Taking Off in the Advanced Air Mobility Industry
Discover how startups and SMBs can optimize advanced air mobility aircraft development, accelerate certification, reduce time to market and stand out in a highly competitive industry with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud.
The future of advanced air mobility is now.
The aerospace industry is undergoing major changes. Driven by evolving societal expectations, technological advancements and regulatory requirements, manufacturers are developing safer, quieter, higher-performing and less polluting aircraft. Advanced air mobility (AAM) is changing the game for air transportation. With lighter, more sustainable alternatives such as electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), advanced air mobility goes beyond urban environments to reduce traffic and pollution, increase access to hard-to-reach areas and accelerate transportation for passengers, goods and public services.
Emerging business opportunities for startups and SMBs
Along with novel design and engineering methods, new business models are emerging, creating opportunities for startups and small and midsize-businesses to compete with well-established industry leaders. In recent years, the number of startups joining the race to develop eVTOL aircraft has skyrocketed. Almost 150 new designs come out each year, but few models actually make it to market. To maximize their chances of success, startups and SMBs must adopt an effective development strategy.
Lead the way in the advanced air mobility market
Startups and SMBs must overcome several business challenges to succeed in this highly competitive industry.
Be first
Gain a significant edge in terms of visibility, brand recognition and investment by getting to market first.
Be unique
Stand out from competitors with human-centric aircraft that provide safer, quieter, more comfortable and sustainable transportation.
Be agile
Optimize your resources and scale up rapidly to meet production demands with a digital manufacturing approach.
Be compliant
Seamlessly demonstrate aircraft safety and performance compliance to regulatory authorities, speed up certification and launch to market.
Get your advanced air mobility projects off the ground
Designs and engineers must take into account many different technological factors to optimize safety, energy efficiency, vehicle weight, battery integration, performance, environmental impact and noise reduction in order to obtain aircraft certification.
Initial designs can undergo numerous changes during the certification process, which can result in added costs and delays. To remain on course, seamless collaboration with regulatory authorities and an effective product development toolset enabling startups and SMBs to track changes, speed up approval processes and rapidly integrate changes are a must.
Accelerating aircraft development
Choosing the right platform is decisive for product quality, development efficiency and business growth. With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud, startups can optimize aircraft design, engineering and manufacturing with innovative approaches that save time, reduce costs and enhance innovation.
- Digital transformation
- Unified modeling and simulation
- Virtual twin technology
A robust digital transformation approach can help companies ensure business continuity in an ever-changing market. For startups and SMBs with limited funds and project timeframes, it is crucial to make efficient use of time and resources to ensure maximum return on investment.
Bringing together people, data and advanced technological solutions for computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), simulation, and model-based systems engineering (MBSE), the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud offers:
- Seamless collaboration across the entire value chain
- Secure access to a single source of truth
- End-to-end solutions for design, engineering and manufacturing
- Streamlined development processes with a model-based validation and verification approach
The cloud ensures business resilience and allows us to continue working from any location at any time. Having all our data reside on the cloud ensures a single source of truth while saving us any upfront capital investment. All of our apps are always up-to-date and we can add and remove functionality according to our changing requirements.
A unified modeling and simulation (MODSIM) approach on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud enables designers and engineers to experience product behavior from the initial stages of development.
Perform aerodynamic, electromagnetic, acoustic and structural simulation early on to:
- Optimize products for safety, noise reduction and performance
- Reduce error risks, delays and budget overruns
- Lower physical prototyping costs
- Maximize return on investment
The integration of modeling and simulation helped us improve and verify our designs – and we can do this right at the ideation stage.
A virtual twin – a digital replica – of a product, enables testing and validation as early as possible and at all stages of the product lifecycle, from inception, to usage and end-of-life.
Virtual twin technology on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud provides a common product definition that enables:
Access to a complete overview of the product lifecycle
Complete and accurate traceability with always up-to-date data
Improved multidisciplinary collaboration and decision-making
- Faster innovation, certification and time to market
The advantage of virtual twins is we can take parts and we can design them and get them into manufacturing very quickly. Time to market, time from design, time for a prototype, and time for production: that’s what the platform is helping us with.
Why choose the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud?
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud provides collaborative product development and business solutions that empower advanced air mobility startups and SMBs to optimize design, simulation, engineering and manufacturing processes, ensure business continuity, enhance product quality, lower costs, as well as accelerate innovation, certification and time to market.
- Quick to install and deploy – no specific hardware investment needed
- Easily scalable solutions adapted to your business
- Secure access to always-up-to-date data, from any location
- High-performance cloud computing resources
- Premium 24/7 support & expert communities
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Frequently asked questions
AAM stands for “advanced air mobility”. AAM is a new sector of aerospace that utilizes electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to transport passengers or goods in urban, rural or hard-to-reach areas.
Advanced air mobility (AAM) describes flight in, around or between urban as well as rural and difficult-to-reach areas for delivery purposes, passenger transport or public services. AAM includes both the urban air mobility (UAM) and regional air mobility (RAM) sectors.
Yes, advanced air mobility includes all vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, including drones.
Advanced air mobility companies can optimize their development processes with a model-based approach to product development. Centralizing all data on a single platform such as the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud can help:
- Improve collaboration and work efficiency
- Reduce error risks, delays and cost overruns
- Increase traceability and speed up certification
- Accelerate time to market
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