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Lifecycle optimization for aerospace

What does a sustainability strategy look like for the aviation industry?

Sustainability is a significant challenge for the industry, and there are a number of solutions and practices to consider to address this business and social imperative. As the industry looks to the future, airlines and OEMs might be considering innovative ways to address sustainability such as fuel-saving fuselage design, SAF and new fuel sources such as hydrogen, as well as decarbonization and elimination of emissions at the source. Circular economy is also becoming a critical component of strategies for sustainability. It can bring significant value to the industry and, more importantly, it can be implemented today. 

A unique platform to accelerate circular economy practices

The aviation industry is implementing strategies to become more sustainable. One piece of a sustainability strategy is retiring aircraft at the end of their lifecycle. Many components are being discarded, mainly due to the significant challenge in parts traceability, as some aircraft are simply abandoned as waste in airline boneyards. To help resolve this dilemma, Capgemini and partner AWS have developed a unique platform, Lifecycle Optimization for Aerospace, designed to accelerate the adoption of circular economy practices in the aviation industry. This is achieved by automating the inspection process and optimizing the lifecycle analysis of aircraft parts, and guiding decisions to extend their lifespan.

Helping sustainability take flight

“Being able to consider the aerospace industry’s entire value chain, including maintenance, and accurately monitoring the condition of an aircraft at any time, is a key lever for its overall transformation, as well as a field of real innovation.” 

Lee Annecchino, Global Aerospace and Defense Leader

Towards a more sustainable model

How we can improve aircraft lifespan

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Launched at the Paris Air Show in June 2023, the platform provides a comprehensive view and understanding of the usage of parts over time, through the collection and analysis of in-service operations data. Securing the collection of historical information will increase the potential re-use of each part of an aircraft and help the aerospace ecosystem – owners, operators, and OEMs – to collaborate and improve worldwide utilization of existing products.

“The ambition in the next phase is to extend the capabilities of the platform to the recycling of these parts and secure the possibility to valorize the materials of the non-serviceable parts.”

Matthieu Ritter, Head of Lifecycle Optimization for Aerospace

Launch of Lifecycle Optimization for Aerospace

Capgemini and AWS announce the launch of a technology platform to improve the lifespan of aircraft parts.

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Collaboration at the heart

It is more important than ever that collaboration is at the heart of aerospace and aviation initiatives, innovations and technology solutions – involving the broader industry ecosystem.

Our platform’s database represents a valuable digital asset on which Capgemini builds services to optimize maintenance approaches and use of existing parts, and has been developed with the cooperation of our partner companies.

Several major players in the aviation sector, including Air France and Safran, participated in its development and will be amongst the first users of the platform. 

Our A&D expertise

Developed in partnership with AWS

The platform, developed by Capgemini and built on AWS’s Cloud, consolidates historical operation data and reconstructs a complete traceability of all the constituent parts of an aircraft.  

It has already demonstrated its ability to optimize the inspection phases and ongoing development of complementary services, and our ambition is to provide a decision-making tool for users at the various stages of the sustainability value chain.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (NLP) services have been specifically developed and trained on data models, based on the ASD  standards.

Our partnership with AWS

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Meet our experts

Lee Annecchino

Executive Vice President, Global Aerospace & Defense Leader
Lee has over 25 years of experience driving growth, innovation and revenue in a series of executive and leadership roles in the Aerospace industry. As Global Aerospace & Defense Leader at Capgemini, Lee is responsible for creating the global A&D industry strategy that drives a portfolio of capabilities and the ecosystem needed to address the evolving needs of the industry. Lee believes that data driven connected A&D ecosystems and resilient supply chains will drive efficiencies in the aerospace and defense industry.

Matthieu Ritter

Head of Lifecycle Optimization for Aerospace
Matthieu is a seasoned aerospace and defense business executive with over ten years’ experience in project management and maintenance engineering, and a strong network in aftersales and the OEM ecosystem. Throughout his career, he has worked with organizations throughout the aviation sector providing integrated solutions from engineering activities to aircraft transactions, modification, and teardown. He is now utilizing his experience and knowledge to advise the aerospace and defense Industry on the convergence of physical, digital, and human worlds through technology, engineering, and manufacturing expertise.

Antoine Scotto d’Apollonia

VP, Digital Continuity Advisor, Capgemini Invent
Antoine has more than 25 years in civil aerospace leading Engineering transformation and PLM implementation for new programs. He is driven by the ability to develop new Digital Design-Manufacturing-Service platforms and deploy global Business Transformation for his clients. He manages Aerospace transformation best practices for Capgemini Invent and leads Digital Continuity insights across multiple industries. Antoine believes that development principles and digital enablers for the Aerospace industry are foundational for Intelligent Industry, the next era of digital transformation defined by the convergence of product, software, data, and services across all industries.