‘BIG DATA’ moves needle for customers Just outside of Philadelphia, software engineers, platform experts and mathematicians occupy a converted conference room. They use touch screens connected to a computer network. They review military flight data coming from around the world. They pinpoint parts maintenance needs and failures. The V-22 Readiness Operations Center in Ridley Township, Pa., is Boeing’s latest entry into the world of data analytics, or big data. It is a services 24 BOEING FRONTIERS area with almost unlimited potential, and is helping bring Global Services & Support and Commercial Aviation Photos: (Above) The Operational Control Center in Everett, Wash., provides aroundthe clock 787 Dreamliner fleet monitoring and support. BOB FERGUSON | BOEING (Right) Kelly Hill, left, and Steve Boggess are among several analysts who track data generated by 280 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at the V-22 Readiness Operations Center in Ridley Township, Pa. FRED TROILO | BOEING
Frontiers November 2015 Issue
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