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Aerospace systems engineering

Take model-based systems engineering (MBSE) to the next level. Adopt a mission-driven approach to aerospace systems engineering to connect systems, domains and stakeholders across the complete product and lifecycle, ensuring cost-saving risk mitigation up front.

Why a mission-driven systems engineering approach?

A mission-driven approach to aerospace systems engineering begins with the "mission," or a product's end-use and related requirements. Take systems optimization beyond individual domains or parts with robust interface integration and collaboration, optimizing across the entire product and lifecycle. This approach mitigates technical risk, avoiding delays and costs associated with late-discovered issues.

Ensure aerospace systems engineering success

Approach your aerospace systems engineering with tight integration, multidomain simulation, and optimization of systems in the context of the complete product and mission. Achieve these powerful results:

96%

On-time delivery rate

Keep program deliveries on schedule by improving systems processes. (Proform)

90%

Reduced labor hours during conceptual design

Reduce errors and rework and accelerate delivery with aerospace MBSE. (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.)

20x

Increased productivity

Achieve increased productivity with aerospace systems optimization solutions. (Proform)

Aerospace systems engineering

Rethink aerospace MBSE. Integrate early. Mitigate risk.

Achieve game-changing digital transformation of systems engineering across the complete product and lifecycle. Explore our solution paths that can help you take aerospace systems engineering to the next level:

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Integrate across all domains, disciplines and stakeholders to develop a baseline architecture comprised of trustworthy engineering models. From there, you can manage the design at the interface boundaries. The models reflect verified, optimized and validated systems design of the full product, not just an individual system.

Optimize your aerospace systems engineering processes

66%

Decrease in the size of engineering staff

Holistic integration reduces the need for specialists and fosters a more collaborative design process. (Bye Aerospace)

25%

Reduction in detailed structural design time

Implement a model-based process to maximize reuse. (General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.)

35%

Increase ​in fuel payload​

Learn how Piper reduces the time and cost of designing and assembling aircraft.​ (Piper Aircraft Inc.)

Case study

Bye Aerospace

Airplane manufacturer uses Siemens solutions to reduce product development time for all-electric composite aircraft
Case Study

Airplane manufacturer uses Siemens solutions to reduce product development time for all-electric composite aircraft

Company:Bye Aerospace

Industry:Aerospace & defense

Location:Englewood, Colorado, United States

Siemens Software:Capital™, NX, SES (formerly Vistagy), Simcenter 3D Solutions, Simcenter STAR-CCM+, Teamcenter

"As a systems engineer, I feel the biggest advantage of the Siemens software is how it makes design more collaborative."
Parijaat Malik, Senior Mechanical Systems Engineer, Bye Aerospace
Innovate aerospace MBSE

Explore our resource library

Our approach to aerospace systems engineering helps you integrate early and mitigate risk to minimize late-discovered issues and changes due to disconnected systems. Early and continuous integration, verification and optimization ensures end-user mission success. Explore our resource library to discover a new approach to aerospace MBSE.

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Benefit from aerospace systems engineering solutions

Aerospace systems engineering

Aircraft requirements management

Aircraft RAMS engineering

Aircraft performance engineering

Aerospace BOM management

Enterprise systems integration

Frequently asked questions

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Watch

On-demand webinar | Accelerate product development with PLM-integrated MBSE software

Listen

Podcast | Orchestrate your technical program with model-based systems engineering

Read

White paper | 10 ways to win with MBSE

Blog | Updating MBSE for a new aerospace industry

Ebook | The executive's guide to holistic systems engineering

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