Tel Aviv: May 15, 2019 – Tri-Logical Technologies, leading providers of mobile asset management solutions at airports, today revealed BodyGuard, its Aircraft Damage Prevention System addressing damage to aircraft by ground equipment that annually cost the airline industry $12 billion. The new patent-pending system, developed by engineers in Israel’s high-tech capital, protects aircraft from damages by bringing older ground services equipment (GSE) models fully into the digital age and adding years of life to their usage thus negating the need to invest in brand new, expensive equipment to meet new IATA standards. BodyGuard is deployable on all GSE models.
Currently in use at several airports, BodyGuard has successfully prevented dozens of GSE incidents – each estimated at creating direct damage of $100,000 per aircraft. In doing so, the system has saved money, resources and liabilities for airlines and ground operators, thereby improving their direct return on investment (ROI).
The system’s unique, advanced sensors and telemetry safely coordinate a GSE’s approach to aircraft. With speed control, stop procedures, and added visual and audible alerts as extra tools to ensure a safe approach, the system meets IATA AHM 913 standards. The system automatically reports accidents and near incidents, thus eliminating unreported issues to operation headquarters and safety officers. In addition, the system’s ease of use offers easy training procedures, thus saving on training costs, to ensure operators can quickly and effortlessly adapt to BodyGuard.
“Aircraft damage from ground incidents is a major risk for causing accidents to aircraft worth millions. Investing in preventative measures is logical, easier and less expensive than the alternatives,” stated Eyal Trichter, CEO of Tri-Logical. “Endangering the flying public from these types of incidents can cost airlines precious time, money, and resources. In addition, highly expensive aircraft constructed from new composite materials, such as Boeing’s 787, can incur damage due to the slightest touch or nudge by a GSE. An incident of this type is liable to drastically impair an aircraft’s integrity triggering major accidents that can ruin a carrier’s or a ground service provider’s reputation and increase insurance premiums in addition to management’s direct exposure to lawsuits.”
Trichter continued, “Our unique and customized technologies dramatically reduce the risks of ground damage. Ground system operators, now more than ever, need to be ready for the future and Tri-Logical’s BodyGuard brings them to it.”
BodyGuard has already received Operational Risk Assessment Certification. The system’s remote access and diagnostic modules capture data related to human factors that facilitate incident analysis and improve operators’ learning curves. It provides a single, harmonized fleet-wide system and easily integrates into existing management systems.
