ADAM

Active Project

Accelerating aerospace design and manufacturing through the application of AI

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YEARS

ADAM started in 2016 to drive collaboration and break down silos between engineering and manufacturing through the development of an integration framework that connects Airbus’ and its suppliers’ applications. Over the years, ADAM has evolved into a portfolio of engagements focused on leveraging AI to improve our engineering and manufacturing efficiency. Current focuses include the application of computer vision to the production floor, machine learning applied to engineering data transformation, and Airbus’ overall digital strategy on these topics.

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FOCUS AREAS

  • Advanced Manufacturing: ADAM’s current focus in manufacturing is centered around the creation of production assistance tools, improving operational visibility, and improving the safety and quality of our products.
  • Digital Engineering: ADAM is contributing to the advancement of Airbus’ most critical aircraft product lines through the application of advanced techniques for understanding and managing critical engineering data and moving to natively-digital design methods.

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BACKLOG AIRCRAFT (as of Q1 2024)

With an extensive order backlog, including the world’s best-selling airliner family (A320), airlines eagerly await delivery of these new and efficient aircraft. Accelerating the safe design and delivery of our products satisfies our customers, the traveling public, and Airbus’ bottom line.

01Mission

Acubed’s focus area of AI for Manufacturing is accelerating aerospace design and manufacturing through digital technologies. With a commercial aircraft backlog of more than 8,000 planes, there is undeniable pressure put on faster design and manufacturing.

Advanced Digital Design and Manufacturing (ADAM) currently includes two initiatives that leverage artificial intelligence to optimize aerospace design and manufacturing. The team is uniquely positioned to identify and innovate on emerging technologies with collaborators in Silicon Valley and across the globe.

On the manufacturing side, the team is focused on AVIA, known as Advanced Visual Intelligence for Assembly. With AVIA, we’re tapping mature computer vision capabilities to monitor and analyze the manufacturing process to better understand our current state and improve data collection to support enhanced analysis and optimization in the future. As a result, manufacturing teams will be able to more accurately plan and improve processes on factory floors.

On the digital design side, the team is focused on the application of natively-digital design methods, as well as advanced techniques for understanding and managing critical engineering data.

02Technology

Digital tech to future-proof the aerospace industry

Utilizing computer vision – collecting and interpreting information from images and video – AVIA gathers data on manual processes as they happen, enabling teams to better understand how they are progressing toward the production schedule. Once applied in a production setting, AVIA can enable teams to compare production data to planning data in order to determine whether planning assumptions were accurate or if they need to be modified.

Our team specializes in making tools and platforms to support use cases from across the product lifecycle which involve:

  • AI-assisted data transformation;
  • Computer vision-based production assistance;
  • Improving the flexibility and resilience of Airbus manufacturing lines.

03Team

Meet Team ADAM

We are future-proofing the aerospace industry by developing a new breed of engineering talent who understand software development within the context of building aerospace products.

04Learn More

Check out our blog and publications for more in-depth details about ADAM

July 2, 2024  •  ADAM

Airbus’ Martin Bolton Talks Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing

A few weeks ago we welcomed Airbus’ Martin Bolton to catch up with our teams focused on AI for manufacturing, a key focus area for Acubed. While Martin was in Silicon Valley,

June 6, 2024  •  ADAM

Introducing AVIA

Acubed’s Advanced Digital Design and Manufacturing team (ADAM) is leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize aviation and aerospace manufacturing. The approach, known as Advanced…

Nov 23, 2022  •  ADAM

Acubed Gathers Data Experts for Exchange on Innovations in Semantic Technology

Across industries, corporations are dealing with unprecedented amounts of data—much of it complex and unstructured. As discussed in an earlier blog post, the power of data depends…

Nov 9, 2022  •  ADAM

Harmonizing Data Collection to Utilize the Full Power of Data

Data is a powerful asset, yet its power is limited by the quality of the data and our ability to make use of that information. At Acubed, the ADAM team is collecting massive amounts…

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