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
Explore by digital thread
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our customers
Push the boundaries of what's possible
Here are just a few of our customers that are leading the way:
Case study
BAE Systems
United Kingdom
BAE Systems leveraged a PLM solution and automated workflows to improve information exchange, fleet availability and reliability while lowering total ownership costs.](https://resources.sw.siemens.com/en-US/case-study-bae-systems-availability-service/?bc=eyJwYWdlIjoiMUFTRG9iaUZFUE1wQ05iQUp5RU9EWCIsInNpdGUiOiJvbmUiLCJsb2NhbGUiOiJlbi1VUyJ9)
Case study
Northrop Grumman
USA
Global A&D technology company Northrop Grumman automated its design space exploration process, reducing analysis time by 30–50% and the time it takes to update space vehicle systems and subsystem models.](https://resources.sw.siemens.com/en-US/case-study-northrop-grumman/?bc=eyJwYWdlIjoiMUFTRG9iaUZFUE1wQ05iQUp5RU9EWCIsInNpdGUiOiJvbmUiLCJsb2NhbGUiOiJlbi1VUyJ9)
Case study
General Atomics
USA
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) leveraged Siemens’ CAD tool suite to create an automated aircraft design framework that accelerated conceptual design and reduced detailed structural design time by 25%.](https://resources.sw.siemens.com/en-US/case-study-generalatomics/?bc=eyJwYWdlIjoiMUFTRG9iaUZFUE1wQ05iQUp5RU9EWCIsInNpdGUiOiJvbmUiLCJsb2NhbGUiOiJlbi1VUyJ9)
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.
Let's advance manufacturing - by empowering the ecosystem to design, produce and use additive applications across industries.
Explore our Aerospace and Defense resources
E-book
Five ways digitalization speeds aircraft certification
Digital certification management systems enable granular changes to plans, test definitions, procedures and more while supporting real-time reviews and configuration control — positively impacting aerospace and defense programs.](https://resources.sw.siemens.com/en-US/e-book-aerospace-defense-digitalization-disrupts-certification-process/?bc=eyJwYWdlIjoiMUFTRG9iaUZFUE1wQ05iQUp5RU9EWCIsInNpdGUiOiJvbmUiLCJsb2NhbGUiOiJlbi1VUyJ9)
E-book
MBSE for Dummies, 2nd Edition
With this ultimate guide to mastering systems engineering in aerospace, learn how to enhance collaboration across domains and support mission-driven processes, propelling your organization to greater efficiency and innovation.](https://resources.sw.siemens.com/en-US/e-book-e-book-mbse-for-dummies/?bc=eyJwYWdlIjoiMUFTRG9iaUZFUE1wQ05iQUp5RU9EWCIsInNpdGUiOiJvbmUiLCJsb2NhbGUiOiJlbi1VUyJ9)
Podcast
Talking Aerospace Today
The aerospace and defense industry is at an inflection point, but complexity and compliance make innovation a challenge. Listen as industry experts explore how Siemens solutions are turning complexity into a competitive advantage.](https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/podcasts/talking-aerospace-today/)
White paper
Ten ways to win with model-based systems engineering
A model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach can help you mitigate ballooning development cycle times and skyrocketing costs in A&D engineering. Learn how you can deliver more innovation faster and at lower cost with MBSE.