Buyer-seller aerospace marketplace Cordiem, which was formed by the merger of Honeywell/UTC-led MyAircraft and airline marketplace AirNewco, launched its maintenance, engineering and general procurement services last month. Cordiem's launch catalogues and inventory listings include products from Avborne, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand, Goodrich, Avio-Diepen and Turbo Resources. The marketplace also has an agreement with the US Air Transport Association (ATA) to provide users with access to the ATA's catalogue, serviceable parts and repair capabilities databases. The Cordiem Connect integration platform will be added this month to simplify and speed-up the integration of customers' internal systems to the trading platform. SITA's Aerospan marketplace has added Aerosearch to help locate scarce parts; Aeroplan, which allows improved planning and control of the supply, demand and deployment of aircraft components; and AeroMROtracker, to track spare parts through the MRO cycle. Additional services being developed include the Aerobank clearing house and an Aeroskills recruitment module. TRW Aeronautical Systems (Lucas Aerospace), in conjunction with technology partner Izodia, launched its AeroVantix portal last month. AeroVantix, which is available to all TRW customers and suppliers, offers buying and selling transactions, engineering collaboration and supply chain management. The French Procurement Agency and Thales are developing an e-support solution to maintain French air force communication equipment. The €55 million ($46 million) project, which involves more than 10,000 maintenance operations each year, guarantees real-time control of the services to users. ATR and Embraer are partnering on AEROChain to provide internet-based support services for training, spares, technical publications and maintenance planning.
Source: Flight International
