HAV and Dassault Systèmes team up for net zero advances

Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dassault Systèmes, and TriMech, a global provider of engineering and design solutions. 

By bringing together HAV’s Airlander 10, a highly innovative hybrid airship family of aircraft, with Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, an industry-leading virtual twin software platform, the collaboration enables each organisation to progress shared sustainability values. The agreement aims to advance the products, processes and people needed to accelerate the transition to low-carbon aviation.

HAV will integrate Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform into its business. Airlander 10, its first aircraft platform, will begin production in 2024, with a pathway to zero-emission operations by 2030. By using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to model through-life using virtual twin experiences, HAV can ensure Airlander is developed, manufactured, and operated in an efficient and sustainable manner, whilst preparing for hydrogen-fuelled, zero emissions flight, as Airlander advances to being an early adopter of fuel cell powered electric motors.

Dassault Systèmes has built an ecosystem of highly innovative organisations focused on low-carbon aviation.

TriMech, a leading Dassault Systèmes partner, will implement and support the use of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, using best practices from its years of experience across various industries to ensure the efficiency of HAV’s deployment, business processes, and utilisation of their investment.

Tom Grundy, CEO of Hybrid Air Vehicles, said: “Airlander is an aircraft that makes possible entirely new connections through zero emissions aviation, using innovative and advanced technologies and manufacturing. The collaboration we have forged with Dassault Systèmes and TriMech is going to help us deliver the best possible product, leveraging best-in-class digital technologies to improve our real-world engineering and production. Together, we're not just designing the next generation of aircraft; we're crafting the blueprint for a sustainable aviation industry.”

Marc Overton, managing director, Euronorth, Dassault Systèmes added: “Dassault Systèmes’ collaboration with Hybrid Air Vehicles and TriMech aims to bring sustainable aviation solutions to the skies and to help transform approaches to mobility, whether for commercial passengers, freight, military or other purposes. 

“Through shared sustainability values, we will embrace the challenge of imagining and delivering new products, processes and business models towards the attainment of zero-carbon aviation.”

Jeremy Hines, CEO of Solid Solutions, commented: “We are excited to support HAV in its decision to implement the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The TriMech Group has supported HAV since its inception, from the beginning of its journey with Dassault Systèmes’ SolidWorks design applications, through to the deployment of more complex solutions within the Dassault Systèmes portfolio.”

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