Jaswin Sood

Innovation by Years ……

Employees : 168400

IT Employees : 6231

defense systems and the war fighter through network-enabled solutions; new, more efficient members of its commercial airplane family; integrating military platforms, defense systems and the war fighter through network-enabled solutions; creating advanced technology solutions; and arranging innovative customer-financing options. Boeing is organized into two business units: Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Supporting these units are Boeing Capital Corporation, a global provider of financing solutions; Shared Services Group, which provides a broad range of services to Boeing worldwide; and Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology, which helps develop, acquire, apply and protect innovative technologies and processes.

 Products and services support to customers in 150 countries  Contracts with 21,800 suppliers and partners globally

 Research, design and technology-development centers and programs in multiple countries

Annual Revenue : 86,623 $ (Mill)

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communication systems, and performance-based logistics and training. Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation. The company continues to expand its product line and services to meet emerging customer needs. Its broad range of capabilities includes creating new, more efficient members of its commercial airplane family; integrating military platforms,

Boeing Commercial Airplane

Boeing Defence Space & Security

•  Offering a family of airplanes and a broad portfolio of aviation services for passenger and cargo carriers worldwide. •  Boeing airplanes represent three quarters of the world’s fleet, with nearly 12,000 jetliners in service.

Revenues of $53.0 billion

•  Designing, building and supporting net-enabled platforms and systems for government and commercial customers •  Formed in 2002 integrating Boeing’s defense, space, intelligence and communications capabilities

Revenues of $33.2 billion

Boeing Capital Corporation •  Financing subsidiary of The Boeing Company •  Focused on assets that are critical to the core operations of Boeing customers

Portfolio valued at approximately

$3.9 billion Boeing Engineering Operations & Technology •  Establishing common systems and processes for Engineering, Operations and Supplier Management and Driving environment, health and

safety performance •  Executing safe and efficient test operations •  Providing efficient, effective, secure IT solutions

•  Boeing is planning to implement Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions over the next twelve months. David Nelson is the Chief Strategist Cloud Computing. (07/07/2014)

•  Company is in the midst of mapping an internal cloud-based system. Theodore (Ted) Colbert III, Chief Information Officer, reports that the adoption will be a slow process, however, is imperative to ensure company competitiveness. (06/02/2014)

•  Indicated an increase in spending over the next nine months toward developing Unix and Linux hosting infrastructure. Mark Arvizu is the Chief of Staff, IT Infrastructure. (05/29/2014)

•  Company is currently involved in an initiative to develop innovative cyber security and information sharing solutions between the government and the aviation industry. Stephen Whitlock is the Chief Strategist, Information Security.(04/16/2014)

•  Plan is to evaluate global IT architecture design in support of developing business enhancements over the next twelve months and currently company leverages Akamai TERRA Enterprise Solutions, CATIA, & Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). Theodore (Ted) Colbert III, Chief Information Officer, designs, secures, deploys, operates & maintains the computing + network infrastructure. This includes hosting applications and data, network operations, data center operations, messaging & web services, desktop computing technology, & help desk. (04/14/2014)

•  It is planning to develop a global business intelligence (BI) roadmap solution over the next twelve months. The company is currently leveraging IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, Information Builders Web FOCUS, and SAP Business Objects. Theodore (Ted)Colbert III, Chief Information Officer, designs, secures, deploys, operates and maintains the computing and network infrastructure. This includes hosting applications and data, network operations, data center operations, messaging and web services, desktop computing technology, and help desk. (04/14/2014)

•  Company recently migrated configurations and assets from database solutions to the SAP platform. Pratap Gulabrao is the SAP/BI Solutions Architect. (03/10/2014)

Boeing IT initiatives

Aircraft are highly complex systems composed of various structural, hydraulic, propulsion, electronic and avionic elements. Such complex systems require extensive maintenance. A major portion of the maintenance efforts of aircraft structures is related to Health And Usage Monitoring . The other significant portion of the maintenance involves repair or replacement. All of this evolves from a safety criticality aspects that have to be set either prior to design or during in-service as a result from a changing operational environment. Health and usage monitor has been successfully introduced into helicopters mainly to monitor vibrations on gears and specifically on gears shafts, where once a crack has emerged have a relatively short crack propagation life.

The one is already applied today by many OEMs, which is to monitor load sequences, which are then used to estimate the accumulated fatigue damage indirectly by means of analytical procedures. This is what is commonly known as Operational Loads Monitoring(OLM). The other way is to integrate systems onto or into the structural component , which allows direct determining the occurrence, size and possibly even the location of damage and which mainly works on an actuator- sensor basis.

More than 65 airlines and 2,000 airplanes around the globe depend on Airplane Health Monitoring from

BOEING

On an average 136 Reports per flight are recorded from Airplane Monitoring system

A huge amount of data is being sent off via systems on the airplane, such as satcom and ACARS which

costs up to a $1,000 a month per aircraft.

The monitoring of Airframes And Hydraulic Sub-systems is limited to on-ground inspection using various NON- Destructive Testing(NDT) techniques. The current inspection techniques also include Visual Observation, Eddy Currents and Ultrasonic Techniques. The types of structural damages include Wear damage, Fastener and Static failures, Corrosion ,Fatigue Cracks Etc. Damage monitoring is a very crucial aspect of Aircraft Health monitoring which is done through systems inherent in an aircraft in two ways .

The health and usage monitoring techniques for propulsion systems is highly advanced. Different in-flight Engine Condition Monitoring (ECM) systems have been gradually developed and are still further improved. The ECM systems have been approved by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and are used by many aircraft operators. Various parameters , including vibrations, temperature, pressure, fuel usage, revolutions per minute are utilized to monitor engine condition and detect/locate possible malfunctions a sufficient time before possible in-flight failures. Engine monitoring systems involve using sensors placed in various locations in an aircraft engine to gather information about the engine’s performance.

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The sensors provide Real-time Information to pilots on the operation of the engines and also capture data for analysis of the performance of the engine over time. The data captured reveals important information about the health of the engine. For example, sensors will monitor how much fuel it takes to make a set amount of power.  Increases over time in the amount of fuel consumed would indicate a degrading of the efficiency of the engine, which means the engine is more expensive to operate and it will need maintenance to restore its efficiency.  Sensors can also detect impending failures and notify both the crew and ground stations. The data from the sensors  are accumulated and transmitted at regular intervals to ground stations monitored by the engine manufacturers. Alert messages indicating anomalies are instantly transmitted.

ECTM for the OEMs

Rolls Royce uses Engine Health Management (EHM) to track the health of thousands of engines operating worldwide.

GE’s Remote Monitoring and

Diagnostics (RM&D) proactively identifies

operation discrepancies, and monitors overall engine performance.

WebECTM® is P&WC’s most advanced aircraft

turbine engine condition trend monitoring

software

Airplane Health Monitoring is a Boeing product for what the industry generally calls Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring. Boeing has 53 customers world wide which uses this product for there aircraft operating on roughly 1900 airplanes including approximately 75% of all 777s, 50% of all 747s and all 787 customers for entry into service. Operators are reducing Flight delays, Cancellations , air turn backs and diversions through the AHM tool. Designed by Boeing AHM collects in flight airplane information and relays it in real-time to maintenance personnel on the ground via the Web portal MyBoeingFleet.com. When the airplane arrives at the gate , maintenance crews can be ready with the parts and information to quickly make any necessary repairs.

AHM from

Benefits Prognostics

Fault Forwarding Reduced Downtime Disruptions

Improved Supply chain Efficiency

Reduced NFF (No Fault Found)

Real time flight

watching

Airbus Real Time Health Monitoring (AiRTHM) is a state-of-the-art service based on Airbus’ engineering expertise and A380 technology, allowing real-time remote access to more than 250,000 parameters (ACARS communication). The A380 certified uplink capability enables Airbus to further investigate warnings and faults, both in-flight and on-ground, to deliver real-time advice service. A dedicated Airbus engineering team has been established to deliver AiRTHM service 24/7 to operators' maintenance control centres, relying on Airbus’ engineering departments and knowledge. This service is offered to all A380 operators and also will be available from the A350 XWB jetliner’s service entry.

AiRTHM from AIRBUS

COMPETITORS IT SOLUTIONS IVHM IT SOLUTION BY INFOSYS

COMPETITORS IT SOLUTIONS

IVHM: A system that enables automatic detection, diagnosis, prognosis and mitigation of adverse events arising from component failures. Integrated Vehicle Health Management System abbreviated as IVHM brings together the best of Mech. / Aero Engineering, sensor tech., communication and Data analytics. IVHM aims at reducing both Maintenance + Operational costs whilst improving overall Aircraft Safety. Shown alongside and below are the IVHM solution of Infosys for A/C Landing Gear (LG), demonstrating the use case of LG retraction mechanism.

IVHM IT SOLUTION BY INFOSYS

ON BOARD IVHM SYSTEM ON AN

AIRCRAFT

ENTERPRISE IVHM SYSTEM AT GROUND

STATION

ABOUT: The aim of Health Monitoring System is to diagnose initiation of any defect, its analysis thereby trigger maintenance workflows to avoid exigency like AOG’s. IVHM SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE : 1.  Collage of Sensors 2.  One or more remote data

concentrator– aggregator all sensor data via interfaces

3.  Central computer onboard with non volatile memory

4.  Relational DB on NV RAM 5.  Local Data bus to IVHM 6.  External Interface (wired,

wireless, serial, etc.) for Data collection by ground systems

The IVHM ground systems (as shown alongside below) comprises of many robust enterprise modules, viz.:

1.  Prognostics and Advice Generation

2.  Trace and Track Landing Gear and associated LRU’s (Line Replaceable Units), Components, Parts

3.  Integration with O&M (Operations + Maintenance) ERP’s a)  Schedule maintenance

checks + activities based on condition, raise tickets, trigger alerts

b)  Supply chain availability, integration with order management system in order to facilitate scheduled maintenance halts.

4.  Portal and Interfaces for Data reports and presentations to the Airlines (Aircraft Operators), MRO’s & OEM’s

COMPETITORS IT SOLUTIONS

SHM: As a citation of one of the

Aerospace Industry challenges is the Impact on the Structural integrity of an Aircraft due to cyclic Compression, Tensile and Hoop stresses induction during flight operations.

The complete aircraft structure is concurrently subjected to cyclic stresses during each Flight Cycle (01 Flight Cycle = 01 Takeoff + 01 Landing)

With aging of aircraft structure in multiple flight cycles and flight hours the structure is susceptible and vulnerable to fatigue cracking, structural damages and eventual catastrophic failures over a period of aircraft operating life in Fleet.

To address the aforementioned challenge, SHM termed as the Structural Health Monitoring was envisaged. SHM is an online health monitoring system & enables concurrent triggering of alerts and corrective maintenance tips/recommendations as & when the airplane structure falls into Damage tolerance limits or beyond repairable limits.

SHM IT SOLUTION BY INFOSYS

ABOUT: SHM systems’ key focus is to

monitor aspects related to damages and loading conditions having direct influence on fitness of structure for service and its damage tolerant life span.

SHM system Multi-faceted functionalities include: •  Detection of un-anticipated

structural damage events •  Damage location

identification •  Damage Characterization via

imaging •  Monitoring Damage growth •  Enabling Feedback action /

Alarm – Event-Trigger mechanism SHM system utilizes

embedded non-destructive testing sensors as an integral structural part and operates with min. human intervention

Shown alongside is a filament of a CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic) with an itching layer of sensor circuitry enabling real time monitoring of structural health

COMPETITORS IT SOLUTIONS

SHM SUBSYSTEMS: Key subsystems of SHM are shown below-

SHM IT SOLUTION BY INFOSYS

SHM FUTURE IN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY: Ideally SHM system for an aircraft encompasses inspection and

integrity of entire aircraft constituents viz. A/C Structure, Power plant, corresponding sub systems. Since SHM is dependent upon smart sensors some of the associated unresolved industry challenges are enumerated below: I.  SENSORS – From the analogy shown left top, unlike Human nervous

system, sensors are hybrid and hence sensor optimization might vary for the same area under health monitoring depending on global or local health considerations, Sensing mechanism must facilitate accurate wireless transmission to central station and also be FAA/Other Regulatory authorities approved

II.  WIRELESS COMMUNICATION – challenges of Energy Efficiencies of Communication protocols, Data + Time synchronizations, data losses

III.  SENSOR DATA PROCESSING – Identification of effective data normalization & data fusion techniques, Data filters to deal with Bad or Corrupt Sensor data, Data acquisition being continuous, Large data storage, retrieval & processing techniques required

Analogy SHM to Human Brain with respect to Pain Areas identification

SHM with Wired Sensor Network for Data Acquisitioning + Processing

DIAGNOSIS PROGNOSIS LIFE EXTENSION + PREDICTIVE

MAINTENANCE

COMPETITORS IT SOLUTIONS HUMS IT SOLUTION BY GOODRICH’S SENSORS & INTEGRATED SYSTEMS NOW UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS

ABOUT: With UTC Aerospace Systems HUMS on board, aircraft

readiness is boosted, flight safety is enhanced and maintenance costs are lowered. Early indication of potential problems means operators can plan appropriate actions to correct the issue during the next major maintenance interval or to immediately make a fix before the situation escalates into a damaged component. With insight into the total health of the helicopter, operators greatly reduce the surprise problems that cause flight delays, cancellations or early terminations.

HUMS on-board system constantly monitors component health from tip to tail by tapping into hundreds of aircraft flight-control signals and specialized accelerometers distributed throughout the aircraft. By synthesizing performance information including speed, torque, temperature and pressure data as well as comprehensive vibration and rotor track and balance data, the system executes real-time diagnostics without pilot involvement. The system provides “go” or “no-go” status on the flight deck display or more detailed health assessments and recommended maintenance actions on the ground station.

HUMS: The Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) developed by

Goodrich’s Sensors and Integrated Systems (now UTC Aerospace Systems) business is a series of networked diagnostic sensors that continuously and comprehensively monitors the mechanical performance of the entire aircraft.

This powerful system provides real-time data that enhances predictive maintenance. Integrating the HUMS data with Sikorsky Aerospace (Part of UTC conglomerate) Services’ OEM installation expertise and support capabilities enables a breakthrough, proactive maintenance system that lowers operating costs and increases fleet availability.

The UTC Aerospace Systems Health and Usage Management System (HUMS) automatically monitors hundreds of aircraft signals and through synthesis and analysis of the data, tracks the usage and health of the aircraft and its major assemblies. SCHEMATICS OF HUMS OPERATIONAL USE

COMPETITORS IT SOLUTIONS iMRO BY SAP AND HCL AXON

INDUSTRY CHALLENGE:

The Aerospace and Defence (A&D) Industry continually faces new challenges in a highly regulated and complex business environment. Defence Supplier Organisations are working under increased pressure to offer more flexible and higher value-add services and products while coping with internal transformation to become more efficient. Aerospace Organisations and Operators have seen unparalleled global challenges in recent years including increased environmental regulation and need the ability to respond effectively and quickly to these challenges in order to stay in business.

Supplier Contract Management, Integrated Supply Chain, Use Based Contract Structures, Intelligent Business Information & IIT Landscape Optimisation are some of the areas of focus for A&D Companies. Combination of Technology& Transformation enables a proactive approach to market changes & ability to respond quickly to new opportunities.

ABOUT: iMRO is SAP and HCL AXON's industry solution add-on for Maintenance, Repair

and Overhaul (MRO). It is an SAP complimentary software product which extends SAP ERP MRO specifically for this industry. iMRO enhances the SAP user interface to meet industry requirements in the areas of maintenance engineering, planning and operations for business organizations in the following market segments: I.  Airlines performing their own or external third party aircraft, engine, line

or component repair II.  Travel and transportation organizations (such as railways or freight

forwarders) managing and maintaining a complex fleet and infrastructure of transportation equipment

III.  Dedicated MRO providers performing third party (revenue bearing) maintenance services

IV.  Aviation and Aerospace original equipment manufacturers who simultaneously perform after-market delivery maintenance and support services on their or their competitor's products

V.  Defence and other public sector organizations managing and maintaining fleets or aerospace, transportation or nautical assets

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE SELECTS FLATIRONS FOR TRAINING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

SITA - INTRODUCE ENHANCED A/C TRACKING CAPABILITY IN INDIA

SITA, which provides IT and communications solutions to the global air transport industry, today discussed its innovative technology to track aircraft with leading members of the Indian airline community. SITA’s AIRCOM Server Flight Tracker is being introduced to allow airlines efficiently and cost effectively track their aircraft. The solution, which is currently being evaluated by several airlines for testing, will utilize technology that is already installed in aircraft to provide advanced tracking capabilities. The workshop was inaugurated by Shri. Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and the keynote address was delivered by Dr. Prabhat Kumar (Director General)

covering more than four million pages and 40,000 documents annually. “When seeking a partner for the development of training content, our objective was to reduce the overall costs reusing technical publications content in the development of training materials,” said Lewis Mallory, Director Flight Simulation Support, Technical Pubs & Customer Product Training for Honeywell Aerospace. In collaboration with Flatirons, 75% of Honeywell’s illustration content in training materials is reused directly from existing technical documentation. This amounts to a 32% cost savings for the overall project when compared to the costs of recreating and duplicating illustrations for each training project.

Leaders and executives from all major airlines and airports in India attended the workshop. The SITA AIRCOM Server Flight Tracker solution will enable interested airlines to track aircraft movement by merging SITA’s airline dispatcher Centre system and airline operations Centre system (AIRCOM) Server, with its Future Air Navigation System (FANS) ground application, which is available to Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). The FANS system is already installed in many aircraft, so the solution does not call for extensive additional cost or investment by the airlines.

Flatirons Solutions announced that Honeywell Aerospace, a provider of products and services to commercial, defence, and space aircraft worldwide, has selected the Flatirons’ Training Services group to serve as its primary developer for training content. The contract includes developing new training materials, updating existing source materials, and making modifications to training content used by Honeywell’s employees and customers for servicing and maintaining Honeywell products. In 2009, Honeywell Aerospace selected Flatirons as its global supplier for technical publications services,

Boeing (NYSE: BA) today announced an agreement to acquire ETS Aviation, a provider of fuel-efficiency management and analytics software. ETS Aviation solutions lead the market, providing more than 120 airlines and corporate flight departments the tools necessary to accurately monitor fuel consumption, identify fuel savings opportunities, and track and report carbon emissions. ETS Aviation's fuel efficiency solutions support more than 600 commercial aircraft across nearly 900,000 flights annually.

BOEING EXPANDS CUSTOMERS' FUEL-EFFICIENCY CAPABILITIES BY ACQUIRING ETS AVIATION

GARUDA INDONESIA AIRLINES GOES LIVE WITH TCS SWIFT MRO SOLUTION

Tata Consultancy Services a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced the go-live of a new Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) application program with PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (Garuda Indonesia Airlines), Indonesia’s national airline, via its aircraft maintenance subsidiary GMF Aeroasia. Garuda’s relationship with TCS began in 2012 when the airline sought a solution to upgrade, consolidate and enhance its MRO technology infrastructure which was spread across numerous applications from multiple vendors.

The program to implement the TCS SWIFT MRO

platform moved from blueprint phase to go-live in 13 months, much faster than a typical MRO project that can take three to five years to complete. With the TCS SWIFT MRO solution, Garuda replaced over 50 legacy applications, implemented over 300 business processes, and migrated over 3 million records of data for 140 aircraft and fitted parts into a unified solution. The first phase of the project, now live, comprises the SAP-based end-to-end pre-configured SWIFT MRO solution for MRO, supply chain processes, finance and human resources modules.

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