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Miro supports RSAF
Fabrice Defrance has been appointed
Miro Technologies has announced that the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) AFI KLM E&M head of industrial com-
has selected GOLDesp (Enterprise Service Platform) as the central logistics mercial and business development.
application to replace Autolog as part of EMDAD, a new turn-key, state of the Until recently, he was in charge of
art, network-centric logistics project. GOLDesp will provide a fully integrated engineering and AF operational air-
maintenance and supply solution for all RSAF fixed wing and rotary aircraft, craft maintenance within Air France
and also extends to flight simulators, armaments, and components such as Industries. He is taking over from
ejection seats. Delile as AFI KLM E&M senior vice
“We are delighted and honored to be selected by the RSAF after a deep and president, commercial and business
rigorous selection process,” says Vincent Monteparte, president and CEO of development.
Miro Technologies. “We have a strong commitment to knowledge transfer as Defrance joined Air France at the very
part of EMDAD, just as we have done with our many other customers. Training start of his career and worked in the
will form a central part of our implementation strategy with everything from Air France fleet management depart-
front line training to deep level education in our GOLD Academy. Miro is com- ment. His preference for aircraft main-
mitted to a long term presence in Saudi Arabia and the region.” tenance, however, soon took him to
GOLDesp will enable the RSAF to modernize its logistics support for all Air France Industries. Over a number
weapon systems and provides a unique de-centralized capability across all of very enriching years he has covered
bases with automated data distribution for centralized HQ visibility. GOLDesp aircraft maintenance from every angle.
already fits a majority of military business processes, thus minimizing customi- An aviation enthusiast, he has served
zation and facilitating rapid implementation. GOLDesp also offers the ability in a number of positions in Air France’s
to integrate with MILS supply messaging protocol, thus enabling seamless aircraft maintenance arm, most recent-
communications with weapon system prime contractors. ly heading major overhauls for B747s,
GOLDesp is a service-enabled maintenance and logistics management solu- followed by a stint in the Europe/North
tion that supports interoperability between defense forces (air, land, sea) by America sales department from 1997
unlocking IT resources from their application silos and making their functional- to 2002 and latterly in the Air France
ity broadly available across the organization. Miro’s service oriented architec- Industries engineering and AF opera-
ture (SOA) allows business processes to evolve, facilitates easy connectivity tional aircraft maintenance depart-
to other applications and allows users to add and enhance components over ment, which handles a fleet of around
time. This means customers can adapt to change as it happens, more respon- 260 long-haul and medium-haul pas-
sively with lower long-term costs. senger aircraft and freighters.
Greg Yeldon,
Dunlop retreads in China
president of
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has opened its new retread and distribution facility in Esterline CMC
China, boosting its competitiveness in the global aviation marketplace and Electronics,
bringing increased tire choice to aircraft operators in Asia Pacific, says the has appoint-
company. The facility, operating as Dunlop Taikoo (Jinjiang) Aircraft Tyres ed Sylvie
Company Limited, is a joint venture with Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Desjardins as
Company Limited (HAECO - 28%) and Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering vice-president
Company Limited (TAECO - 9%). of finance.
Based in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, the operation has full site and product Working in the aerospace indus-
approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The site try for more than twenty years, Ms
has also received full repair-station approval from EASA. In addition to the Desjardins has followed an impres-
retreading of aircraft tires, the facility will support customers in Asia Pacific sive career path. After starting her
by distributing new tires that have been made at Dunlop Aircraft Tyres’s career at Ernst & Young as external
manufacturing site in Birmingham, UK. auditor, she has held various posi-
“We are the world’s only specialist aircraft tire manufacturer and this tions of increasing responsibility at
new facility enables us to distribute our range of high quality tires through- Bombardier Inc. She was vice-presi-
out Asia Pacific,” says Dunlop Aircraft Tyres chairman, Ian Edmondson. dent, finance, of Learjet, a subsidiary
“Airlines will be able to return tires for retreading at an operation that is of Bombardier. Most recently, she
efficient and that is ideally located for quick and easy shipping to and from held the positions of vice-president,
the region. finance, programs and strategic plan-
“By partnering with the region’s highly regarded engineering compa- ning, and vice-president, finance,
nies, HAECO and TAECO, we will be able to quickly access this significant of Bombardier Aerospace’s largest
and growing market.”
8 Aviation Maintenance |
avmain-mag.com | December 2009/January 2010
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