Airline engineers are faced with a demand for improved aircraft software and reduced costs. However, the process of loading and managing the configuration of the software used by eEnabled assets of modern aircraft is often a surprisingly low-tech process. Many operators and MROs still utilize floppy disks, long-banished from most IT departments, as the norm for distributing new software releases – with tracking done via manual tools and processes.

Flatirons Solutions and Lufthansa Technik AG have cooperated to design and deploy the eESM to be a feature-rich tool to maintain and monitor all aspects of aircraft software. eESM works based on a simplified solution that eliminates much of manual tracking and disk-less connectivity using the ARINC 615 connector to improve configuration management visibility and improve AMT productivity.