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Accelerate digital transformation

Aerospace and defense

Aerospace and defense must keep pace with a rapidly shifting world. Geopolitical change, relentless innovation demands and the push to digitally transform operations are reshaping how organizations work and compete. There is an urgent need to speed up the adoption of digital technology.

Overcome industry challenges with digitalization

Increasing system complexity, workforce shortages and the pressure to accelerate production are pushing conventional methods to their limits. At the same time, advanced safety, cybersecurity requirements and breakthrough technologies are reshaping expectations and opening opportunities to innovate.

Accelerate operations

Shorten development and deployment cycles while maintaining quality, safety and mission readiness. Leverage digital engineering, simulation and agile manufacturing to meet operational demands without compromising performance.

Solve workforce shortages

Address shortages in skilled engineers, technicians and cleared personnel by enhancing workforce training, automation and knowledge retention, ensuring uninterrupted program delivery and sustainment.

Manage complexity

Simplify multi-domain systems, global supply chains and advanced technologies. Use integrated design, simulation and collaboration tools to streamline processes and reduce integration risks.

Improve sustainability

Meet governmental requirements for environmental responsibility by integrating energy-efficient systems, responsible material choices and sustainable manufacturing practices, while ensuring mission-critical performance.

Boost compliance and cybersecurity

Navigate stringent regulatory requirements and protect sensitive data from evolving cyber threats. Embed security and compliance into every stage of the product lifecycle to safeguard operations and intellectual property.

Scale industrial AI

Implement and scale industrial-grade AI to process large amounts of machine data and make sense of complex patterns. Accelerate digital transformation and become a sustainable enterprise.

Real-world applications

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Connected verification and certification

Ensure airworthiness with a connected verification approach—link data and systems, optimize testing and prove compliance with greater speed, confidence and efficiency.

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Multidisciplinary design and optimization

Bring your designs to life faster with multidisciplinary design and optimization. Break down team silos, build a complete digital twin and use simulation to iterate, innovate and optimize performance.

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Systems engineering

With a mission-driven systems engineering approach, connect systems, domains and stakeholders early and across the lifecycle to achieve multidomain interoperability, drive real-time collaboration, mitigate risk and reduce costs.

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Optimized sustainment and availability

Optimize sustainment by designing for MRO from the start. Integrate reliability early to reduce failures, enable predictable maintenance, minimize downtime and maximize fleet availability and service revenue.

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Smart manufacturing

Accelerate manufacturing with digital solutions. Optimize the factory floor to speed production start-up, build complex products faster, meet throughput targets and boost competitiveness across processes.

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Program management

Excel at planning and execution with a model-based approach to aerospace program management. Integrate cost, schedule, risk and technical requirements into a fully planned, resourced and budgeted solution for long-term success.

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Supply chain collaboration

Take an integrated, model-based approach to aerospace and defense supply chain management. Create visibility across the value chain to boost collaboration, inform decision-making, lower risk, and drive resiliency and reliability.

Immersive engineering drives innovation

Natilus, an innovative aerospace startup, is transforming the global air freight sector with its unique blended-wing-body aircraft and, in the process, paving the way for advancing technologies and leveling the playing field with aviation giants. Learn how Siemens Xcelerator enables real-time collaboration, immersive engineering and industry-leading data management.

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Partner ecosystem

1,000+ products and growing

While Siemens offers extensive products, solutions and services, a core part of our model is to work closely with trusted partners. Our partners augment what we offer so you always have a reliable solution available.

Lets advance manufacturing - by empowering the ecosystem to design, produce and use additive applications across industries.

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