Aviation start-up JetZero is to leverage the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform to accelerate the development of its new blended-wing aircraft.
The announcement was made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that is currently under way in Las Vegas, US.
Formed by a former Airbus CEO, Los Angeles-based JetZero plans to improve fuel efficiency by 50% and cut emissions and noise with its fuel-efficient, blended-wing-body design. Under the agreement with Siemens, Xcelerator will help design, manufacture and operate the new aircraft.
Siemens’ automation hardware, software and services will be integrated at JetZero’s ‘Factory of the Future’, a new greenfield site in the US. These tools will help the manufacturer achieve its ambition of electrifying, automating and digitalising both the aircraft and its production.
At the CES, Peter Koerte, chief technology officer and chief strategy officer at Siemens, described how the JetZero aircraft and its associated manufacturing operations...