Aerospace & Defense

During the last decade, aircraft manufacturers have been in a race for mass production, often delaying the adoption of smart digital technologies. Today, amid the COVID pandemic, the sudden plunge in aircraft orders has forced them to take a step back and allowed them time to prepare for necessary structural transformations. Investing into 4.0 technologies to extend existing digital capabilities may look like an extra financial stretch at the moment, yet, this is mission-critical to anticipate for business recovery, for both manufacturers and suppliers.

Performance has always been key but now, more than ever, performance will be a game-changer for every aspect of each aero OEM’s new business model from performance in terms of product quality, production capacity utilization, safety, security, or in terms of operations and maintenance costs.

Engineering managers in the aerospace industry have already started to introduce product lifecycle management (PLM) with advanced simulation tools because it speeds up their workflows and offers effortless decision-making. This is surely a step in the right direction. But obtaining certifications for new aerospace technologies and demonstrating product behavior, while establishing trust in next-generation products prior to market launch and throughout the lifecycle as part of a big fleet, are two sides of the same coin. If they want to efficiently manage this complexity, they need to allow engineers to consider the impact of design decision over manufacturing throughout the whole PLM process and virtually assess the full picture of the final aircraft in real life.

ESI has proven commitment to performance goals since our inception back in 1973, which is why we are evolving product lifecycle management into product performance lifecycle management (PPL). We are convinced that managing the PPL is the gateway for you to get it right®. Together, let's turn the corner in your aircraft’s development.

ESI’s Virtual Prototypes and the Hybrid Twin™ equip engineers with the ability to experiment virtually with real data and real physics, simultaneously. This gives engineers that extra degree of freedom and early confidence they need to design, manufacture, and assemble right the first time - without real tests or prototypes, before cutting a single piece of metal, and with zero downtime during final operations. This is truly an end-to-end digital thread that seamlessly connects product design, manufacturing, and in-service operations and empowers you to bounce back in a truly leaner and greener way.

Just like in the highly innovative automotive industry, aerospace manufacturers and suppliers have extracted the greatest possible gains from incremental improvements. Now, they must radically embrace virtual prototyping and Hybrid Twin™ to deliver on the new aero mobility expectations in terms of quantity, quality, and technological advancement. Fortified with specific and unique expertise in material science, our cross-functional teams of aircraft and space engineers, manufacturing experts, and data architects enable you to pivot and create incomparable next-generation aircraft technologies.

Read on to find out more about the main value propositions that we offer in the fields of pre-certification, pre-experience, smart manufacturing, and man-machine-interaction (Human-centric).