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Kasireddy: GE's smart jet engines reduce aviation costs via automated maintenance

Preethi Kasireddy · a16z Podcast | The Technology is Ready, So Where is the Internet of Things? · Jan 2, 2019 · at 10:38

Preeti Kasireddy discusses enterprise IoT applications, pointing to GE's connected aviation engines as a high-ROI industrial deployment.

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“GE with their aviation, they have the smart jet engines, which the mechanics don't need, don't even need to check the plane once it lands and that they just know if it needs maintenance or not. That saves a ton of time and ton of fuel and ton of just money for, ah, aviation industry.”

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The claim, plainly

GE Aviation's IoT-connected jet engines allow mechanics to detect maintenance needs automatically upon landing, saving time, fuel, and operational costs for the aviation industry.

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Assessment

The research notes substantiate both legs of the claim. First, GE Aviation (now GE Aerospace) deployed sensor-equipped jet engines with automated telemetry and diagnostics—such as the Aircraft Health and Trend Monitoring System (AHTMS) powered by PlaneConnectHTM and the Predix-based Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics (RMD) platform across thousands of commercial engines (including GE90, GEnx, CFM56, and CFM LEAP). Built-in sensors capture flight telemetry and automatically transmit data upon landing to flag anomalies and maintenance needs proactively without requiring routine manual ground inspections. Second, industry and technical reports demonstrate substantial operational, time, and fuel savings, including preventing thousands of flight disruptions and Groundings (AOG), optimizing engine performance to reduce fuel burn, and saving airlines millions of dollars annually in unscheduled maintenance.

GE Aviation deployed AHTMS/PlaneConnectHTM (partnered with AT&T) on commercial and business aircraft, which automatically uploads sensor data upon landing via cellular IoT to remote analytics platforms.
GE's Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics and Digital Twin platforms monitor over 38,000 to 44,000 engines, processing over 480,000 records per day and issuing automated maintenance alerts directly to airline crews.
Industry reporting documented that GE's automated proactive engine monitoring prevented over 2,500 flight disruptions with 24,000 proactive notifications, saving airlines significant operational costs, turnaround time, and fuel burn.

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[1] geaerospace.com [2] geaerospace.com [3] genpact.com [4] geaerospace.com [5] verdantix.com [6] globalbankingandfinance.com [7] avitrader.com [8] airinsight.com

GE Aviation engine health management IoT automated maintenance alerts GE Digital Predix jet engine maintenance IoT landing alerts GE Aviation IoT connected jet engines maintenance alerts landing GE Aviation IoT real time diagnostic data maintenance mechanics landing

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