This coming together of product and service, supercharged by digital technology, offers us a wealth of opportunity to improve the way we provide power to our customers with engines that are increasingly connected, contextually aware and comprehending.
Engine Health Management (EHM) takes this to a new level of connectivity. EHM is the term used to describe the transfer of data from an engine on an aircraft to an operational centre on the ground which can be used to record and monitor the performance of an engine, helping to ensure its availability.
While EHM has been a feature of our jet engines for decades, Our latest EHM system is capable of measuring thousands of parameters more than previous versions and it can monitor entirely new parts of the engine. And, uniquely, the engine can “talk back” – responding to requests from an operational centre to focus on one particular part or parameter, sending back hundreds of hours of information specifically tailored to that request.
This new EHM system will go into service next year on our new Pearl 15 engine that will power the Bombardier Global 5500 and Global 6500 aircraft, making it our most intelligent engine yet.