Aerospace & Defense

From aircrafts and helicopters to space technology, OEMs in the aerospace industry are facing a difficult puzzle: developing their products in a way that they cope with even the most uncertain situations, reliably and safely, and provide passengers with an extraordinary flight experience. At the same time, they are streamlining their supply chain to better respond to the increasing surge of orders and to get their next-generation, low-consumption concepts to market faster without scarifying quality and safety.

However, obtaining certifications for new aerospace technologies and demonstrating the desired behavior of the aircraft plus establishing trust in its next-generation prior to market launch and throughout the lifecycle as part of a big fleet are two sides of the same coin. Engineering managers in the aerospace industry have been introducing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with advanced simulation tools because it speeds up their workflow and makes decision-making effortless. Although this is a step in the right direction, if they want to efficiently manage this complexity, they need to allow engineers to virtually assess the full picture of the final aircraft in real life.

Performance is key. This is why we, at ESI, 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 you that extra degree of freedom and early confidence your teams 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 leapfrog ahead of the competition.

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).