Isabel Gerdert, vice preside of the ceral research and technology departme of Airbus, began her panel at the GITEX 2024 global eve as follows: “Computer-based simulations, while being realistic, make the process of researching, manufacturing and certifying an aircraft cost-effective and fast.” They do, and they do it with a remarkable level of precision.”
Building airplanes with the help of artificial ielligence
To demonstrate the power of this simulation, Gerdert displayed an Airbus A350 wing; “With advanced simulations, we were able to predict the bending of the plane’s wing with millimeter accuracy,” he said. “Day by day, our computer models are becoming increasingly sophisticated to accurately reflect physical phenomena.”
Need for processing power
He we on to poi out that easy and fast access to computing is really key in the manufacturing process, he said: “However, there are hardware and physical limitations in the way that we have to go to the chip manufacturing technology in the first place, there is still a lot of poteial. There is room for improveme on the hardware side.”
Gerdert announced that they are preparing for the next generation of high-performance computing, which will eer service in the coming years and significaly increase their computing power.
Based on this and according to the deputy of the ceral research and technology departme of Airbus, this company with new technology is among the top 100 companies in this industry worldwide.
Not enough hardware
He further added: “Hardware capacity is part of the equation, but having software running on it is also esseial. “But what we’ve learned here is that hardware alone is not the solution to staying releva to our needs, we also need smart people.”
Gerdert coinued: “We faced limitations and programming challenges along this path; So we have no choice but to talk about quaum. “Quaum computing is the next big game changer for the aerospace industry, and it truly has the poteial to create a paradigm shift in how aircraft are built and flown.”
“Today, quaum computers are commercially available,” he coinued. “We can access them and we can test them and we can learn how to use them.”
Gerdert we on to say that this approach will be key for Airbus: “This approach will help us really work towards new designs as well as solve the most complex aerospace challenges.”
Applications of quaum computing in the aerospace industry
According to the vice preside of the ceral research and technology departme of Airbus, quaum computing has various applications in the aerospace industry, from flight planning to supply chain optimization and data analysis.
“Quaum solutions increase our ability to solve complex equations,” Gerdert said. Therefore, using them to improve aerodynamic modeling will be very useful in order to improve the design of our future products.”
Poiing out that Airbus has been investigating quaum computing for the past 8 years, he said: “Hardware must be improved; But what is also clear is that with each new project we are learning. “We are learning about quaum hardware requiremes as well as how to efficiely iegrate quaum computing io our industry workflows.”
Gerdert coinued: “At Airbus, we realized that in order to mature this technology, we really need to seek cooperation with global experts; So maturity is the responsibility of the eire quaum community. “Collaborations will push quaum computing further towards finding industrial value.”
