MRO 2008 Show News Briefing - April 7, 2008 - (Page 9)

MRO AHM Gains New Fuel Economy Dimension The Australian carrier Qantas has tapped Boeing Commercial Aviation Services for the the company’s successful Airplane Health Management product with the new Performance Monitoring module. The addition of Operational Performance data effectively makes AHM into a marriage of beginning and it’s come to fruition recently,” when the need is great, says John Maggiore, AHM manager at Boeing CAS. “In a nutshell, it is applying health management technologies and methodologies to the problem of fuel conservation and management,” he says of the new performance monitoring module. The optimized AHM analyzes and trends airplane cruise performance data yielding prioritized information on fuel efficiency, emission levels and other parameters. The data can then be readily used toward fuel efficiency initiatives and to optimize flight planning. Increased concern about carbon dioxide emissions from airplanes makes the new AHM especially attractive now. “They say timing’s everything,” Maggiore comments, pointing out that Efficient • Safe • Green is the theme of MRO 2008. “We trend the performance of ‘It is applying health management technologies and methodologies to the problem of fuel conservation and management.’ —John Maggiore The AHM operational performance module may not make your older jets as efficient as a 787, but it can help bring them closer. MRO and flight ops, and it means the same systems that have been used for fault detection can be used to maximize aircraft performance, translating into reduced fuel use and a lower carbon footprint. “This is something that has been on our roadmap from the the aircraft itself based on parametric data,” Maggiore explains. If fuel use has increased, AHM with the Performance Monitoring module can find the root cause. “This is something we can do for all in-service airplanes. It provides the means to have an across-the-fleet solution, he says.” The enhanced AHM, Maggiore notes, uses tools that engineers are already familiar with to provide “another dimension of decision support.” AHM Attains Half of the Market Boeing’s Airplane Health Management product, now enhanced with Operational Performance modules that help airlines minimize their fuel use and hence carbon dioxide emissions, has achieved a 50% market share of addressable airplanes, says Boeing Commercial Aviation Services operational performance director John Maggiore. Boeing Keeps the RAF’s C-17s Aloft, a Lot C-17 Globemaster III transports operated The Boeing field services team is on call but if not, they find a way to get it.” by Britain’s Royal Air Force are supported 24/7 as part of a Globemaster SustainConsistent maintenance is critical. “We by a Boeing Integrated Defense Systems ment Partnership with the UK Ministry of stock, store and issue everything needed field services team at Brize Norton, the Defence. for constant maintenance,” says Boeing RAF’s largest base, some 20 miles west of “If they weren’t here, the jets wouldn’t supply chain specialist Danny Rose. “We Oxford in England’s heartland. fly,” says Sgt. Baron Baker, an avionics utilize an automatic requisition for replenBoeing has delivered five of the brawny technician with the 99 Squadron. “Usually ishment to maintain a continuous inventory T-tail jets to the RAF and is slated to they have the part of the answer we need; system of 7,300 parts.” deliver a sixth in June. The C-17 has a maximum takeoff They are flying about 120% of the gross weight of 585,000 lb. Maximum hours originally intended. payload is 170,400 lb. “To say the C-17 is a workhorse is a With a 160,000-lb payload, the C-17 massive understatement,” says wing can take off from a 7,600-ft airfield, fly commander John Gladston, who com2,400 nmi, and land on a small austere mands the 99 Squadron at Brize airfield in 3,000 feet or less. Norton. “The C-17 has filled an enorThe C-17 is powered by four Pratt & mous need,” Gladston says, “in terms Whitney PW2040 series turbofans of supporting the operational air bridge First C-17 for the RAF was delivered in spring 2001. (the U.S. Air Force engine designation The sixth is to be delivered in June. to both Afghanistan and Iraq.” is F117-PW-100). www.aviationweek.com/shownews Sponsored by The Boeing Company April 2008 9 http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews

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