How adopting a unified modeling and simulation approach helps optimize aircraft development
The Aerospace & Defense (A&D) sector is facing one of its greatest challenges: developing increasingly innovative and sustainable aircraft without compromising efficiency or time to market. New solutions such as eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) are redefining air mobility, but at the same time, the growing complexity of designs demands an evolution in development processes.
Simulation is key in this process, but in many companies it remains fragmented across isolated systems, limiting their ability to accelerate decision-making and ensure data traceability.
MODSIM: Integration of modeling and simulation in a single workflow
The MODSIM (Integrated Modeling and Simulation) approach makes it possible to connect all disciplines within a single platform, where virtual and physical data coexist in an integrated experience. This means design, simulation, and testing teams can work on the same model, avoiding inconsistencies, reducing errors, and shortening development times.
However, many A&D companies cannot afford a large-scale, disruptive digital transformation. This is where the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform comes into play, enabling progression toward MODSIM in manageable steps, ensuring immediate benefits while building a customized path toward full design-and-simulation integration.
Benefits of adopting a MODSIM approach in the aerospace industry
- Greater agility in innovation: Simulation processes are automated, allowing ideas to be validated in the earliest development phases.
- Optimized collaboration: All teams work on a single source of data, eliminating information silos.
- Total traceability: Optimized data and process management is ensured, facilitating audits and certifications.
- Lower risk of late failures: Problems are identified and resolved early, reducing delays and unnecessary costs.
- Progressive, disruption-free transition: Companies can move toward an integrated model without interrupting their current processes.
MODSIM is already transforming the industry
Leading companies such as Airbus, ASKA, Beyond Aero, and HeliAir have already applied this approach to accelerate the development of innovative aircraft, optimize the use of simulation in the certification process, and improve cross-disciplinary collaboration.
If you want to learn in detail how these companies have optimized their processes by unifying their modeling and simulation workflows in 3DEXPERIENCE, download the whitepaper by completing the following form:
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