Aerospace-X

Aerospace-X is a BMWK-funded project of the Manufacturing-X initiative. The aim is to drive forward the digitalisation of supply chains in aviation industry.

DLR is, with several institutes, part of the extensive consortium:

  • Airbus Operations GmbH
  • Capgemini Engineering Deutschland SAS & Co KG
  • Diehl Aviation Laupheim GmbH
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
  • SAP SE
  • T-Systems International GmbH
  • SupplyOn AG
  • Synergeticon GmbH
  • toolcraft AG
  • gemineers GmbH
  • ZAL GmbH
  • Advanced-Materials-Concepts GmbH
  • PRÄWEST PRÄZISIONSWERKSTÄTTEN Dr.-Ing. Heinz-Rudolf Jung GmbH & Co. KG
  • Airbus Aerostructures GmbH
  • Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
  • Voestalpine BÖHLER Aerospace GmbH & Co KG
  • ITP Aero - Industria de Turbo Propulsores S.A.U.
  • GKN Aerospace
  • ISOVOLTA GATEX GmbH
  • Novelis Koblenz GmbH
  • MTU Aero Engines AG
  • Otto-Fuchs KG
  • Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
  • thyssenkrupp Aerospace Germany GmbH
  • ASCO industries nv/sa
  • Prostep ivip Verein
  • ELG Utica Alloys International GmbH
  • DECKEL MAHO Pfronten GmbH
  • WMH Westdeutscher Metall-Handel GmbH

The work at the Institute of Data Science will focus on the aspect of supply chain resilience by looking at how alternative suppliers can be found in acute crises that are able to produce certain components - with the same requirements that applied to the previous supplier.

We will work closely together in particular with the other DLR institutes in the project: