Airbus - 2022 Universal Registration Document

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Digitally Enabled Products and Services Skywise At its origin in 2015, Skywise was launched to unlock the data from our discrete legacy systems to make it accessible and actionable by those needing it for their day-to-day operations. Now fully industrialised, Skywise is in 2022 adopted by more than 29,000 Airbus employees across all functions and divisions. With data unlocked from previous silos, a virtuous circle has been created: with in-service data flowing back into operations and aircraft design, delivering incremental product, support and services improvements and transforming the Company into a more agile, empowered and data-driven organisation. This success has been recognised in 2022 by a Digital Engineering awards for “Digital Transformation of the Year” in a cross-industry jury panel. Skywise data architecture ensures that data becomes the single source of truth powering the Company’s operations and products. Building on the successful industrial use cases, Airbus initiated the implementation of its data product strategy that aims at supporting end-to-end business processes with an integrated data flow, enabling digital continuity for Airbus legacy programmes. This effort is paving the way for DDMS digital continuity framework. Furthermore, Skywise is the flagship platform of the aerospace industry’s digital transformation, connecting Airbus, airline customers and some key aerospace suppliers. With Skywise directly supporting the operations and maintenance of more than 10,300 (Airbus and other OEMs) commercial aircraft, we estimate that it has saved the airline industry at least US$ 200 million a year and has accelerated their overall aircraft operational availability and post-crisis aircraft return-to-service. 2022 was also the year of the launch of Skywise Core [X] packages built on a subscription-based business model with four early adopters. Skywise was designed from the start with the right security framework, a strict data governance implementation and industrial scalability. This made it possible to start small and then scale up. The technology partner’s world-leading capabilities in data integration played a key role in the adoption; yet this continuous growth was driven by the focus on value creation, engagement with the business and employees’ digital skills upskilling, more than by the technology itself. Digital Services for Helicopters Launched in 2020, AirbusWorld, Customer Collaborative platform, pursues its goal of becoming the Airbus Helicopters digital front office. Available 24/7, worldwide, easy to use, AirbusWorld’s primary mission is to enable our customers to quickly find relevant information and perform first level support activities autonomously. With a growing community of 42,000 users, AirbusWorld is continuously proposing new functionalities on key support activities such as logistics or technical support. Besides, innovative services are proposed to enrich the overall experience with Airbus Helicopters. Many other improvements are on the way to be deployed in 2023 to enrich our digital front Office and propose best in class support.

For these five streams we are running ambitious flagship projects to develop and adapt complex robotics technologies to the very specific requirements of the aerospace industry. We are doing this by a mix of internal developments and strategic industrial partnerships. In 2022 we have successfully established several test benches and passed major milestones on the various core technologies. We have decided to internalise the industrial integration knowledge to secure our ability to turn complex aerospace functional requirements into industry generic understandable by a large community of integrators working for multiple industries. Our goal is to reduce our dependence and extend our network of partners. Cyber Security Our transformation journey continued with the extension of our core services across regions and affiliates, the reinforcing of our connectivity model with our extended enterprise and further strengthening of core controls for the Airbus commercial aircraft environment. In line with our ambition, we saw a further step change in the volume of active running services now in place to protect our business. As we continue to develop and reinforce our re-insourcing strategy, we were pleased to welcome the advent of Airbus Protect. The experience brought by the creation of this strategic partner will be key to deliver on our commitments for the years to come. In 2023 we need to continue to develop and reinforce our federated cyber security model; strengthening security by design, collectively we will adopt a stronger and more resilient approach to enable and protect our business. As we continue to reinforce our teams in Europe, India and within the regions, we must continue to ensure the development and maintenance of our key skills through a robust competence strategy. The recruitment and the development of key skills and competences remains a top challenge. With this regard, the creation and implementation of the Airbus Cyber Security Diploma is a great achievement for all those involved. We now have a solid platform to develop “home-grown” Cyber Security expertise to support our talent pipeline for the years to come. As an Airbus-designed programme, we have been able to tailor the content and delivery to match the exact needs of the business. This programme is a key addition to our existing portfolio of early career programmes which over many years have been successful in providing high potential individuals embedded in our teams across Europe. 2022 has been a year of consolidation and optimisation for Airbus Defence and Space. In addition to enabling key programmes like Eurodrone and FCAS with their common working environments for development between all involved partners as already mentioned above, the ERP consolidation that is closely linked to it has been progressing in the background. This goes hand in hand with the newly launched initiative “Fixing the digital foundation” which has been kicked off in 2022 with the goal to streamline and optimise the complex IT architecture. All this is to reinforce the Division’s digital security, improve user experience and be able to adapt to technological changes quicker. Digital Transformation at Defence and Space

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