Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPTResearch project "Aerospace-X"
Aerospace-X is a BMWK-funded project for the aerospace industry with 14 top-class partners from industry and research. The aim of the project is to create a collaborative ecosystem for sustainability and circular economy in the aerospace industry and to future-proof supply chains through digitalization and data sovereignty.
Use cases include the management of demand and capacity, the calculation and cross-company exchange of product carbon footprints and the creation of digital product passports for components and aircraft. This also supports circular economy approaches that aim to close material loops, whether through recycling, the use of secondary materials or the reuse of components. In addition, the project will develop decision support systems and end-to-end quality and non-conformity management to ensure that future aircraft and their components are designed to be circular, efficient, with reduced environmental impact and to the highest quality standards.
Project objectives
- Strengthening the resilience of the aviation industry through greater transparency, digital consistency and adaptability
- Greater sustainability, circularity and regulatory compliance
- Provision of open and digital solutions for collaborative multi-tier supply chains
- Common standards for interoperability
- Development of open data spaces and the underlying infrastructure based on the principle of data sovereignty for cross-company data exchange in the aviation industry
The consortium
Management
- Airbus Operations GmbH
Industrial partner
- Diehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH
- PRÄWEST Präzisionswerkstätten Dr.-Ing. Heinz-Rudolf Jung GmbH & Co. KG
- Synergeticon GmbH
- gemineers GmbH
- Advanced-Materials-Concepts GmbH
- toolcraft AG
- ZAL GmbH
Technology partner
- SAP SE
- T-Systems International GmbH
- SupplyOn AG
- Capgemini Engineering Deutschland SAS & Co KG
Research partner
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- and 16 associated partners from the aviation industry in Germany and Europe
Funding
The project "Aerospace-X" is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) as part of the Manufacturing-X funding program.
Funding code ID 13MX004A