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Role of Information Technology in Aerospace

As a matter of fact the world around us is controlled and guided by the computers. The conventional practices for leading life have become extinct since the computers have spread into every walk of life. Its not just Aerospace in fact almost every sector is witnessing strong presence of Information Technology and many new businesses have started sensing the need of Information Technology.

The information systems are developed so complex that they completely eliminate human intervention for various processes. The Aerospace sector has seen a tremendous development in last two decades through continuous improvements in the information systems and by continuous shift towards bringing in computers in every single process involved in operations. This in turn has enabled better control, improved signal transmission, handy manipulation and efficient control systems.

The process and production time for the aircraft manufacturing has been drastically reduced with aid of advanced information systems. The high end software configurations for the design activities and mechanization of manufacturing processes have helped in reducing manufacturing time with less manpower consumption and with increasing accuracy and timeliness.

The designers in the aircraft industries must have the knowledge of integrating aircraft components, loading patterns of components, material used for its parts and so on. The aircraft is as complex in nature as it literally comprises thousands of parts and every single part is important because every part weighs equal importance as the other during real time flight of aircraft. Therefore it’s essential for engineers to carefully design and manufacture its parts. This is the point which favors the dependencies of various processes on Information Technology as Information technology automates some of the regular routines and leads to less time consumption and higher assurance in meeting the quality standards. So when Information Technology gets into the skin of the Aerospace Sector, it’s going to reduce the chances of human errors and inaccuracy by a large extent.

The computers are widely employed for every process and operation in the aircraft industries. The complex algorithms for the systems design are being implemented using computers with in a short span of time.

The implementation of information technology is not only limited to developments of advanced aircraft but also brought a huge cost reduction along side. This in turn has made the journey affordable for passengers. As the travel charges are slashed because of the cost cutting in development of aircraft, the average number of commuters keeps on growing with everyday passed. The air fares have been fallen largely as a result of lowering operations charge through the aid of improved information systems.