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data. Aero Engines International GmbH, those impact engine performance and
At maturity, the Pratt & Whitney Geared Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and maintenance,” Bromberg says. “With
Turbofan engine fleet will be generating MTU Aero Engines. the ability to monitor every engine, every
more than two petabytes of data annually. “We have a number of development parameter, we can actually go one step
That is the equivalent of a new American projects underway, and we incorporate further. We can customise the engine
Library of Congress every year. learnings as we go,” Fraga says. “These maintenance for that operator, for that
Pratt & Whitney formalised an programs will continue to evolve and grow city pair, and for the way their pilots are
agreement last year with IBM to work over time, as we narrow our focus on trained. That’s good for us and it’s good for
toward better visualisation of the data services and metrics most important to them. The reliability will improve and the
streams generated by its commercial our customers.” cost of ownership will improve.”
engines. IBM, which has the world’s To incorporate both academic and
deepest portfolio of Big Data and industry leading expertise, Pratt &
analytics technology, will help Pratt & Whitney has expanded its collaborations
Whitney broaden its current performance to include IBM, the MIT Leaders for Global
monitoring capabilities. “The result will Operations, and the United Technologies
be better value for customers, as no two Research Center. Projects underway are
operators are the same,” Bromberg says. looking at optimising Pratt & Whitney’s
In a separate project, a similar engine leasing business, enriching the
predictive analytics model is being built to shop visit allocation process across Pratt &
support the V2500 engine fleet. V2500 is a Whitney’s partner network, and analysing
registered trademark of IAE International shop visit pricing to enhance the company’s Using data analytics
Aero Engines AG, a multinational aero predictive maintenance cost model. to monitor engine
performance is nothing
engine consortium whose shareholders “There are different climates, different new at Pratt & Whitney,
comprise Pratt & Whitney, Pratt & Whitney temperatures, different air pollution, and company executives say
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