Kitty Hawk's open architecture uses off-the-shelf components that conform to industry standards to deliver Commercial Aviation's front and back office services and systems. The open architecture facilitates interconnectivity of front and back office systems and services from different manufacturers and vendors. The Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) uses open-based standards asynchronous messaging that provides secure interoperability between enterprise applications using XML, Web services, interfaces and standards-based routing of documents.

Kitty Hawk Commercial Aviation Systems

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

At the top tier of Kitty Hawk's commercial Aviation LOB is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). PLM extends the use of open-standards and interoperability and allows Kitty Hawk to partner with external suppliers and partners to collaborate on the development, design, and testing activities associated with Commercial Aviation manufacturing. Collaboration and PLM use a single source of data that is shared amongst virtual team members.

Kitty Hawk Commercial Aviation Systems

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) & HR and Payroll

Back office systems and services, such as Human Resources and Payroll, help Kitty Hawk realign workforce skill-sets that will foster the collaboration effort.

This collaboration effort to realign workforce skills supports the current KWA initiative to roll-out a new commercial component manufacturing plant in San Diego, California (200 new employees).