Cloud to aid aerospace manufacturing

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, one of the nation's major space contractors, is employing its industrial internet expertise to boost intelligent manufacturing in the country.

The State-owned defense giant has been striving to promote its CASICloud website over the past two years. Launched in June 2015, the website was designed to enable users to benefit from the industrial internet, according to a news release published by CASIC at the 2017 Industrial Internet Summit on Thursday.

The term "industrial internet" was introduced by the United States' industrial giant General Electric in 2012. It refers to a new type of manufacturing automation that combines advanced machines with internet-connected sensors and big-data analytics. It is designed to boost intelligent manufacturing, which is characterized by a high level of productivity, efficiency and reliability of industrial production, experts explained.