Boeing and Pelico Pilot AI Platform to Update C‑17A Maintenance Planning

Boeing Global Services signed a memorandum of understanding with Pelico to study how the company’s Manufacturing Orchestration Platform might modernize planning and execution for the C‑17A Globemaster III heavy‑maintenance program. The collaboration focuses on two key operational pain points: interruptions caused by material shortages and constraints that block the maintenance schedule’s critical path. (Primary source)

Evaluation goals include anticipating shortages, dynamically prioritizing tasks by their impact on the maintenance flow, and piloting automated approval and supplier‑communication workflows. The initiative seeks to narrow the gap between the maintenance plan and shop‑floor reality by providing teams with a shared view of dependencies and constraints. (Primary source)

Boeing stresses that the work is focused on measurable operational improvements and on creating a repeatable capability that can be scaled once outcomes are validated. The memorandum establishes a phased evaluation framework rather than an immediate fleet‑wide deployment, allowing Boeing to gauge results before considering broader application to other heavy‑maintenance programs. (Primary source)