GE Aviation’s annual Waypoint conference held last week in Dallas highlighted customer collaboration and the latest ways data and digital tools are improving operations, fuel efficiency and maintenance needs for airline customers.

Head of global Services for GE Aviation Military Systems Operation, Cristina Seda-Hoelle, discusses 10 years of GE’s Total Logistic Support contract with the Royal Australian Air Force — a uniquely successful collaboration which she has held up to officials at the US Pentagon as the epitome of efficiency and innovation in the military services field.

Omar Waller is a software engineer in the Edison Engineering Development Program (EEDP), working with the Flight Management System team in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Next gen engines require next gen training, including enhanced classroom, ‘hands-on’ and now 2-D/3-D interactive digital training modules.

Many of us have wished to have a birds-eye view of our lives and see the impact we have on those around us. GE Aviation had a similar wish.

Following on the heels of GE’s other Accelerators in Austin, Texas, Dubai and Munich, the Washington, DC Accelerator will focus on some of the toughest problems facing the military and its contractors by providing a space where customers and GE experts can collaborate on new technological solutions.

The LEAP engine program of CFM International isn’t just a history-maker in commercial aviation because of its record sales. Additive manufacturing and digital tools that make factories smarter are helping GE Aviation meet record orders placed for the LEAP engine.

Additive technology has radically changed the way the world thinks about design, materials, processes and manufacturing — and GE is leading the way. GE Additive’s machines build parts layer-by-layer, enabling geometric freedom and previously unheard-of design possibilities.