MRO IT
Leaders warn of the impact tariffs will have on the industry
Originally published World Aviation Festival Delta Air Lines, one of the most profitable airlines in the world, raised concerns about the impact Trump's tariffs could have on the industry. Late last week, these warnings came to light. With tariffs of nearly 10 per...
Unlocking MRO capacity through digitalisation with Karen Miller, GM, Connected Aero
The MRO landscape is on the brink of a transformation and Karen Miller believes its digitalisation will unlock "phenomenal opportunities." In a recent interview, Miller, GM, Connected Aero highlighted the critical importance of digitalisation in the MRO landscape. The...
McKinsey underscores gen AI’s role in bridging the labour gap
Extensive labour shortages the aviation industry is currently facing have been identified as a critical challenge with the potential to slow progress, and the MRO sector is no exception. In fact, McKinsey & Company research indicates that by 2033, one-fifth of...
KLM demonstrates how Apple Vision Pro can improve technical maintenance
Historically, augmented reality (AR) has opened up possibilities within the industry, especially around training and inspection. As the technology becomes more refined, its use cases evolve symbiotically. Recently, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines shared how they are using...
AI takes to the skies: The four practical applications of AI in aviation maintenance
AI is answering some of the most difficult questions in aviation. I pose here four questions and show how AI is transforming aviation maintenance in four key areas: Maintenance Scheduling & Supply Chain Optimization Error Detection & Reclassification Automated...
Lockheed Martin and IFS to Deliver Intelligent Ship and Aircraft Maintenance to U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy selected Lockheed Martin and enterprise applications company IFS to deliver an intelligent maintenance solution that will help power its digital transformation of multiple legacy systems into a single, fully modernized and responsive logistics...
DIGITAL TWINNING: THE LATEST ON VIRTUAL MODELS
In December 2019, Aerospace Tech Review published, ‘Twinning: Digital Twins Show Their Power’ by Louise Bonnar, one of ATR’s regular contributors. (It can be found online at http://www.aerospacetechreview.com.) This article explained the concepts of digital twins and digital...
Boeing Reaches $1 Billion E-Commerce Parts Milestone as Digital Advancements Speed Pandemic Recovery
Boeing reports they have hit an e-commerce milestone in record time for the company, reaching $1 billion in online orders more than three months faster than ever before. The milestone was driven by e-commerce advancements and increased demand from commercial services...
StandardAero Wins Cloud Based Predictive Engine Maintenance Contract To Support the USAF’s B-52 Aircraft and TF33 Engine Program
The U.S. Air Force has awarded StandardAero a contract to apply Predictive Maintenance, Readiness and Reliability tools to the TF33 engine program. The contract deliverables will provide the USAF the capability to optimize the readiness, reliability and costs...
Bluetail Announces $1b Worth of Business and GA Aircraft within its Digital Records Platform
Bluetail announced that with the company’s latest customer additions, it now manages back-to-birth aircraft records for over $1B in aircraft value. In addition, Bluetail also disclosed that it recently closed a Series A financing round from a SaaS focused Venture...
SR Technics Chooses ULTRAMAIN MRO Suite for Paperless Ops
SR Technics Malaysia has selected Ultramain Systems to provide ULTRAMAIN MRO paperless software and related implementation services. The ULTRAMAIN v9 Unity MRO suite will be used by SR Technics to perform paperless maintenance execution across their seven component...
Air Europa Implements TRAX eMRO and eMobility
Air Europa Lineas Aéreas (AE) – known for their modern fleet, breakthroughtechnology, and commitment to sustainability -- has successfully implemented the TRAX eMRO and eMobility aviation maintenance software. Air Europa mobilized their maintenance workforce by...
ARCTOS Awarded Follow-on $96M REPAS IDIQ Supporting AFRL Propulsion and Power Technologies R&D
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ) awarded ARCTOS Technology Solutions (ARCTOS) the follow-on, $96 million indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract supporting the Research Enabling Procurement for Aerospace...
Transavia France Selects TRAX eMobility Electronic Technical Log
Transavia France is adding the suite of TRAX eMobility apps to its maintenance environment. With this addition to their TRAX core maintenance system, Transavia will transition to electronic technical logbooks and digital task cards. The airline hopes to experience...
Greater Bay Airlines Signs Digital Records Deal with FLYdocs
Greater Bay Airlines (HGB), a Hong Kong based airline announced it partnered with FLYdocs to digitize maintenance records for its fleet of Boeing 737-800s. The start-up airline founded...
Cebu Pacific Adopts Cloud-Based FLYdocs Platform to Digitize Aircraft Records
Cebu Pacific, the largest carrier in the Philippines, has selected the FLYdocs Aircraft Records Management platform for its fleet of 66 aircraft. The agreement will see the founding member of the Value alliance adopt a fully paperless approach to its records...
Caverton Helicopters Limited GOES LIVE on Ramco
Global aviation software provider Ramco Systems announced that it has gone live at Caverton Helicopters Limited, a Nigerian aerospace company serving the Nigerian and West African offshore oil and gas industry and other business sectors, with its Aviation M&E MRO...
✈ Aerospace Tech Week (ATW) rescheduled to 3-4 November ’21.
It’s very encouraging that the end of the pandemic is hopefully in sight and once these wonderful vaccines are successfully rolled out then life can start to return to some normality. At which point travel and events such as ATW can safely recommence. We therefore...
Aeroji Announces Operational Beta Start Of Their Aero-Engine Leasing & Sales Platform
Aeroji GmbH, a startup based in Berlin, Germany that develops a social marketplace platform for aero engine trading and leasing, announced Halftime for the initiated beta testing phase and as such is inviting all interested aviation professionals to join and...
NUMBER CRUNCHING Predictive Maintenance Is Very Popular But Is Really All About Data
For many years, aircraft engine manufacturers have had access to inflight performance data, being warned of actual or impending failures. This has even allowed them to take pre-emptive action, having engineers with the correct spare parts waiting at the arrival gate....