HANOI, Vietnam & PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Airbus–FPT Software on Wednesday signed an agreement with Airbus to become one
of the first Airbus’s Skywise certified partners to drive digital
collaboration across the global aviation industry. Other four companies
handpicked by Airbus to kick off this program include Accenture,
CapGemini, IBM, and Sopra Steria.
Airbus’s selection criteria of certified partners include companies with
global presence, familiarity with Skywise technology, high-quality human
resources, existing business with airlines, and existing business
relationships with the European aircraft maker.
According to Airbus, the Skywise certified partners will benefit from
dedicated training and certification to help aviation players develop
more robust, richer applications within the open data platform. They
will have access to its own working space on Skywise and to additional
platform features.
Skywise, “the beating heart of aviation” as Airbus called it, is a
digital, hyper-connected and secure data platform that enables users to
optimise and predict everything from engineering and maintenance to
flight operations. Launched at the Paris Airshow in mid-2017, it has
grown to become a platform of reference used by 80 aviation players and
is expected to welcome dozens more onboard by the end of this year.
“The Industrial Revolution 4.0 of the aviation sector has been realized
by the global leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus through its Skywise
platform. FPT Software is proud to stand alongside IBM, Accenture,
Capgemini, and Sopra Steria to shape the future of aviation. Our
software engineers are working round the clock to develop and deploy
deploy Skywise applications for airliners around the world
applications”, FPT Software Chairman Hoang Nam Tien affirmed.
FPT Software has been a trusted partner of Airbus since 2017 as the two
companies signed a Letter of Intent to strengthen the development of
Skywise ecosystem in Asia. Over the past two years, the company has
helped Airbus to gather, standardize, and integrate data of more than 30
airliners to the Skywise platform. According to Mr. Mathew Evans, Airbus
Director of Global Skywise Project, the two companies have collaborated
comprehensively and extensively. “Skywise is a global aviation industry
project”, he said. “We are in this together not only for the short term
but also set for a long future ahead”.
After two decades of leading Southeast Asia in IT services, FPT Software
has recently decided to shift its focus onto digital transformation,
looking to be named in the world’s Top 50 digital transformation service
provider within ten years. The company has partnered with major
airliners in Europe, the United States, Vietnam to transform the global
aviation industry through disruptive digital services and solutions.
About FPT Software
FPT Software is a subsidiary of FPT Corporation – a global leading II
services provider headquartered in Vietnam with nearly US$2 billion in
revenue and 33,000 employees. Qualified with CMMI Level 5 v1.3 & ISO
27001, FPT Software delivers world-class services in Analytics, IoT,
Mobility, Cloud, Embedded System, QA testing, Legacy Migration, Package
Implementation, Application Service, and BPO services globally from
delivery centers across the United States, Japan, Europe, Australia,
Vietnam and the Asia Pacific. The company has served over 600 customers
worldwide, a hundred of which are Fortune 500 companies in the
industries of Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Banking and Finance,
Communications, Media and Services, Logistics & Transportation,
Utilities, Consumer Packaged Goods, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Public
sector, Technology and more. For more information, please visit www.fpt-software.com.
About Airbus
Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In
2018 it generated revenues of € 64 billion and employed a workforce of
around 134,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger
airliners. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat,
transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading
space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient
civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.
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