RTX's Ascentia to receive significant upgrades

CHICAGO, April 10, 2024 – (MRO Americas)– Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, will introduce two major upgrades to the Ascentia software platform. Ascentia is a software solution for aircraft reliability management that is designed to streamline operations, enhance decision-making and predict future events.

The platform is incorporating two significant updates, Repeaters and Aircraft Health Monitoring. The Repeaters application empowers operators to take real-time corrective action to data entry errors, enhancing proactive management and decision-making. The Aircraft Health Monitoring application provides operators with comprehensive insights into aircraft health, aggregating data into an easy-to-use dashboard for enhanced situational awareness and strategic planning.

"Ascentia represents the future of aircraft reliability management through the power of data," said Ian Galloway, senior director of Data, Application, & Platform Solutions at Collins Aerospace. "By analyzing past, managing current and predicting future events, Ascentia empowers operators to optimize performance, enhance safety and drive efficiency."

Since its inception, Ascentia has been dedicated to revolutionizing aircraft reliability management. With its ability to produce monthly reliability reports and perform constant monitoring, Ascentia provides operators with insights into the fleet's performance, empowering operators to proactively address issues and optimize performance. Using its predictive capabilities, Ascentia leverages aircraft sensor data to anticipate future events and preemptively mitigate risks.

About Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, is a leader in integrated and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Our 80,000 employees are dedicated to delivering future-focused technologies to advance sustainable and connected aviation, passenger safety and comfort, mission success, space exploration, and more.

About RTX
With more than 185,000 global employees, RTX pushes the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon – we are advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems, and developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges. The company, with 2023 sales of $69 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

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