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Component obsolescence will cost industry

Along with other industries, the aviation industry will face mounting costs if it fails
to deal with the problem of obsolescent components.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

January 31, 2007

Along with other industries, the aviation industry will face mounting costs if it fails
to deal with the problem of obsolescent components. According to newly published research, the cost of providing replacement components for long-lifespan equipment could be more than $500,000 per item if a major component redesign is required.

Research conducted by Arinc and QinetiQ on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence found that major component redesigns could cost as much as $550,000 and that finding a substitute component could incur a bill of around $25,000 per item. These figures relate only to non-recurring engineering costs and do not include factors such as aircraft downtime, new training procedures and manuals and parts storage costs.

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