تحديث طائرات c-130 وتحسينها
Rolls-Royce announced at Singapore Airshow that it had signed an 'innovative' fuel
management contract with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The company is also showing potential other customers how the capability works.
This first contract of its type in the military market will see Rolls-Royce assist the RAAF in improving the fuel efficiency of its C-130 fleet using analysis and modelling techniques developed for civil airlines to help reduce fuel consumption (typically between 1-3%) and decrease the environmental impact of flights.
Nick Durham, president customer business UK and international - Defence, told Shephard: 'We engaged with them as part of their defence reform programme and went through the capabilities we had. We talked with key players in the RAAF and it became quickly clear that fuel management was something we could help with.'
The 12-month agreement will cover the RAAF's C-130 fleet at RAAF Richmond, New South Wales where Rolls-Royce is integrating a fuel manager with the squadron to analyse the data utilising the technology developed by OSyS, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce.
'The fuel manager will work with the squadron to streamline the data flows and upload them to the web based application,' explained Mark Suller, head of services globalisation. The squadron will then be able to access the data via the web based application and improve the prediction of fuel requirements for a mission.
According to Suller, the next stage will be to roll out a tablet app-based version of the system. The tablet version is on display at the Rolls-Royce booth. 'It's currently in development and we will want to get that out to the RAAF as soon as we can,' Suller stated.
Durham said that the company was in discussions with a number of other military customers about contracting the service. 'They can quickly do a calculation to work out when they'd make a return on the investment,' he explained. 'We think that return is quite quick.
'I expect us to have at least two more customers on contract by the end of the first half of the year,' he concluded.
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Rolls-Royce announced at Singapore Airshow that it had signed an 'innovative' fuel
management contract with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The company is also showing potential other customers how the capability works.
This first contract of its type in the military market will see Rolls-Royce assist the RAAF in improving the fuel efficiency of its C-130 fleet using analysis and modelling techniques developed for civil airlines to help reduce fuel consumption (typically between 1-3%) and decrease the environmental impact of flights.
Nick Durham, president customer business UK and international - Defence, told Shephard: 'We engaged with them as part of their defence reform programme and went through the capabilities we had. We talked with key players in the RAAF and it became quickly clear that fuel management was something we could help with.'
The 12-month agreement will cover the RAAF's C-130 fleet at RAAF Richmond, New South Wales where Rolls-Royce is integrating a fuel manager with the squadron to analyse the data utilising the technology developed by OSyS, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce.
'The fuel manager will work with the squadron to streamline the data flows and upload them to the web based application,' explained Mark Suller, head of services globalisation. The squadron will then be able to access the data via the web based application and improve the prediction of fuel requirements for a mission.
According to Suller, the next stage will be to roll out a tablet app-based version of the system. The tablet version is on display at the Rolls-Royce booth. 'It's currently in development and we will want to get that out to the RAAF as soon as we can,' Suller stated.
Durham said that the company was in discussions with a number of other military customers about contracting the service. 'They can quickly do a calculation to work out when they'd make a return on the investment,' he explained. 'We think that return is quite quick.
'I expect us to have at least two more customers on contract by the end of the first half of the year,' he concluded.
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