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By Guy Norris
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.
Air Transport

GE Aviation

GE Aviation once again will be hosting a TrueChoice Overhaul Time & Material (T&M) Engine Services Customer Symposium

Sponsored by GFLA
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.
Knowledge Center

By Henry Canaday
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.

GE Aviation
Customers can access technical documents, review health monitoring information and utilize tools specifically designed to assist them.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

John Schmidt

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.

Air Transport

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.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

Sponsored by IFS
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.

Sponsored by IFS
Babcock Marine’s principal customer is the Ministry of Defence Warship Support Agency, which is part of the Defence Logistics Organisation.

Sponsored by IFS
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.

By Guy Norris
While building up facilities to service its Leap engines, CFM reaffirms commitment to aftermarket competition.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

By Paul Seidenman
Engine retirements are slowing, and ramp-up in certain engine overhauls is increasing, which puts pressure on serviceable material supplies.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

Sponsored by PALL Aerospace
Time is money for any business, but few sectors run on margins tight enough to demand a breakdown of costs to the minute.
Knowledge Center

By Lee Ann Shay
Focus on the “Project Performance Pyramid”—people, processes and proactivity—was key to the airline’s success.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Career plans often don’t follow a planned trajectory and instead come from being in the right place, raising a hand and being flexible.
Program Management

By Graham Warwick
Watch Chinese drone maker EHang's progress in ground and flight testing of the large multi-rotor vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Aerospace

By Henry Canaday
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.

By Henry Canaday
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.

By Henry Canaday
Tiodize has developed new greases that work at temperatures up to 1,400F.

GE is passionate about the transformative power of advanced manufacturing. A network of teams and sites is advancing additive manufacturing every day.
Optimizing Engines Through the Lifecycle

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.

By Guy Norris
Facing a last-minute book idea emergency? If you are ready to scramble, here are some stocking filler gift ideas for aviation geeks.
Defense and Space

With more than 37 million aircraft flying worldwide each day, the safety and efficiency of the skies require a secure and reliable network.

In flight entertainment and connectivity is a multi-billion dollar business worldwide – and growing exponentially as passenger expectations increase.

Sponsored by IFS
Tail Planning Optimization & Assignment: the new way to achieve aircraft scheduling and maintenance efficiency