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FEATURE FUTURE MRO
Emerging Developments
OEMs and MRO firms are offering new services
By Atul Chandra
hELICOPTER ENGINE SPECIALIST The company is also looking to extend
Turbomeca has a broad footprint in Asia its support network to better cater for the
for MRO services and supports its Asian 1800 customers it has, who operate less
customers through 5 subsidiaries; TM than five helicopters but represent 80 %
India, TM Asia Pacific (in Singapore), TM of its customer base. With the impending
Japan, TM China and TM Australasia. The entry into service of Bell’s 505, single
last few months have seen Turbomeca engine light helicopter, the number of
move ahead with its new customer these customers will double over the
support offering known as ‘BOOST’. next 10 years. Turbomeca is currently
Developed in association with IBM, the increasing the number of its Distributors
offering known as Bank of Online Services and Certified Maintenance Centers (CMC),
& Technologies (BOOST) is a platform of with plans to double the number of CMCs
online integrated services that are highly by 2016 from the present 36. This will be
secured and help rotorcraft operators further enhanced to cross 100 CMCs by
ABOvE: The Arrano in their fleet management and engine 2020. It also announced in March this year
helicopter engine will maintenance requirements. BOOST that the Tarnos plant will be modernised
be available with Bank
of Online Services & integrates the Electronic Engine Logbook, as part of the Cap 2020 project that will
Technologies (BOOST), an the Interactive Electronic Technical be fully deployed by the end of the decade.
online platform that will Publications and the engine configuration Described as the “factory of the future”,
help rotorcraft operators management, which are controlled by four new buildings will be constructed
to manage their fleet
and engine maintenance Turbomeca as the Original Equipment at Tarnos, along with the revamp of two
requirements Manufacturer (OEM). existing structures to increase the size of
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