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Boeing and Partners Launch Their First Digital FAA Aircraft Part Shipment

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BusinessHonor - Boeing’s First Digital FAA Part Shipment

Business Honor
17 October, 2025

Boeing, Southwest, and Aeroxchange shipped their first aircraft part with a safe digital FAA certificate.

A major advancement in aviation technology has been made when Boeing, Southwest Airlines, and Aeroxchange sent the first aircraft part in the industry with a fully digital FAA Form 8130-3, which is safe and functional. This certificate is now available in a safe digital format that ensures accuracy and protects against fraud. With the aim to speed up logistics in the aviation sector while improving supply chain security.

A battery was the first part shipped using this new technique, and it was fixed at Boeing's Davie, Florida, repair plant. Southwest Airlines in Dallas received it when supplied digitally using Aeroxchange's eARC platform, and the airline electronically confirmed the part's legitimacy. Southwest Airlines Senior Vice President of Technical Operations Landon Nitschke stated, "Southwest is pleased to help lead the industry into the next phase of digital certification." "This improves efficiency and safety, which are important to our values."

The digital form offers a safe, verifiable history of a part from manufacturing to usage, using digital signatures, strong security standards, and blockchain-ready formats. Only approved and improved parts are put into service due to these tools. After the FAA allows each of its nine worldwide repair centers approval to use digital records and signatures, Boeing plans to spread this technology across all nine locations. In addition, the project supports the goals of the Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition (ASCIC), an organization committed to preventing the sale of restricted parts.

The project is "a great step towards creating a safer and more accessible aviation industry," according to Al Koszarek, President and CEO of Aeroxchange. With this advancement, safe, digital supply chains, where every part of an airplane has a verified digital identity from the start to the end, may soon be the basis of aviation's future.