Dassault Systèmes and Airbus Extend Strategic Partnership to Use Virtual Twins for Next-Generation Programs

Dassault Systèmes and Airbus have renewed and expanded their long-standing strategic partnership, placing the 3DEXPERIENCE platform at the center of lifecycle management for all new Airbus civil and military aircraft and helicopter programs.

This collaboration will enhance the entire development process for Airbus's range of civil and military aircraft and helicopters. Over 20,000 users across various business areas, along with Airbus suppliers, will gain the ability to collaborate more effectively and utilize virtual twins—either on-premise or in a sovereign cloud. This will help reduce development cycles, improve production efficiency, and enhance aftersales support, all while lowering costs.

Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus, emphasized the importance of digitalization: “Digitalization is a critical enabler in achieving our core priorities, whether it's scaling up production of our commercial aircraft, preparing for the next generation of platforms that will drive further decarbonization in our sector, or pioneering future defense and security solutions. This renewed partnership with Dassault Systèmes will be key in accelerating our efforts towards these objectives, while ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety, and security throughout the lifecycle of our products—from design to in-service operations.”

Bernard Charlès, Executive Chairman of Dassault Systèmes, commented, “Our long history of collaboration with Airbus is entering a new phase, enabling the entire enterprise and its value chain to innovate globally, efficiently, and virtually for years to come. Airbus will fully leverage AI-powered generative experiences, along with advancements in material science, modeling, simulation, and operational efficiency through our 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This will open up new opportunities to envision, create, and produce experiences that will shape the future of the aerospace industry.”

As part of this extended partnership, Dassault Systèmes will provide Airbus with seven industry-specific solution experiences based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform: “Program Excellence,” “Winning Concept,” “Co-Design to Target,” “Cleared to Operate,” “Ready for Rate,” “Build to Operate,” and “Keep Them Operating.”