Jens Schiefele

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Dr. Jens Schiefele | Director Boeing Digital Aviation Research

Let’s Get Connected

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Enormous opportunities to improve efficiency…


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The industry problem ….


…airlines face enormous challenges

Cost Pressures



Cost PressuresRetrofit



Cost Pressures Cyber SecurityRetrofit


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The solution ….


-Digital Airline (n): An adaptive,

continuously optimized, real-timeoperation that delivers step changes in

efficiency, profitability, and customer experience to drive long-term competitive

advantage.

-Copyright © 2014 Boeing. All rights reserved. -BOEING PROPRIETARY


Connected, Mobile

Users & Devices

Pilot

Cabin Crew

Manager

Mechanic

Executive

Connected

Fleet

ONS Comm

Cabin

FlightDeck

Systems

In Flight

On Ground

Systems

Cabin

FlightDeck

ONS Comm

Ground Portal

The Digital AirlineArchitectural View

Large Scale AnalyticsInformation Sharing Platform and Services

High Availability Infrastructure

Airline Systems &

Processes

Executive Management

Network / Systems Operations Center

Flight Ops

Station Ops

Maintenance

Crew

Passenger and Revenue Mgmt

Engineering

Connected External

Systems

Air Traffic Control

Airports

Passenger

Other . . .

Continuous Operational Optimization


Trends and transformations

Connectivity everywhere

Unlimited resources

Hardware transitionto software

Human & computer gap closing

New challengers to traditional companies


• Onboard computing resources

with IT in mind

• Ubiquitous connectivity

• Network services

• Software development

environment

New airplanes bring enterprise capability


New airplanes bring enterprise capability

Connected systems,

large data captureOnboard file servers,

integrated ground systems

High bandwidth, low cost

in-flight data links (Ku, Ka)Wireless networks for

crews and passengers

Advanced onboard

maintenance systems

High bandwidth, low cost

ground data links (Wi-Fi,

cellular)

Bringing IT to the clouds


What systems do you need to implement a connected airplane?

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Onboard

Wireless

Industry

Standard

EFB Provisions

Onboard

Network

Broadband IP

Data Links

Terminal Area

Connectivity

• An Ethernet network

• TCP/IP, HTTP

• Wired or wireless

• A certified airplane interface

• Airplane data

• Storage

• Access to airplane

communications

• Least cost routing

• Ground systems

• Network Security


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The benefits ….

Day of flight connectivity Connectivity in flight

Preflight:

• Review maintenance logs

• Review flight plan, weather

• Read MEL descriptions

Ramp/taxi:

• Prepopulate data on EFB

• View airport, departure charts

• Calculate take off

performance

• Go through checklist

Post flight:

• File pilot log, journey

report, final flight folder

• Send performance

calculations off board

• Update maintenance

records

Cruise:

• Log flight progress

• Calculate landing performance

• View en route, approach charts

Connected

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Preflight:




Ramp/taxi:




performance


Post flight:






records

Cruise:




• Pull data from FMS to log flight

progress to plan

Handle disruptions:

• Receive real time weather updates

• Updated flight plans

• Send faults to ground

• Recalculate landing performance

Connected

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Preflight:




Ramp/taxi:




performance


Post flight:






records

Cruise:




• Pull data from FMS to log flight

progress to plan

Handle disruptions:

• Receive real time weather updates

• Updated flight plans

• Send faults to ground

• Recalculate landing performance

(opportunity to extend decision window)

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Decision window

In-Flight Connectivity Ground Connectivity



Mobile Device Connectivity

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Connectivity is an integrated feature

High-bandwidth network access from

nearly anywhere world-wide

Typically, isolated from the airplane

network

Many current EFB use cases are satisfied

by a ground-only connected device

Mobility enables new contexts within

which to access and process information


Benefits for your flight operations

Flight crews and operations are

always connected

Door-to-door workflow integration

Real-time strategic weather

Increased situational awareness

Improved flight efficiency and

passenger comfort

Enhanced decision making

analysis tools


Leveraging connectivity – process ready

Connectivity is often described as

receiving “the right information at

the right time”…

…but, it is also about receiving

data ahead of time

Early notification gives more time

for planning

More time to plan results in

optimized operational decisions

Pilots and operations must have

processes for evaluating data

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The approach ….


• A new team: Operations, Avionics, Information Technology

• Work together to maximize benefits

• Co-location helps achieve goals

It’s a partnership


Summary

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Operational efficiencies are enabled

by connectivity

Integrated device connectivity is

adequate for many of today’s EFB

applications

Integrated airplane connectivity is

necessary to realize full benefits

Be process ready – take advantage

of early notification to improve

decision outcomes


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Source: presentation of Dr. Jens Schiefele, Boeing Digital

Aviation Research

at the 2016 SITA Air Transport IT Summit, Barcelona.

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