Over 30 innovations implemented to accelerate
MRO performance
SINGAPORE, Feb. 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ --
(SINGAPORE AIRSHOW)
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business announced
today the significant progress in advancing maintenance, repair,
and overhaul (MRO) performance spearheaded by the opening of its
Singapore Technology Accelerator (STA).
In September 2022, Pratt &
Whitney announced the intent to establish the technology
accelerator in collaboration with the Singapore Economic
Development Board (EDB). STA has since delivered over 30
innovations which will maximize the productivity in MRO processes.
STA is also working with more than 20 Singapore companies to
develop new, relevant technologies in the global commercial
aviation sector.
Applied across four Pratt & Whitney Singapore-based MRO
facilities, STA technology projects focus on automation, advanced
inspection, connected factory and digital twin, developed to
improve MRO shop performance.
"STA is a focal point for the innovative thinking and
enterprising spirit of our employees, applied to scale technologies
across our MRO facilities faster and better," said Gilbert Sim, director, Aftermarket Global
Operations Technology and CORE at Pratt & Whitney. "We will
continue working with MRO facilities and centers of excellence in
Singapore and throughout the
network to deliver more technology insertion projects. Together
with our steadfast commitment to investments in MRO capacity, we
are expanding our capabilities to support our customers around the
world."
Pratt & Whitney is empowering both its own MRO operations
and customers with crucial insights into performance, quality,
capacity, productivity and cost through the ongoing digitalization
and automatization of shop floors under Industry 4.0 tenets.
Through technology insertion projects like the innovations
pioneered by STA and validated at local facilities in Singapore, these innovations will be rolled
out progressively across Pratt & Whitney's global MRO footprint
to benefit customers with improved throughput and turn- around
time.
Pratt & Whitney is also developing and deploying advanced
repair capabilities via other centers of excellence around the
world, including emerging fields like artificial intelligence and
machine learning to remain a leader in the evolving MRO and
aviation landscape.
About Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney is a
world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft
engines and auxiliary power units. To learn more, visit
www.prattwhitney.com.
About RTX
RTX is the world's largest aerospace and
defense company. With more than 185,000 global employees, we push
the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and
protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses – Collins
Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon – we are advancing
aviation, engineering integrated defense systems for operational
success, and developing next-generation technology solutions and
manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical
challenges. The company, with 2023 sales of $68.9 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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