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INTERVIEW AIRBUS
INTERVIEW AIRBUS

E-FAN Evolution - E-FAN 4.0
which will use an additional
combustion engine, that
will see flight time being
increased to 3 hours

aircraft’s stability and comfort in flight. and Japan in the field of conceptual Weighing a mere 1.2 Kg with its
The experience we gained from the design of a high speed aircraft. It will Portable Laptop, it is connected to the
Concorde was invaluable. It was an contribute to the creation of synergies mainframe computer and displays the
extremely valuable experience in terms between existing European and Japanese digital mock-up. MiRA uses the digital
of vehicle design, information and in- programs, building a common roadmap image of the mock-up and compares it
service operation at speeds above Mach towards experimentations by 2020. with the real aircraft being built, allowing
2 and other challenges. It also saw the systematic inspection of the production
close co-operation between France Please mention some of the status. If there are any discrepancies
and Britain for the first time. We are developments that have emerged it will generate a work order to fix the
developing skills in the field of Thermal from Airbus Group innovations issue. 100 such devices have already
Management at our center in Bangalore. over the last few years? been deployed and are routinely used
The materials used must not only be I would like to highlight our Mixed Reality at Airbus. MiRA is a great achievement
light weight but also be able to withstand Application (MiRA). MiRA is an innovative and one that has been applied directly
the temperatures generated by the high software that provides an accurate virtual from our research department into our
speed. We have for example - the High image for comparison with the manufactured production line.
speed Key technologies for future Air configuration of an aircraft and can be used to Another achievement that I would
transport - Research and Innovation inspect the aircraft structure quickly. It helped like to highlight is something that we
cooperation scheme (HIKARI) to promote to reduce the inspection time on the A380 from have used for a building that could have
an effective cooperation between Europe 300 to 60 man-hours! interfered with ILS operation due to its
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