Client story Modernizing Global Aviation Monitoring With Insight & AWS

Client

Discover how Insight deployed a secure, redundant AWS environment that achieved 99.99% uptime, reduced deployment times by over 200%, and more.

Industry: Transportation

Challenge

A legacy monitoring platform (originally built for rapid startup development) lacked the security, scalability, and compliance needed to handle continuous, high-volume aircraft data.

Outcomes

Insight deployed a secure, redundant AWS® environment that achieved 99.99% uptime, reduced deployment times by over 200%, and accelerated data retrieval speeds by more than 70%.

Solutions: AWS, Cloud, Digital Transformation Consulting, Infrastructure

With decades under their belt pioneering mission-critical systems for everything from commercial engines to space programs, this agency saw a strategic need to evolve its digital infrastructure. Here’s how they transitioned from a rapid-start legacy platform to a robust, AWS-powered ecosystem designed for global scale.

From legacy constraints to cloud excellence

The organization’s original monitoring platform was built with the speed of a startup, but massive global growth eventually outpaced the system’s capacity. Tasked with tracking aircraft components and predicting maintenance needs across multiple fleets, the legacy environment struggled with risk, compliance, and data limitations.

Earth view from space with global communication network

The goal was clear: establish a secure, data-driven architecture that could handle the intensity of continuous full-flight data monitoring.

The transition to a highly secure AWS environment, guided by the AWS Well-Architected Framework, empowered the team to eliminate data bottlenecks and gain unprecedented operational visibility.

A flight plan for high-performance data

Embracing a fully redundant cloud architecture was a strategic step for the agency’s future. The move to a modernized data warehouse and refactored application was complex, but Insight’s integration of CI/CD pipelines and control tower guidelines made the process seamless. This proactive approach to infrastructure ensured the client could move beyond manual deployments to an automated, high-availability model.

The results were immediate. By deploying a fully redundant environment, the organization achieved 99.999% uptime, virtually eliminating the risk of downtime for critical monitoring tasks. This quick leap in performance validated the strategic shift toward a modernized, secure cloud environment.

Pioneering a future of unlimited scale

The partnership with Insight has moved the agency from managing a constrained legacy platform to leveraging a limitless data landscape. Today, the organization stands out as an industry leader, performing 50% more data snapshots and retrieving queries 70% faster than ever before. With deployment times reduced by over 200% through automation, the team is now positioned to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure maintenance.

This transformation goes beyond technical metrics. Removing storage constraints and increasing data collection frequency means the organization can now explore new frontiers in predictive maintenance and digital aviation. 

For them, it’s newfound technical clarity that will be crucial as the agency continues to service the world's most sophisticated space and defense programs.

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