LE BOURGET, France, June 20,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- GE Aviation and AT&T*
Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are connecting the onboard and
offboard portions of the Aircraft Health and Trend Monitoring
System (AHTMS) powered PlaneConnectHTM on the Gulfstream G500,
G600, G650 and G650ER business jets. The two companies made
the announcement this week during the Paris Air Show.
The AHTMS continuously acquires aircraft performance data to
help identify problems before they occur and to assist in
troubleshooting difficult to diagnose issues.
When the aircraft lands, AT&T Control Center and AT&T
Global SIM connects the AHTMS. The system is part of all new
Gulfstream G500, G600, G650 and G650ER business jets. The G650
fleet "called home" and wirelessly sent data from all seven
continents so far this year. If the customer chooses, Gulfstream
Technical Operations can have access to the data to further improve
its already best-in-class Product Support. If the customer
subscribes to the additional support, the system can:
- Enable fleetwide comparison and trending as issues arise
- Support specialists by enabling data queries.
- Send time-stamped data to a MyGulfstream.com Web Portal
dedicated to that aircraft.
- Enable transient issue visibility providing resolution for this
most difficult category of faults to solve.
- Present data to each operator in a prioritized and organized
manner. This includes aircraft usage data, fuel consumption,
pressure readings, temperatures, and aircraft operations data.
Benefits of constantly monitoring plane performance can be seen
in the air and on the ground.
- AHTMS' sophisticated monitoring system helps speed diagnostics
and gives more time for notice and scheduling and performing
maintenance.
- Early detection helps maintenance and reduces downtime, keeping
the aircraft in service.
- Allows maintenance technicians and logisticians to compare
operator-authorized/de-identified, highly secure and encrypted data
from every flight stored on MyGulfstream.com to establish trends
and improve efficiencies for the entire fleet.
"Our focus is to help our customers and the overall industry to
be more efficient," said Darin
DiTommaso, vice president of Digital Services and Solutions
for GE Aviation. "This system improves an already great track
record at Gulfstream. The beautiful part about the system is
that it will continue to grow and respond as the needs of each
fleet change throughout their lifecycle."
GE Aviation relies on the AT&T Control Center robust
automation features. AT&T's world-wide network made seven
continent coverage of highly mobile assets possible. They utilize a
highly secure connection and a custom AT&T MPLS/VPN (Virtual
Private Network). This gives GE a high degree of control and
provides highly secure redundant connectivity to their global
network. Data traffic from the aircraft to Gulfstream
Technical Operations and Gulfstream Operators is encrypted and
highly secure.
"IoT solutions have the potential to significantly transform the
operational efficiency of nearly any industry," said Chris Penrose, President, Internet of Things
Solutions, AT&T. "It's exciting to see that our solution with
GE Aviation is giving them actionable insights into the performance
and health of their planes."
To learn more about IoT's potential to transform business, visit
www.att.com/iot.
For more information on GE Aviation, visit
www.geaviation.com/digital.
To learn more about Gulfstream Business Jets, visit
www.gulfstream.com/aircraft.
About GE Aviation
GE Aviation, an operating unit of
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of
commercial and military jet engines, and avionics, digital
solutions and electrical power systems for aircraft.
GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming
industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is
organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store,"
where each business shares and accesses the same technology,
markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With
people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of industry.
www.geaviation.com/digital
*About AT&T
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**Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network Score. Score
includes data reported by wireless consumers in the Nielsen Mobile
Insights survey, network measurements from Nielsen Mobile
Performance and Nielsen Drive Test Benchmarks for Q4 2016 + Q1 2017
across 121 markets.
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