GE Aerospace, Software as a Service
GE Aerospace's Software as a Service business sells flight, safety, fuel and maintenance analytics to airlines. Its FlightPulse app shows pilots their own flight data.
Formerly GE Aviation Digital, it sits within GE Aerospace, the Evendale, Ohio, engine maker. Its products include Safety Insight for flight data monitoring, Fuel Insight, Maintenance Insight, engine health monitoring with remote diagnostics and an AI blade inspection tool. It reports more than 60,000 pilots across 42 airlines and 49 business-jet operators using its tools.
Qantas launched FlightPulse in 2017, and half its 3,000 pilots used it regularly within two months. Austrian Airlines added FlightPulse in July 2026 to its existing Safety Insight and Fuel Insight, and Riyadh Air signed a five-year agreement covering all three in 2025.
GE Aerospace has also bought two companies in this register: OC Robotics, the Bristol maker of snake-arm robots now used by its on-wing support teams, in 2017, and SATAVIA, the Cambridge contrail-avoidance specialist. It co-develops AI borescope inspection with Waygate Technologies.
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Products & Solutions
7 productsRemote Diagnostics
GE Aerospace Remote Diagnostics is a 24/7 engine health monitoring and diagnostics service covering the 42,000+ GE-powered aircraft in service. It processes over 150,000 engine alerts and faults per year, diagnosing root causes of performance drops within one hour of an alert.
- 24/7 monitoring of 42,000+ in-service GE engines
- Processes 150,000+ engine alerts per year
- Root cause diagnosis within 1 hour of alert
- Eliminates false positives via digital rule engine
3 more features
- Automated maintenance recommendations to airlines
- Feedback loops improving alert algorithms over time
- Standardised flight data parsing across engine types
Technical specifications (1)
- Cloud-based. Remote monitoring 24/7. Processes 480,000+ data records per day. Automated disposition validation.
Collaborative Insight (Engine Health Monitoring)
A comprehensive engine health monitoring and diagnostics service that uses advanced analytics to continuously monitor commercial engines in service globally.
Unplanned engine removal events and in-flight disruptions cause significant operational and cost impact for airlines. Collaborative Insight provides continuous remote monitoring and OEM-backed diagnostic expertise to identify developing engine issues before they cause operational disruptions, enabling planned rather than reactive maintenance.
- Continuous analytics monitoring of 44,000+ commercial engines globally
- Dedicated Diagnostic Engineer collaboration with airline powerplant team including periodic on-site visits (premium tier)
- Configurable alert thresholds, OEM baseline or operator-configurable
- Customer Notification Reports (CNRs) with fleet-informed maintenance recommendations
4 more features
- Online self-service portal for trend plotting, fleet management, and data analysis
- Engine Diagnostics Training (1 seat per year over contract life including Fleet Monitor X training)
- Enhanced reporting views including Maintenance Optimization reports (premium tier)
- Standard Diagnostics tier available free for all operators with signed GTA
Technical specifications (7)
- Monitors 44,000+ commercial engines globally
- Processes 114 million flight records per year (approximately 300,000 per day)
- 30,000 ESNs (Engine Serial Numbers) monitored
- 750+ operator customers
- Analytic effectiveness over 85%
- 18,000+ CNRs issued per year
- 2,000+ operational disruptions avoided annually
Blade Inspection Tool (BIT) with AI
An AI-enabled hardware and software toolkit for on-wing inspection of high pressure turbine (HPT) blades in commercial jet engines. Fixed-position cameras installed into boroscope ports capture consistent, high-quality images of HPT Stage 1 and Stage 2 blades.
Manual boroscope inspection of turbine blades is time-consuming, inconsistent across different inspectors, and subject to human error in identifying and measuring defects. The BIT standardizes image capture and applies AI to improve inspection speed, accuracy, and consistency, helping operators identify blade issues earlier and extend engine time on wing.
- Fixed-position cameras for consistent, reproducible image capture across all blade positions
- AI-powered image extraction and presentation for streamlined analyst review
- Digital defect measurement (line and area measurements) within BIT software
- Automatic inspection report generation including flagged blades, notes, and measurements
4 more features
- Secure export of inspection data to customer data management systems
- Direct cloud backup link for safe and secure data storage
- Single-hand installation process for field usability
- Compatible with manual and powered engine rotation tools
Technical specifications (4)
- Supports GEnx-1B and GEnx-2B engines (initial deployment)
- Supports CFM LEAP engines (deployment initiated 2025)
- Supports GE9X engines (development advancing as of October 2024)
- Installed via HPT Stage 1 and Stage 2 boroscope ports
FlightPulse
A fully configurable, modular Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) application that delivers pre-flight and post-flight analytics to commercial and business jet pilots.
Pilots previously lacked direct, individualized access to their own flight performance data. Flight data was aggregated for analysts rather than fed back to the pilots who operated the aircraft. FlightPulse closes this feedback loop, enabling pilots to self-identify safety risks and fuel inefficiency patterns without waiting for top-down communication from airline management.
- Pre-flight module with historical route and airport data, trajectory visualization, and weather/ATC filters
- Post-flight module with individualized flight metrics benchmarked against anonymized peer data
- 3D animation module for cockpit-condition playback and safety event debriefing
- Configurable Configuration Console allowing airline managers to tailor content and align with operational initiatives
5 more features
- Processes flight data from Quick Access Recorder (QAR) and integrates multiple data sources including flight plans and weather
- Runs on pilot's EFB device with offline support for cached content
- Automated data integration, cleansing, and validation via GE Aerospace's EMS flight analytics platform
- Anonymous peer benchmarking, individual pilot data not visible to airline at individual level
- Fuel savings scorecard when paired with Fuel Insight
Technical specifications (5)
- Deployed as a modular EFB application on pilot tablets
- Processes data from approximately 2.5 million flights per day
- Built with ASP.NET Core backend APIs and Blazor Config Console; hosted on Microsoft Azure
- Offline-capable with cached content (except animation and uncached Preflight data)
- Aggregate of 55,000+ years of flight data under management (as of 2024)
Safety Insight
A managed SaaS solution for flight data monitoring (FDM) and Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) that analyzes flight recorder data to detect safety risks and provide operational benchmarking. GE Aerospace safety experts cleanse, process, and analyze flight data on behalf of operators.
Airline safety departments face resource-intensive data processing and risk of false positives when analyzing large volumes of flight recorder data. Safety Insight automates data collection, cleansing, and risk flagging so safety analysts can focus on high-value investigation rather than data management, reducing the time to process thousands of flights and improving the accuracy and fidelity of safety event identification.
- Automated processing of flight data with library of 150+ events and 2,000+ measurements
- Expert aviation analyst review of high-severity events with event reports and 3D visualizations
- Industry benchmarking of safety factors against anonymized peer operators
- Proactive risk identification workflow: Identify - Adapt - Deliver
4 more features
- C-FOQA variant for business jet operators with simplified web application
- Integration with FlightPulse for pilot-level safety event visibility
- API-based data sharing with third-party safety management systems
- Supports over 1,000 operators utilizing the managed service
Technical specifications (4)
- Analyzes flight recorder (FDR/QAR) data
- Library of 150+ safety events and 2,000+ measurements
- Hosted SaaS solution (lower IT costs for operators)
- Modern web application interface with deidentified benchmarking data
Fuel Insight
A SaaS analytics platform for aircraft fuel efficiency management that merges flight data with flight plans using GE Aerospace's aviation analytics platform. Provides analysts with drill-down capability from fleet-level macro trends to per-flight fuel analysis.
Airlines lack efficient tools to identify and quantify fuel waste across their operations, from fleet-wide procedural trends down to individual flight deviations. Fuel Insight consolidates disparate flight and operational data to surface actionable fuel savings opportunities, enabling airlines to reduce costs and carbon emissions through data-driven changes to pilot procedures and operations.
- Drill-down analytics from fleet macro trends to per-flight fuel analysis
- Fuel Insight Benchmarking, opt-in dashboards comparing operator performance to anonymized peer data
- Fuel Insight Core, class-leading efficiency analytics suite
- Fuel Insight Mainline, premier fuel and emissions analytics platform
4 more features
- Automatic flight data analysis to identify fuel savings opportunities in minutes
- Personalized pilot fuel savings scorecard via FlightPulse integration
- Secure benchmarking and data sharing for crew-level performance comparison
- Tracks single engine taxi, idle reverse thrust, and other specific fuel-saving procedures
Technical specifications (3)
- SaaS hosted solution with web-based platform access
- Proprietary analytics algorithms for fuel efficiency measurement
- Integrates Aireon space-based ADS-B data for enhanced situational awareness (expanded 2025)
Maintenance Insight
A SaaS predictive maintenance service that processes full-flight data to provide early detection of aircraft and component degradation before it causes operational disruptions.
Airlines face costly operational disruptions caused by aircraft technical issues that could have been predicted and planned for in advance. Maintenance Insight enables the transition from reactive and scheduled maintenance to condition-based predictive maintenance by processing full-flight data to surface developing component degradation before failures occur.
- Early detection of aircraft and component degradation from full-flight data
- Flight signature classification for root cause identification
- Component-level fleet health visualization
- 300 analytics covering 13 fleet types and 8 ATA chapters
3 more features
- Automatic processing via GE Aerospace's industry-leading flight analytics platform
- Identify - Ingest - Deliver workflow for rapid time-to-value
- Reduces time from data collection to maintenance insight to under one day
Technical specifications (4)
- 300 analytics modules
- Covers 13 aircraft fleet types
- Addresses 8 ATA chapters
- Processes full-flight data (QAR/FDR) via EMS platform
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World's largest aircraft engine manufacturer.
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Through CFM International JV, holds 53% of commercial engine market (39% CFM + 14% GE direct).
Revenue $45.86B, operating income $10B (2025).
Main competitors: Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce.
GE Aviation Digital and Merlin Labs announced a strategic partnership in September 2025 to accelerate autonomous flight operations integration with GE engine health monitoring data.
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