Aeronautics has profoundly changed the world’s living conditions. As the technology moves past the surface of the Earth, challenges to the rapid development of spacecraft arise.
Thus, aerospace engineers use their skills to meet the ever-changing demands of the industry—from digitalisation, modelling, and automation to increasing fuel-efficiency, enhancing the spacecraft’s ability to pass stress analysis, and enhancing overall safety.
In addition, these changes in demand should also satisfy the expanding aerospace market particularly in the fields of commercial air flight and defence.
With the demand for both defence and commercial aerospace increasing, the market experiences a significant shift driven by further innovation and digital transformation.
As the industry seeks to address the different issues caused by this market shift, experts need to consider five key trends that are currently shaping the global aerospace industry.
According to market experts, the global passenger traffic increased by 7.5% in 2018, exceeding the initial forecast of 4.5%. This has caused the number of deliveries to shoot upward, creating a backlog in orders for new aircraft.
With increased orders come higher deliveries of components, specifically those that are meant for commercial air travel. To better manage the ongoing economic tipping of scales, aerospace firms like Embraer and Boeing are teaming up to keep the costs of supply from going up.
The digital era demands some radical improvements to enhance operational efficiency. Such technological advancements are not only limited to avionics or cabin designs but also to manufacturing technology and supply chain.
As a result, the proliferation of advanced production platforms is expected to happen in the next few years.
The next-generation aircrafts are projected to be more technologically advanced and fuel-efficient, which is why there is an ongoing focus to replace the older, aging fleets. In this regard, it is predicted that most aircraft deliveries would solely be for replacement purposes in the next 20 years.
Nitrexo provides economical and cost-effective engineering solutions to help companies successfully navigate through these economic trends.
Over the years, it has achieved competence and expertise in the fields of space and thermal engineering, with special focus on designing 3D thermal models which play a vital role in the analysis of the spacecraft’s system, structures, and mechanism, and further reduce the production lead time in manufacturing settings.
The company also designs, manufactures, and procures its own hardware such as struts, multilayer insulation blankets, thermal straps, and heaters. It provides thermal engineers the ability to obtain real-time information with the use of its unique digital assistant, ULTRONX®.
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