Microsoft is partnering with leading engine OEMs like Rolls Royce and GE to bring better performance insights through its Azure cloud computing technology.<\/p>\n
In a keynote at last week\u2019s Predictive Aircraft Maintenance (PAM) Conference, Daniel Williams, the tech giant\u2019s UK aviation chief technology officer, said gains are already being made.<\/p>\n
He said cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are already being adopted in many sector, as well as aviation, helping companies to make sense of the data they collect.<\/p>\n
In aviation Rolls Royce is one of Microsoft\u2019s flagship customers, the OEM using its technology to monitor the performance of the 1,300 engines currently in operation.<\/p>\n
Williams said, using Azure, the manufacturer has the ability to run up to one hundred billion simulated flights each week to improve their engine performance and data models.<\/p>\n
\u201cBuilding the solution on Azure enabled them to simulate flights for testing at scale,\u201d said Williams.<\/p>\n
\u201cRolls Royce has 1,300 engines globally but they had a scenario where they were collecting too much data and did not know what to do with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe provide a much better insights perspective of the data they are capturing. This reduces AOGs (Aircraft On the Ground), optimises fuel consumption efficiency or engine use and cleaning.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Microsoft technology also allows Rolls Royce to optimise inventory forecasts for more efficient back-of-house operations. This is allowing the firm to provide information back to airline customers.<\/p>\n
GE Digital has worked with Microsoft on component analytics to \u201ccut through their data\u201d to \u201coffer different services\u201d, said Williams.<\/p>\n
This is allowing the OEM to provide better predictions and decision-making to minimise things like fuel waste and to improve fight reliability.<\/p>\n
Microsoft is also working in partnership with Airbus on mixed reality headsets using HoloLens for maintenance engineers for training without the need for a physical aircraft.<\/p>\n
Williams said this shows that there is \u201ca business case\u201d for this sort of technology beyond gaming. The tech means engineers can work hand-free because they no longer need a physical manual.<\/p>\n
Concerns about the sharing of data and ethics are being taken seriously by Microsoft, added Williams. \u201cWe are, I like to think, a leader in this space.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said no company should be loading their data or IP into a public large language platform like ChatGPT, but should spin up a private unique version.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are trying to set everyone up for what we think are impending regulations. All that we do is underpinned by transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is important to note, going through this, that things are going to be changing and their needs to be adaptability throughout.\u201d<\/p>\n
Microsoft devised original AI standards in 2019, but Williams said these were torn up and rewritten in 2022 because advances in the tech meant they no longer applied.<\/p>\n
And he reassured delegates that the integrity of their data was guaranteed. \u201cYour data is your data, it\u2019s not our data,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny analytics, any output as part of that particular dataset will not be leveraged in any shape or form in the foundational model.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly you can benefit from what\u2019s coming as output or what\u2019s leveraged through the use of AI.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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