Siemens advances aerospace innovation with industrial AI at Farnborough International Airshow

The aerospace and defence industry continues to face increasing complexity, including rising program costs, supply chain disruption and evolving sustainability requirements. Siemens helps organisations address these challenges by connecting engineering, manufacturing and operations through the comprehensive Digital Twin.

"Industrial AI and the Digital Twin are helping aerospace and defence companies navigate increasing complexity and unlock new levels of innovation," said Ben Sheath, vice president and managing director, UK & Ireland, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "At Farnborough, we are demonstrating how Siemens Xcelerator enables organisations to leverage trusted data across the lifecycle, helping them accelerate development, production and improve mission readiness, all through connected digital threads."

At the event, Siemens will present a multi-sensory experience demonstrating how companies can take a specialised drone variant for search and rescue missions from engineering through manufacturing to sustainment. Using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, organisations can create a continuous digital thread across the lifecycle, helping to improve agility, resilience and operational readiness.

In Engineering, multidisciplinary simulation and industrial AI help to ensure auditable flight safety. In Manufacturing, Siemens' technology helps accelerate production and resolve supply chain issues using tools such as Siemens' recently announced Digital Twin Composer. In Sustainment, Siemens' Intelligence Center X uses industrial agentic and domain scoped AI to analyse contextualised data and support proactive decision-making, helping to reduce disruption and maintain operational performance.