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Beacon, from EmbraerX, and ELMS Aviation partner on the future of aviation maintenance

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São José dos Campos – Brazil, March 11, 2022 – Beacon, the maintenance coordination platform for faster return-to-service powered by EmbraerX, has built a working group with ELMS Aviation, a leading Competence Management software service provider. This collaboration aims to test a fully integrated solution to manage aviation maintenance profiles with a Competence and Compliance check to solve the increasing need of finding qualified and specialized talent.

In its commercial development plan to serve the European market of Operators and MROs, Beacon is partnering with ELMS to accelerate the development process with an unprecedented compliance feature. This will allow the platform users to benefit from an improved Quality Assurance module to provide its customers more transparency and knowledge of personnel’s competencies and ensure compliance and operational integrity.

“Beacon is continuously pairing with existing and future customers and the aviation community to deliver meaningful and comprehensive solutions for Aviation Maintenance. The partnership with ELMS is another step forward that will allow us to bring more transparency, security and trust to the platform in one of our key markets. Beacon is about empowering teams and individuals with the tools to be visible to their customers and deliver the best return-to-service. Highlighting our users' capabilities will help support decision-makers not only to meet European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulations but also to plan and allocate resources for a global and connected workforce in any region for today’s and future challenges,” said Marco A. Cesarino, Head of Beacon.

“ELMS and Beacon are two ventures looking to bring 21st-century solutions to the aviation industry. Each of us has its own expertise: Beacon in supporting teams with digital tools for better communication, coordination and using event data and ELMS in creating an ultimate digital competence and compliance solution. Together, we are looking to power the next generation of maintenance workforce with a simple-to-use solution that is accessible for today’s operators, OEMs, and maintenance providers that need to monitor, support and enhance their teams’ competence levels,” said John Scale, General Manager of ELMS Aviation.

This partnership will benefit both ventures in the growth of their European operations, and open new commercial opportunities for Beacon in Urban Air Mobility and Drone Maintenance.

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About ELMS

Created to help aviation organisations take their staff competence to the next level, improve operational efficiency, and enhance safety and risk management; leading software business ELMS Aviation is an advanced, cloud-based competence and compliance solution.  

It enables those engaged in aviation services support to make safety-critical decisions, evaluate and efficiently manage personnel competence based on accurate, real-time data.  ELMS utilises a set of criteria built around the core personnel competence and experience requirements of EASA regulations evaluating the key pillars of competence – knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviors - in a secure platform.    

Users can build a secure record of their training, qualifications and validated task-based experience - content that can be shared with current or potential employers.  It provides full transparency, integrity and visibility of personnel competence via an intuitive online platform which monitors, analyses and improves competency.  

ELMS is a suitable tool for future maintenance engineers and technicians too, helping them track their experience and outline their capabilities throughout their apprenticeship, that they can take forward into their future careers. www.elmsaviation.co.uk

About Beacon

Incubated by EmbraerX, Embraer's market accelerator for disruptive businesses, Beacon is the maintenance coordination platform for faster return-to-service. It is an innovative platform designed to connect and synchronize industry resources, the aftermarket supply chain, and aviation services professionals in a more agile and efficient way to keep aircraft flying. Beacon aims to unleash high-value interactions and business opportunities to multiple stakeholders within the service ecosystem. The platform is initially focused on providing solutions to unscheduled aircraft maintenance interruptions.

Through an easily accessible digital web and mobile application (IOS and Android), Beacon's main goal is to connect companies and professionals with one another in a revolutionary way. The technology triggers a network of accredited providers, fostering real-time collaboration during unplanned maintenance activities, accelerating the return to service of aircraft.

About EmbraerX

EmbraerX is a market accelerator committed to developing solutions that transform life’s experiences. As an organization, we are uniquely positioned to lead the world at the intersection of disruptive innovation, autonomy, and air mobility because the values that drive our work are deeply human, cross-culturally resonant, and completely tech-enabled.

About Embraer

A global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial and Executive aviation, Defense & Security and Agricultural Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets aircraft and systems, providing Services & Support to customers after-sales.

Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year.

Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150 seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in Brazil. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers, among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.

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