Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the hardware side of the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.
Broderick's aviation career started in 1991, working for Airbus in Toulouse. His industry experience includes four years with an aviation consultancy, where he helped launch a U.S. Part 121 carrier; 12 years with the American Association of Airport Executives, where he served as editor of Airport Magazine; and 20 years in full- and part-time roles with Aviation Week writing primarily about safety and the aftermarket.
Broderick was named the 2020 Aerospace Journalist of the Year by the Aerospace Media Awards. He also shared in a 2020 Neal Award for Best News Coverage with Aviation Week Network colleagues. Broderick and Aviation Week colleague John Croft shared the 2015 Flight Safety International Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award recognizing "significant contributions by journalists to aviation safety awareness."
He graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Communications ('91) and earned an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications ('13) from West Virginia University.
Boeing describes the Maintenance Performance Toolbox as a set of software "solutions." That's IT marketing-speak for a collection of applications, each one addressing a specific need. Once fully developed, Toolbox will feature a core of applications that focus on six key MRO areas: Structures, Systems, Tasks, Parts, Training and Engineering Tools. Two support applications -- Library and Authoring -- will be bundled with certain core applications, where applicable, to enhance capabilities.
Mike Hawman doesn't have to look very far beyond his office walls to find the inspiration for his ambitious effort to turn Pratt & Whitney's worldwide network of repair and overhaul shops into a paperless operation. Just 15 or so miles from Hawman's office at the company's East Hartford, Conn., headquarters is the company's new engine assembly plant in Middletown. Not long ago, the facility had its own print shop, optimized to produce one thing: assembly instructions for the engines built at the plant.
MRO software providers Swiss AviationSoftware and OpenConnect/Alpha Com have combined their main product offerings, giving users of Swiss' AMOS maintenance management software a compatible document management system, the companies announced at Aviation Week's MRO Europe Conference & Exhibition. Besides giving AMOS customers a document management option, the integration of the two offerings means AMOS users can create links between the maintenance management system and relevant technical documents stored and managed by eDoc.
