Airbus // Universal Registration Document 2023

1. Information on the Company’s Activities

1.3 Other corporate activities

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Airbus India Innovation Centre The Airbus India Innovation Centre was inaugurated in February 2023, making it the third Innovation Centre for Airbus globally (after Acubed and ACIC). This Innovation Centre, based in Bangalore, has the unique positioning of being co-located and supported by the largest Engineering and Information Management Centres outside of the core countries for Airbus. The India Innovation Centre focuses on developing, testing and demonstrating products that are co-developed with the support of internal engineering and digital competencies and by also leveraging the robust external Indian tech ecosystem which includes the “Big Tech” companies, mature startups, universities and national laboratories and strategic partners. The India Innovation Centre will also house a Digital Engineering Protospace which will support the rapid prototyping of digital engineering concepts (currently being set up and targeting to go live in early 2024). Currently, there are four products that are under development at the India Innovation Centre, which are sponsored by various Engineering centres of competence and all three divisions: IKSANA is a seamless digital solution to report and assess shortcomings and quality issues in the manufacturing environment, leveraging computer vision technology. This product is readily scalable to the in-service support workflow as well. The SimulON project intends to make advanced structural simulations fast, intelligent and credible to enable it to be a means of compliance and add business value to the organisation. This is done by augmenting advanced structural simulations by Physics Informed Neural Network and other AI-based features to reduce modelling, simulation and analysis time. Artificial Intelligence for Non Conformities is a solution based on an AI platform capable of detecting and predicting quality issues within processes, systems and operations. The AI system will deploy advanced machine learning techniques to analyse data, identify patterns and flag instances of deviations for corrective and preventive measures. Artificial Intelligence for Model Based System Engineering (MBSE). Systems engineering is a crucial process in the design and management of complex systems. All the processes for designing and architecting these systems are formally documented, and these documents provide system engineers with the information about requirements, the mission, and operational, functional, logical and technical analysis. The AI for MBSE platform will provide a set of AI-based models that would help automate or assist in MBSE development. The following products are being developed as part of the AI for MBSE platform: – – MBSE design assistant: An LLM (Large Language Model) will be trained and will build first level information that will be used by the MBSE designer to build their CAMEO model. This is expected to reduce the design time by 50%. – – Automated SysMl builder: AN LLM would be trained to process the various input documents, standards, specifications, change requests and so on and build a fully functional SysML model that can be used in CAMEO. The AI model will help reduce the design time by 70% and also ensure quality and traceability of the models.

Airbus InnovationX | Scale Airbus InnovationX is tasked to leverage trends and engage ecosystems to impact current and future aerospace challenges. With that in mind, Airbus focuses on active innovation delivery and operates on four different levels, all integrated under one “roof” and with innovation governance at Airbus level. – – Corporate innovation: To support and guide the internal and external innovation ecosystem in its development, with the objective to increase the impact and visibility of Airbus as an innovative and sustainable company. Supported by innovation governance and operations while fostering entrepreneurship and out-of-the-box thinking within Airbus’ own culture. – – Global technology Scouting: To explore and promote worldwide emerging technologies that will impact the Airbus product portfolio short, mid and long-term, and which will support Airbus Performance & Sustainability overall objectives. – – Start-up engagement: To accelerate the adoption of startup owned solutions in response to unmet business needs focusing on strategic Airbus priorities and aiming at projects with high potential impact. Airbus addresses both process and product innovation targeting mature solutions coming from mature leading startups. – – Incubator: To anticipate the trends that could disrupt the future of the aerospace industry and evaluate them to identify and incubate potential new businesses preparing to be accelerated within Airbus. Three notable success stories highlight Airbus InnovationX / Scale’s effectiveness. Atlas AI, part of Airbus Ventures portfolio, aids in air travel demand predictions, enhancing sales campaigns and product strategy. Meanwhile, Videns Analytics utilises machine learning and artificial intelligence to optimise line balancing and productive planning at Airbus. Finally, Airbus Direct Air Capture (DAC), a venture targeting new business models on sustainable activities, aims to commercialise DAC technology for agriculture while demonstrating a Megaton Carbon Capture system. The Airbus DAC team was among the three finalists nominated for the German Future Prize 2023. Airbus Commercial Aircraft business Airbus Commercial’s R&T activity continues to progress along the axes of safety, decarbonisation, operational efficiency for customers, Airbus industrial efficiency and resilience and passengers’ experience. Technologies are delivered to current programmes, providing options to improve Airbus products and the industrial system. Technology that will support future programmes is also investigated and matured; for example, propulsion, wing, aircraft systems, fuselage, empennage, cabin, industrial, maintenance and engineering capabilities are areas of interest. The technologies being developed will help to achieve Airbus’ future efficiency and resilience, and help to secure the Company’s future licence to operate. Their development will require a multi-year effort. To give some examples of last year’s achievements: – –The Company concluded the test campaign aimed at understanding contrails formation when using SAF, feeding climate science for non-CO 2 effects and resulting in published articles in 2023. – – First flight of the EcoPulse demonstrator, with a distributed hybrid propulsion system.

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Universal Registration Document 2023