GE and HeliOffshore Provide Safety Data Management System for Global Offshore Helicopter Industry
Partnership will maximize opportunities to further enhance the safety of offshore helicopter operations
HeliOffshore and GE Aviation have signed an agreement to develop and implement digital solutions for a global safety data
management system for the offshore helicopter industry. The system will be deployed in phases beginning this year.
This effort will bring together GE’s extensive data and analytics technology and expertise with HeliOffshore’s safety
leadership to provide deeper analytics and analyses to yield more insights into ways operators, manufacturers, and the
oil and gas industry can maximize the safety of offshore helicopter operations.
“We are eager to be a part of such an important step forward for the offshore helicopter industry,” said Jim
Daily, chief digital officer for GE Aviation. “With the power of GE’s Predix behind the safety leadership
of HeliOffshore, this team will have state-of-the-art tools to analyze helicopter operations and provide insights to help
drive safer operations across the entire offshore rotorcraft space.”
Creating this partnership will allow for a powerful implementation of data across operating conditions and environments.
HeliOffshore has already laid the groundwork for sharing data and information under its InfoShare program. Through the
program, operators exchange safety event information and have begun to share data, including from anonymized flight data monitoring
and their health and usage monitoring systems.
Gretchen Haskins, HeliOffshore’s CEO, sees this partnership as an important component in the drive to enhance safety to the
benefit of everyone who works offshore.
“The ability for multiple stakeholders to share safety data that helps target actions faster to enhance safety in the frontline
is a huge step forward. GE's track record of delivery in the fixed wing sector will help us to make this a practical reality for
our industry,” said Mrs. Haskins.
HeliOffshore is the global, safety-focused association for the offshore helicopter industry. Through collaboration with members,
they are delivering an industry-wide safety program that is enhancing safety worldwide. Visit www.helioffshore.org. Download image here: https://flic.kr/p/GSZV5C
GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military
jet engines, and avionics, digital solutions and electrical power systems for aircraft. Milestone Aviation Group, a GE Capital
Aviation Services company, is the world's leading helicopter leasing and financing company. Milestone has a fleet of helicopters
worth over US $4.0 billion plus debt commitments of approximately $400 million.
GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store,"
where each business shares and accesses the same technology, markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.geaviation.com/digitalsolutions
GE Aviation
Jennifer Villarreal, +1 616 241 8643
jennifer.villarreal3@ge.com
or
Katherine Hamblin, +44 7780 445196
katherine.hamblin@helioffshore.org
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