Emerging Technologies

Sources say that the OEM is anticipating four to six weeks more of work for the fixes.

The Singapore-based company has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to buy the whole of Newtec Group.

After seeing many of its customers move towards paperless maintenance, Pentagon 2000 plans to expand its own portfolio of mobile apps.

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Vaibhav Kumar, an aerospace engineering graduate student at Georgia Tech and one of Aviation Week’s 2019 20 Twenties winners, talks about founding startup AirLogs—which seeks to save mechanics time by digitally analyzing maintenance records.

Additive metal production continues to expand at a steady rate but adoption for additive parts repairs remains slow.

Accenture consultant sees synergies for lessors in combination of new technologies.

The MRO giant is looking to grow its digital interests and will expand its global reach this year.

Technical log solution should add several new customers in 2019 with airlines anticipated to go live over the next nine months.

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Should you be concerned about your job in the aviation aftermarket? Will a robot be replacing you soon?

People fear new technologies will encroach on the way they do their jobs, which can be disconcerting.

These robotic concepts and products are automating dangerous, repetitive or time-consuming MRO tasks to make workshops safer and more efficient.

Industry stakeholders at CES 2019 delve into what the urban air mobility industry will look like in the future and what is still standing in the way.

Software is the enabler and limiter in the aviation aftermarket.

GE's Connected FMS will begin testing on a Miami Air International Boeing 737-800 in the coming weeks.

Toulouse-based company says positioning, other features ensure precision and safety.

Electronic technical logs are becoming increasingly common but concerns persist over big data exploitation.

The MRO provider is using handheld 3D scanners to measure lavatory components and design new ones for the refurbishment of TUI’s Boeing 767-300 fleet.

The robotic system, which Xyrec says can reduce time in the paint shop from 16 days to 5 days, is one of multiple aerospace-related robots being showcased at ZAL Innovation Days 2019.

David Wells, head of engineering at the Jetstar Group in Australia, talks about how the airline developed virtual reality maintenance training—a first in Australia. So far the carrier has rolled it out for Boeing 787 and Airbus A320 training and has seen shorter than expected immersive learning periods, about 30 minutes compared to 3- 3.5 hours.

SynapseMX’s new cloud platform seeks to help carriers solve the headaches of unscheduled maintenance through artificial intelligence and better team coordination rather than through hiring of more technicians.

The software specialist will integrate with AMOS at the operations of Swiss and its sister company Edelweiss Air.

Some believe that providers of predictive tools must incentivize more early adopters to accelerate use of their systems.

The companies will integrate their solutions for aviation maintenance, asset management, service parts optimization and field service management to improve supply chain operations.