Airbus - 2022 Universal Registration Document

1. Information on the Company’s Activities / 1.3 Other Corporate Activities

H175, H225 and LH (Light Helicopter) programmes: The deployment of new digital continuity solutions between the design and the shop floor execution for the new gear box assembly facility have resulted in higher quality and speed of execution. The developed and validated model based system engineering capabilities have been deployed on Tiger Mk3, H160 & NH90 (50 system engineers trained). In addition, the development of capabilities for end-to-end maintenance engineering has been initiated. – New Digital Development Tools: We improved and continued the implementation of system of systems (SOS) trade capabilities to support business model convergence and multi scenarios for business context. The MBSE based on mission operation function logical (MOFL) modelling methodology was implemented, enabling for example a clearer definition of dihydrogen (H2) storage system development. Ecodesign capabilities enabled by digital have been developed and LCA models have been created to support assessment of our future products. We also made good progress on the validation and implementation of processes, methods and tools supporting the new co-development logic for the early programme development phase, reducing risks for late changes and development costs. Our existing disconnected product functional and physical architecture design tools started being connected through our developed model based system engineering framework. New industrial system static and dynamic modelling capabilities were developed and started showing improvements in our ability to predict our future industrial system and supply chain ramp up readiness. – Digital continuity with a network of platforms: In 2022, we have started to define and experiment the new concepts of “network of platforms”. The network of platforms is set to enable our end-to-end value chain digital continuity and performance, e.g. ensuring data flows across our processes and platforms internally and with our partners in the supply chain whilst ensuring better data quality, consistency and ease of access. The concepts of data products and data service layer have been successfully piloted on different end-to-end business process flows with a deployment at scale starting in 2023. Airline Sciences The aim of the Airline Sciences team is to provide an operational digital representation of an airline in all its complexities and business models. Having a bottom-up approach enables the Company to test out different aircraft technologies and concepts, validate product strategy, assist in sales campaigns, develop new services and, more importantly, understand the customers’ perspective across all layers of the Company. Airbus has set sustainability at the heart of the Company’s purpose and is willing to lead the decarbonisation of the aviation industry. Accurate monitoring of aircraft operational data is a core element of its decarbonisation strategy. As such, the Airline Digital Twin capability is being used heavily in order to assess CO 2 effects, including comprehensive emissions calculations as well as operational sensitivities. We have delivered the first CO 2 airline monitoring tool, AirScout, based on the Skywise platform. Using actual flight trajectories of the entire Airbus

fleet, and assessing extremely granular effects, we are able to have accurate aggregate numbers on aircraft trajectory, city pairs, Airline network, aircraft to aircraft, and airline to airline views. Our intent is to include other effects in the near future, such as non-CO 2 and climate impact effects, and beyond this to develop a scenario of “what-if” capability to support Airbus’s achievement of its science-based climate targets. Airscout has been recognised in 2022 by a Digital Engineering award for “Top Sustainability Initiative” in a cross-industry jury panel. Finally, in the context of aircraft sales campaigns, the Airline Digital Twin was used in supporting ultra-long-haul A350 studies for various potential customers. A comprehensive market assessment was carried out, including building an optimal airline fleet and product strategy to maximise airline profitability. Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) After successfully applying specific AI solutions across the business domains, the Company is now accelerating and maturing its industrial setup to deliver AI at scale. This includes a focus on delivering an AI services catalogue making available reusable and accessible core AI technology capabilities and patterns. These capabilities include: – computer vision to enable visual quality inspection and improve the safety and quality of our manufacturing environment; – pattern recognition and time series analysis to detect anomalies and avoid failure in our industrial machines and aircraft; –natural language understanding and processing to classify data ( e.g. export control) and secure our compliance; – optimisation to improve scheduling and planning activities; and – hybrid modelling through machine learning to build surrogate models of physical systems, accelerating design activities and increasing potential design space. One of the AI projects called “Prometheus A380”, aiming at optimising spare parts management for the A380, was recognised in 2022 by a Digital Engineering award for “Value Realisation” in a cross-Industry jury panel. These are being complemented with a central governance and life cycle management of a wide range of operationalised AI and decision models (ModelOps) framework. First versions were released in 2022, demonstrating the great value of AI models for key projects. These are paving the way to ensure compliance for using AI in safety relevant systems in line with upcoming regulations. Internet of Things A standard IoT platform is now fully operational, which will support sustainability use cases. The objective is to have data of different consumptions (water, electricity, raw materials, etc.) to better optimise it in the future. Robotics and Automation Transformation In 2022, we have kickstarted our integrated robotics and automation transformation programme to secure the deployment of our ambitious robotics and automation roadmap. The Airbus roadmap is organised around five major streams covering key areas of our industrial system: Assembly, Paint, Composite, Logistics and Inspection.

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