
In this week’s Check 6 with Accenture, we talk about President Donald Trump, international trade and the aerospace and defense sector, and impact of the Internet of Things on industry.
Aerodynamics. Fuel efficiency. Reliability. Extended time on wing. It all started with the development of GE Aviation’s CF6 engine more than 45 years ago.
Given the global agreement and strategies around sustainability together with recent changes in most country legislation's, many questions are being asked of how the affects the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry.
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.
Aircraft Maintenance Systems released a major new version of its MRO tracking software designed to enhance back-end functions to keep the software technically fresh.
More efficient engines usually operate at higher temperatures, and this can require better oils. Modern oils have been developed to run not only at higher temperatures, but also to reduce maintenance costs.
In a deal that dramatically reshapes the aircraft maintenance information technology environment, the enterprise resource planning provider IFS will acquire Mxi Technologies, which makes Maintenix software for defense and commercial airlines, maintenance, repair and overhaul shops and aviation manufacturers.