Axway's Synchrony for Aviation Protects Against Counterfeit Aircraft Parts

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and PARIS - Axway, Inc. today announced the release of Axway Synchrony for Aviation, the first comprehensive collaborative business solution to allow the aerospace industry to electronically guard against counterfeit aircraft parts. The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) estimates that each year, two percent of the 26 million parts installed on airplanes are counterfeit — the total 520,000 substandard parts create a risk to the safety of the aircrafts. To address this growing problem, Synchrony for Aviation allows the aerospace industry to increase air safety and comply with government regulations by electronically certifying and tracking aircraft parts within the supply chain.

The international aviation authorities, including the FAA, Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) mandate that when an airplane part changes custody that an authorized release certificate (ARC) must accompany that part. This process has become necessary as a result of the rise of counterfeit parts, which are of a lower quality and create a risk to the safety of the aircraft. However, manual certification of the parts is easily forged, time-consuming to store, track and verify, and subject to human error. Synchrony for Aviation automates these paper-based processes to act as an anti-counterfeiting measure, enhance operational efficiencies and facilitate the regulatory audit process.

"Asset pedigree is becoming a vital aspect of any successful business. We've seen it become a priority issue for many industries, including healthcare, financial services and now aviation," said Dave Bennett, Axway's chief technology officer. "Axway is excited to bring the Synchrony for Aviation solution to market by leveraging our expertise in safeguarding businesses and consumers from counterfeit activity. This further demonstrates Axway's core competency in track and trace technologies and supply chain safety."

Axway is a member of the U.S. ATA eBusiness Program, which worked closely with the international aviation authorities to create standards for the electronic ARC forms. The current mandated forms include the FAA's 8130-3, TCCA's 24-0078, EASA's Form One and CASA's Form One 917.

The Synchrony for Aviation solution is comprised of Axway's Synchrony Gateway, Synchrony Sentinel Transaction Director and Synchrony ePedigree for Aviation. For more information on the Synchrony for Aviation solution, please visit: http://www.axway.com/solutions/logistics/aviation.php.

About Axway

Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company — the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway's comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway's global presence spans 20 countries.