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Boeing, Singapore Defense Agency To Develop Analytics For Aircraft Performance

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 28th, 2018

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Boeing, Singapore Defense Agency To Develop Analytics For Aircraft Performance

Singapore Royal Air Force F-15SG multi-role fighter built by Boeing. Photo: Singapore RAF.

Boeing [BA] and a Singaporean defense agency on Thursday agreed on a joint research and development project on data analytics to better understand how well military aircraft are performing and predict future needs for operations and maintenance.The deal is between Boeing’s nearly year-old Global Services segment and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). Boeing Global Services stood up last July to capture business related to the operations and maintenance of defense and commercial aircraft.Boeing’s goal is to grow its…

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