Read the latest IFS blog posts from the Aerospace & Defense industry experts at IFS here. These authors understand the issues and challenges you face – read their thoughts from around the world on new technologies and market developments in A&D. Learn more about IFS’s expertise in the Aerospace & Defense industry.

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Giving military equipment a new lease of life – how to prolong the service life of assets
Military Jet

The high cost of developing new equipment and the changing political climate between countries where lengthy procurement projects need a…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
Airline success quantified: The maintenance metrics and the math versus the misspend
Airline Maintenance Header

Airlines face a constant battle to win more passengers, reach new destinations and grow profits. But as new, often lower-cost…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Creativity & Innovation
See it, hear it, feel it – Augmented Reality hits A&D Maintenance
Aircraft maintenance workers servicing airplane engine

Augmented and virtual reality seem to have existed as buzzwords in lots of industries over recent years—but real-life business use…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Service
OEMs vs MROs: 3 key differentiators for independent commercial aviation service providers
OEM aircraft

The global aviation market may have just experienced its most profitable period ever. Yet, with mega airline mergers and acquisitions…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Strategy, Transform Your Business
Q&A: How commercial aviation companies can overcome today’s MRO challenges
Q&A: How commercial aviation companies can overcome today’s MRO challenges

In this Q&A with industry expert Graham Grose, Vice President and Industry Director at IFS, he answers questions on how…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Research, Strategy
The key to customer satisfaction and profitability for third-party MROs
The key to customer satisfaction and profitability for third-party MROs

Effective maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) and resource management are key to customer satisfaction and profitability for third-party MROs. The…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events
IFS Maintenix: Making aircraft maintenance faster, cheaper and better
IFS Maintenix: Making aircraft maintenance faster, cheaper and better

Maintenix has two decades of development behind it, but it’s new to IFS – and we’re developing it fast. Here’s how we’re getting aircraft assets back in the air, quickly, cheaply and safely.

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events, IFS Labs, Manufacturing, Supply Chain
IFS World Conference 2018: Focus on customer success
Focus on customer success

IFS innovations are only meaningful when they make your business better. In this session we hear from IFS partners, customers on staff about how we’re making people’s businesses better.

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Research, Strategy
Q&A: Why the increased interest in performance-based logistics and Power-by-the-Hour contracts
Q&A: Why the increased interest in performance-based logistics and Power-by-the-Hour contracts

Performance-based logistics and Power-by-the-Hour contracts bring great opportunity to commercial and military aircraft operators. In this industry expert Q&A, Graham…

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From wrench turning to risk sharing – the changing face of commercial aviation maintenance

Charles E. Taylor may not be a household name, but to those in the A&D industry he is known as…

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The geo-political landscape, blockchain technology and IT backbone transforming military in-service support

In my first blog on the transformation facing military in-service support, I looked at how next generation defense equipment –…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense, Business Technology, Digital Transformation, Research, Service, Strategy
Redefining products in the commercial aviation space: the next generation of “Power-by-the-Hour”
L’aviation civile, première industrie sur les projets de transformation digitale et d’innovation

The fundamental shift from selling products to guaranteed outcomes has been aided by exponential technological growth over the last ten…

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