ESPEN OLSEN, DEVELOPMENT AND SALES FOR AVIATION & DEFENCE AT IFS
COMMERCIAL AVIATION
1. AUGMENTED REALITY BRIDGING THE SKILLS GAP IN BOOMING APAC REGION In the commercial aviation industry, Airbus forecasts a need for over 33,000 new aircraft globally by 2035 to meet soaring demand. These aircraft will all have to be properly maintained by trained engineers, but it can take up to 8 years for a maintenance worker to become fully licensed – time that the avi- ation industry cannot afford to wait for. Augmented reality is one solution
emerging to help bridge this gap. Australian Engine MRO specialist and IFS customer TAE has developed fountx, a telepresence and
(AHMS) in 2017. AHMS constantly measures aircraft health and perfor- mance from IoT-enabled sensors, con- sidering factors such as speed, torque, vibrations and pressure data to stream- line MRO and enhance availability, reli- ability and safety of aircraft. MRO systems can process this
information to make better informed maintenance decisions and help reduce cancellations, improve safety and save costs. For example, in the 1980s the number of detectable faults on a Boeing 767 was 9,000. Now, intelligent sensors on a Boeing 787 can detect 45,000 faults – five times as many. The AHMS mar- ket is set to be worth $4.7 billion glob- ally by 2021, and this will only increase in 2017 as new aircraft with IoT-enabled sensors are delivered.
3. PREDICTIVE AND PRESCRIPTIVE MAINTE- NANCE Airlines are already looking at the next step in asset manage- ment
in predictive maintenance. By picking out the relevant data patterns being fed back from IoT-enabled devices, airlines can detect early signs of potential failure and rectify matters before it impacts operations. By feeding the data into the MRO solution, spare parts can be sourced and the work schedules of engi- neers optimised – meaning potential down-time can be drastically reduced. But operators aren’t just stopping
there. Prescriptive maintenance is start- ing to enter the scene, allowing opera- tors to not only predict what will hap- pen, but view ‘what if’ scenarios to show how each possible event will impact operations. IDC predicts that 50% of all business analytics software will incorporate prescriptive capabilities by 2020. Watch this space as the tech- nology starts to revolutionise MRO in 2017.
data trans- mission solution that pro-
vides maintenance workers access to a virtual pair of expert eyes and hands to guide them through complex tasks. A cost- and time-friendly solution, expect to see increased adoption in 2017, espe- cially in the APAC region, as the tech- nology matures to help plug this resource shortage gap.
2. IOT-ENABLED DEVICES DRIVING ADOPTION OF AIRCRAFT HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS IoT will continue to drive the use of Aircraft Health Monitoring Systems
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The global A&D industry is set for big changes in 2017.
In
commercial aviation, air passenger demand is starting to outstrip the number of fully qualified maintenance workers, while in the
defence industry, consumer technology and an increase in cyber- attacks promise to disrupt operations. Here, Graham Grose and Espen Olsen share their thoughts on the upcoming trends set to shape the commercial aviation and defence industries.
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