A Common Language for Aerospace: A Proposal for Collaboration between A&D Companies
A Complimentary Webinar & Panel Discussion sponsored by the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group
hosted and moderated by James Roche, Aerospace & Defense Practice Director, CIMdata
28 January 2025
11:00 EST | 08:00 PST | 17:00 CET
Under Thomas Barre’s leadership, Airbus has been advancing a project to create a unified language for data querying for several years. This language aims to enhance the value of data by offering practical solutions to clarify, federate, and query the data with minimal cost and effort, even at scale. The language is built on proven international standards such as ISO/IEC 81346, developed initially for construction projects like buildings.
With the support of the authors of this standard, Airbus has developed extensions for other domains (manufacturing, processes, aircraft, and properties). These extensions are being proposed to ISO/IEC individually over time for formal introduction as new parts of ISO/IEC81346:
- Manufacturing and Processes domains - running well since early 2023
- Aircraft domain - formally starting in 2024
- Properties domain - target start in 2024
As we know, a language only becomes common when it is recognized by the key players and used by many people. This webinar is an opportunity to present this project to a community of peers, receive feedback, and invite collaboration to benefit the aerospace industry and beyond.
Register now to hear Airbus' Thomas Barre speak on this topic, followed by an exciting discussion with panelists from AD PAG member companies, including Safran, Spirit AeroSystems, and The Boeing Company.
What will I learn?
- Discover the Power of Digital Continuity: Understand how digital continuity and digital threads are essential for collaborative operations and data-driven studies.
- Unlock the Key Role of a Common Language: Explore how a unified language bridges human and machine understanding by providing explicit, usable data.
- Learn About Industry Standards: See how Airbus has adapted and expanded an existing industry standard for organizing common language definitions, with support from the standard’s creators, tailored for the aerospace industry.
- Harness Cutting-Edge Tools: Learn about Airbus-developed tools powered by machine learning algorithms that automate the tagging of millions of items and relate them in a graphical database, even when the information comes from multiple sources in table or text formats.
- Experience Proven Results: Discover how the Airbus solution has been rigorously tested to ensure it is robust, scalable, and user-friendly.
- Collaborate with us: Find out how you and your organization can collaborate with Airbus and others to test this language for your applications or contribute to its standardization.
Who should attend?
Anyone responsible for product or process development would find the presentation interesting. Specific roles would include:
- PLM Data & Solution Architects
- PLM Business Analysts
- PLM Program Managers
- Enterprise Data & Solution Architects
During the webinar, you’ll also have the opportunity to ask the panelists questions about the topics discussed.