Airbus - 2022 Universal Registration Document

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

Digitally Enabled People Google Workspace Deployment

– career paths were designed and started to be implemented for architects (526 employees) and technology specialists (400 employees); –15,000 employees trained on digital upskilling solutions (Pluralsight and other platforms); and –4,000 active members in communities of practice (social learning) related to our digital jobs, exchanging best practices, pain points, getting technical mentorship, participating in events and seminars, etc. 2023 Challenges 2022 once more demonstrated through the above achievements the great collaboration among all participants from all the Divisions. Digital contributed to the success of the Company, delivering even further the expected added value from Airbus, partners and its customers. Digital will continue next year to be the digital engine of the Company’s purpose “pioneering sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world”. Data boundaries will vanish to open the seamless data driven world, enabling end-to-end decision making and supporting the ramp up of our production rates. Past years showed how resilience is paramount. Digital will give its best to make Airbus digitally adaptable and strong with cybersecurity capabilities at the centre, but also unleashing the cloud and sovereign capabilities. The journey to decarbonise aviation is one Digital’s priorities. Efforts continue to give the means to reach our reduced emissions targets with new monitoring systems, material traceability and new decarbonised aviation solutions for our customers. Research and Technology The Airbus Technology and Engineering Department is led by the Chief Technical Officer (“CTO”). Part of its responsibility is to define, deliver and protect all the Company’s R&T, enable technology synergies across the group, federate the Company’s innovation activities and ensure expertise in breakthrough technologies. The R&T Programme department applies a lean project-based approach, tracked and managed using earned value management, technology readiness levels and figures of merit. Technological collaboration with external research communities and partners is encouraged and coordinated through the department with technical and scientific experts. These duties are delivered through the capabilities outlined here below. The Company-wide integration of R&T technology and alignment with institutional research partners is achieved through cross portfolio technology planning and road mapping, giving an exhaustive view of technology targets and investments. In addition, Company-wide engagement for joint funding with public agencies is achieved through a common R&T Funding contract management. Specific cross divisional activities are delivered through the Disruptive R&T department consisting of: –Central R&T: the cross-divisional R&T organisation that prepares the Company’s long-term technological capabilities. CRT leads specific investigations in emerging areas of research and conducts ambitious research projects while leveraging leading academic, scientific and research institutions to best utilise their expertise for achieving the Company’s ambitions.

Google and Airbus continue to partner to further improve the functionalities of Google Workspace. 2022 has been key for the enhancement of security with the deployment of Flowcrypt and Meet CSE (Client Side Encryption, allowing end users to encrypt their most sensitive meetings with Airbus encryption keys). Data tagging drastically increased and the new secure email platform has been delivered for military mailboxes. 2023 will bring more autonomy to each employee with the Low code / No code features being now available to all. 2023 will also see further deployments in Airbus Helicopters, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Atlantic. Modern Workplace Airbus started to roll out a more efficient and resilient workplace improving employee productivity from anywhere, anytime from any device thanks to the modern devices management programme. Also, the modern workplace is now even further improved with smartphone deployment initiated in 2022, to enable each and every employee seamless communication and collaboration. This deployment will continue in 2023. IM eXperts Career Path Starting in 2021, we have been actively developing the IM eXpert career path together with the Airbus College of eXperts. Why? –because we strongly believe our digital technical expertise is making the difference for the future of Airbus. A future where digitalisation, cyber security risks, automation, cloud technology, power of data, connectivity, artificial intelligence and much more have become not only a business enabler but a competitive advantage of our aerospace industry; – to officially recognise the tremendous technical know-how of our employees and offer them more development opportunities in what they love doing every day at & for Airbus; and –with the IM eXpert career path we aim to secure key competencies for Airbus top line strategic priorities, while providing meaningful development and career opportunities to the talents interested in further expanding and deepening their technical and relational expertise. Digital Academy Services for All Since 2018, the Digital Academy team has identified, both at Airbus Group and at worldwide levels, all necessary skills, competences and people development means to use all the opportunities of our digital transformation. In 2022, some significant steps were delivered to boost our digital profiles attraction and natural retention within whole Airbus: –5,000 employees across Airbus have a digital job and 60,000 employees have at least a competence in their position supporting our digital transformation; –300 employees certified this on data analysts and data scientists skills, so far raising up to 1,200 certified colleagues since 2019; – new certifications are now live: 30 employees graduated in Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform and 20 architects obtained the Archim@te certification;

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