GE Aviation integrates C-FOQA with Polaris Aero Vector SMS
March 09 2020 - 11:30AM
Business Wire
Global aviation leaders combine efforts to make
flying safer
GE Aviation announced the integration of C-FOQA (Corporate
Flight Operations Quality Assurance) with Polaris Aero’s safety
management system - Vector SMS. This new integration with Polaris
is a first of its kind in business aviation where information from
flight data is automatically forwarded to another safety service
provider (Vector SMS) using GE Aviation’s API (application
programming interface). C-FOQA and Vector SMS have more than 400
combined customers today including part 91 operators, charter
carriers, and other operators of business aircraft.
“We are thrilled to be integrating C-FOQA data into Vector SMS.
This new capability streamlines the safety process and makes it
easy for users to identify the underlying causes of safety events.
By understanding the C-FOQA events and being able to link them to
root causes in Vector SMS, flight departments can go from safety
compliant to best-in-class”, said Chris Connor, co-founder and CEO
of Polaris Aero.
FOQA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance), also commonly
referred to as FDM (Flight Data Monitoring), is the process of
analyzing and reviewing routinely recorded flight data. Operators
that adopt FOQA are better able to identify and eliminate potential
safety hazards in flight operations.
“This new integration saves time and reduces workload,
ultimately improving the customer experience and allowing them to
enhance safety in their organization,” said Ben Ivy, senior product
manager for GE Aviation. “We know that business jet operators care
about safety as much as anyone, and in most flight departments
everyone juggles responsibilities and wears multiple hats. Our
partnership with Polaris Aero enables operators to focus on what’s
important with a comprehensive safety solution built specifically
for business aviation professionals.”
SMS (safety management system) processes and methodology are a
standard feature of any safety department. Aviation has specific
SMS processes and standards that foster a culture where aviators
are encouraged to learn from shared experiences in a non-punitive
manner.
Launched in 2005 in partnership with the Flight Safety
Foundation and now used by more than 300 operators globally, C-FOQA
is GE Aviation’s premier service for helping business jet operators
understand and improve safety. GE’s patented analytics software
fuses meteorological information, navigation data, and terrain
mapping to identify safety events and measurements on thousands of
flights every day.
Released in 2013, Vector SMS is an app on Polaris Aero’s VOCUS
Safety Intelligence platform. Designed to simplify complex safety
processes, Vector SMS makes it easy to report, analyze, audit, and
trend safety concerns. The built-in communication and
administrative tools facilitate engagement with everyone in the
organization to help ensure an organization never forgets a lesson
learned.
Since its introduction to the airline industry more than 20
years ago, FOQA has been widely credited with reducing incident and
accident rates at airlines where it has been adopted. In its
2017-2018 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Enhancements,
the NTSB encourages aircraft operators to improve safety oversight
of their aircraft by routinely reviewing recorded flight data in a
structured program such as C-FOQA.
About Polaris Aero
Polaris Aero, LLC is an aviation software company that
specializes in risk analysis and safety management. Its cloud based
VOCUS Safety Intelligence platform hosts various applications,
including the flagship product FlightRisk, an advanced risk
assessment system; and Vector SMS, an organizational safety
management system (SMS). VOCUS is what safety should be – Simple,
Meaningful, Seamless! www.polarisaero.com
About GE Aviation
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a
world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines,
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. With people,
services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for
customers by speaking the language of industry.
www.geaviation.com/digital
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