Boeing Plans Dynamic Digital Ecosystem

Boeing plans to shift its massive commercial aviation design and production systems to a unified, digital ecosystem in an effort to increase revenue and reduce potential problems.

Thom Patterson

Monday, December 27, 2021 at 04:52 PM ET

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Boeing wants to use digital technology to cut costs, reduce problems, and accelerate production. [Courtesy: Boeing]

Key Takeaways:

Boeing is developing a powerful digital ecosystem, leveraging 3D and virtual reality collaboration with interconnected data, to enhance engineering, reduce design and production issues, accelerate timelines, and boost revenue in its commercial aviation sector.
This strategic shift aims to improve product quality, shorten concept-to-market periods for new designs, and strengthen the company's competitive position, especially against rival Airbus which has a similar "Digital Design and Manufacturing Services" (DDMS) program already in place for five years.
The initiative involves advanced digital technologies like "digital twins" for virtual testing to identify flaws early, although an industry expert questions the ultimate impact without a clear announcement of a new "clean-sheet" aircraft program from either manufacturer.

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Boeing (NYSE:BA) is planning to build a powerful digital ecosystem for its commercial aviation company aimed at increasing revenue and reducing potential problems with design and production.

Imagine linking Boeing engineers around the world with 3D, virtual reality headsets so they could collaborate in real time, leveraging vast amounts of interlinked data across all internal databases. The result would be a digital ecosystem that could save money, boost sales, avert mistakes, and accelerate production timelines for clean-sheet airplane designs.