Artificial intelligence

Capitalising on the value of data

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Implementing AI throughout our business

TRANSFORMING AEROSPACE

Artificial intelligence (AI) is much more than a research field: it is a ubiquitous future technology with the potential to redefine all areas of our society. At Airbus, we believe AI is a key competitive advantage that enables us to capitalise on the value of our data, to bring the best to our customers. However, with great power comes great responsibility. Ethical and legal considerations surrounding AI have never been more critical. We strive to implement both at the core of our AI activities.

Shaping our business through artificial intelligence

Airbus focuses on six technical areas relating to AI that will shape our business over the next five years:

Knowledge extraction

Extracting value from unstructured documents

Computer vision

Transforming images and video into objects and activities based on deep-learning detection and decision-making

Anomaly detection

Finding hidden patterns in data

Conversational assistance

Designing natural language-interaction systems

Decision-making

Optimising solutions for very complex constrained problems

Autonomous flight

Enabling the next generation of aerial vehicles with new capabilities

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AI in autonomy

AI across Airbus

Autonomous flight

Computer vision and machine-learning technologies based on AI are critical to enabling self-piloted commercial aircraft to take off and land, and to navigate and detect ground obstacles autonomously.

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Future Combat Air System (FCAS)

This European defence programme aims to connect the next-generation fighter aircraft to other aerial vehicles through a system-of-systems approach that is enabled by advanced analytics and AI.

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Unmanned traffic management

Incorporating autonomy into today’s airspace.

When sharing our airspace, today’s unmanned aerial vehicles, such as drones, exchange vast amounts of mission-critical information – all of which AI can filter, classify and merge.

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AI in software

AI across Airbus

Factory of the Future

This DDMS project aims to standardise and streamline software AI tools used for enterprise resource planning to move from sequential to co-developmental production processes.

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Skywise

Our open-based data platform leverages AI to analyse disparate data sources that offer powerful new insights benefitting the entire aviation industry.

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AI in space

AI across Airbus

CIMON

This AI-based robotic assistant for astronauts aboard the International Space Station is equipped with cameras, sensors and microphones to see, hear, process and display information, as well as speak and fly.

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Earth observation

Imagery provided by advanced aerospace technologies – such as high-resolution satellites and drones within an AI environment – can generate customised analyses for applications relating to catastrophe response and damage assessment.

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