PITTSBURGH, June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Airbus
Defence and Space is leveraging ANSYS' (NASDAQ: ANSS)
embedded software solution to develop an advanced Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) that will be engineered for speed, safety and
affordability. Through a new strategic partnership, ANSYS and
Airbus Defence and Space will collaborate to innovate a new ANSYS
solution for enabling safety-critical flight controls with
sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI), aiming at autonomous
flight by 2030.
The future of European air power strongly relies on the Future
Combat Air System (FCAS), a system of fully automated remote air
platforms teamed with revolutionary next generation fighter jets.
Developing these platforms creates a huge engineering challenge as
advanced, safety-critical, AI-driven flight control software will
be required to perform highly sophisticated decision making with
unprecedented speed and accuracy.
The partnership between Airbus and ANSYS will engineer an
advanced ANSYS SCADE® tool that links traditional
model-based software development with new AI-based development
flow. The new ANSYS SCADE tool will be pivotal for driving the
development, certification and embedding of the drone flight
control software, accelerating its speed to market by significantly
reducing development time and associated expenses.
"Building on our longstanding collaboration, we are excited to
extend our partnership with ANSYS to design the next generation of
ANSYS SCADE that will deliver an exponential leap to our autonomous
capabilities. This innovation empowers us to cost-effectively
deploy AI-driven flight controls in safety critical functions,"
said Sabine Klauke, head of
engineering at Airbus Defence and Space. "ANSYS SCADE will be
invaluable for designing and certifying our software, significantly
reducing expense, dropping the number of costly manual activities
and potentially cutting development time by 50% — delivering a
critical competitive advantage."
"Airbus Defence and Space is an unmatched aerospace pioneer and
is transforming the military battlespace through its creation of
leading-edge air platforms, empowering them to fly smarter and with
more agility than ever before. We look forward to taking this
innovative journey together, using our complementary skillsets to
achieve this bold objective," said Eric Bantegnie, vice president
and general manager at ANSYS. "Our collaboration radically upgrades
drone capabilities and raises the bar for creating revolutionary,
AI-driven flight control software across the aviation
industry."
About ANSYS, Inc.
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where ANSYS software played a critical role in its
creation. ANSYS is the global leader in engineering
simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering
Simulation, we help the world's most innovative companies deliver
radically better products to their customers. By offering the best
and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help
them solve the most complex design challenges and create products
limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, ANSYS is
headquartered south of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Visit www.ansys.com for more
information.
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