Aerospace and Defense

The aerospace and defense industry is a highly complex and demanding field, where safety,
security, and sustainability are of utmost importance. Altair is at the forefront of addressing these
issues. As new challenges and opportunities arise in areas like power system design,
electrification, and supply chain management and manufacturing, Altair leverages its expertise
in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI) to help
organizations navigate this evolving landscape. Altair's simulation technologies allow users to
virtually test airframes, engines, and aircraft interiors, while our HPC solutions accelerate design
analysis and optimization. Altair's AI capabilities drive intelligent decision-making so we can
create a safer, more connected, and more sustainable future.
Navigating Digital
Twins
in Aerospace
Digital twins can reduce
physical prototypes, optimize
designs, and improve
sustainability, but they can be
tricky to adopt in aerospace
and defense because of siloed
processes and complex real-
time collaboration needs.
Altair's digital twin solution
addresses these challenges
with open, vendor-agnostic
simulation, HPC/cloud, and
AI/machine learning toolsets
for cross-functional
collaboration.
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Rapid Accelerating
Development for Startups’ Time
Defense to Market
Technology
Aerospace startups are shaking
up the market by challenging
In the fast-paced, ever-evolving
industry leaders and creating
world of defense, developing
opportunities for agile
new and cutting-edge
collaboration with established
technologies is crucial. Altair
enterprises. This collaboration
provides advanced simulation
is leading to the faster
and data analytics capabilities
integration of new, innovative
that help defense organizations
technology into proven
optimize their designs for
systems, driving industry
performance and safety while
growth and progress.
reducing development time
and costs. With these tools, the
defense industry can stay
ahead of emerging trends and
changing requirements.
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 Optimize supply chain, prevent equipment failure, and streamline
manufacturing.

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AI-Driven Supply Chain and

Manufacturing Optimization

Optimize Your Supply Chain for Resilience and

Efficiency

Designing a resilient, efficient supply chain is

critical for businesses to stay competitive. Altair's
AI-driven supply chain optimization solution allows
engineers to simulate scenarios, identify risks and
vulnerabilities, and optimize operations. With Altair
solutions, businesses can reduce costs and improve
customer satisfaction, even in the face of
unexpected disruptions.

Plan Maintenance and Prevent Equipment Failure

The cost of downtime in manufacturing – be it

planned or unplanned – can be detrimental. Altair
data analytics and AI solutions make it easy to
monitor equipment health and predict failures in
real time. Our solutions deliver the insights
organizations need to avoid machine failures and
unplanned downtime, increase equipment and
production line productivity, and reduce
maintenance costs.

Streamline Manufacturing Processes with AI-

Driven Solutions

The manufacturing process is often complex and

can be challenging to optimize for efficiency and
cost. Altair's AI-driven advanced manufacturing
and data analytics solutions give businesses the
ability to simulate different manufacturing
scenarios, identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies,
and optimize manufacturing processes to improve
efficiency and reduce costs.

Advancing Aviation: Power

Systems Design
and Electrification

Empower Your Power System Design

Altair offers power system design solutions that simulate

complex physical systems and optimize performance to
ensure safety. Our tools make it easy for engineers to
model and optimize new power system designs,
minimizing design challenges and maximizing the
 benefits of electrification and improved aircraft
performance.

Maximize Electrification and Aircraft Performance for

EVTOLs

Creating efficient, functional electric drivetrains and

battery management systems for eVTOLs can be
complex and time-consuming. Altair offers solutions that
simulate electric aircraft behavior, optimize designs for
weight, performance, and safety, and reduce energy
consumption. Our solutions cover overall aircraft design,
making it easier for engineers to maximize the benefits of
electrification and simplify the process while enhancing
performance. Learn More

Streamline Power Electronics System Design

Altair's power electronics system design simulation

solutions allow engineers to model complex circuits and
optimize system performance to ensure systems meet
performance and safety requirements while
simultaneously enhancing efficiency and reducing
development time and costs.

Airframe Design and Optimization

Revolutionize Airframe Design
Altair’s automated design exploration and generation tools help users model and optimize airframe designs
for weight, aerodynamics, and safety, while identifying potential design issues before production. Our
material modeling solutions, such as Altair® Material Data Center™, also let engineers analyze the behavior of
complex materials and optimize their use in airframe design.
Design Safe, Reliable
Airframe Structures
Ensuring airframe structure
reliability and safety is a top
industry priority. Altair's
comprehensive solutions
optimize airframe designs for
safety and reliability, reducing
development costs and time to
market. Our simulation
capabilities model and identify
potential issues, optimizing
safety and reliability before
production. Additionally, our
material modeling solutions
improve structural performance
and enhance safety and
reliability.
Optimize Complex
Systems
Optimizing the performance
and safety of an aircraft
requires the optimization of
various subsystems that make
up the complex system. Altair
provides an effective solution
to model and optimize
interactions between airframes
and their various subsystems.
By simulating the behavior of
an entire aircraft system,
engineers can identify and
address potential design issues
and ensure designs meet
desired performance and
safety requirements.
De-Risk Certification
The certification process for
aerospace products can be the
toughest part of an entire
product strategy. With Altair®
HyperWorks®, our design and
simulation platform, businesses
can identify potential issues
before physical testing and
certification, de-risking the
process and reducing time-to-
market. By optimizing designs
for reliability, safety, and
performance, businesses can
ensure that their products meet
regulatory requirements while
minimizing development costs.
Looking to enhance the performance, efficiency, and safety of your aerospace
and defense systems?

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Efficient Electronic System Design

Overcome Wireless Connectivity, EMC, and Radar Challenges
Advanced electronic systems for field communications, targeting systems, threat detection, asset tracking,
health monitoring, and theater operations require multiple high-fidelity antennas and interference-free
integration within a device or system for optimal performance, reliability, and safety. Altair's antenna design
and optimization solution addresses these challenges with advanced capabilities for installed antenna
performance, virtual flight and drive testing, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), scattering, radiofrequency
interference, radio and radar coverage, and spectrum management.

Automatically Verify Addressing Thermal Accelerate Service and

PCB Designs Early in Issues in Electronic Design of Complex
Development Systems Electrical Systems
As electronic devices become
increasingly complex, printed
circuit boards (PCBs) are
facing design and
manufacturing challenges,
including higher densities,
smaller sizes, and more
specialized teams. Additionally,
sequential design flows using
different software tools and
databases can increase revision
checks and design iterations,
resulting in higher costs and
delayed product releases.
Altair's collaborative PCB
design review solution offers
automatic design verification
that helps organizations
accelerate time to market while
reducing development and
manufacturing costs.
In electronic systems, excessive
heat can result in thermal
issues like hot spots and stress.
Altair's thermal analysis
solution simulates heat transfer
to identify potential thermal
issues, improving system
performance, reliability, and
safety.
Complexity in modern
aeronautical and defense
electrical systems is
accelerating. Altair's smart
electronic system visualization
solution provides dynamic
visualizations of critical
electrical information to tackle
development and service
challenges. With this solution,
users can easily access real-
time electrical system data,
including structures,
connectivity, functions, and
component attributes from
digital twins – enabling quick,
accurate diagnostics. Guided
automated diagnostics
accelerates development
speed, debugging, and service
operations, enhancing
efficiency and improving
product quality. Learn More
High-Performance
Computing for Aerospace
and Defense

Organizations including NASA, Boeing, and

Lockheed Martin have long depended on Altair
HPCWorks™, our HPC and cloud platform for
robust, efficient workload management and more.
Altair’s tools are purpose-built for a broad
spectrum of HPC and cloud workloads plus
efficient, high-throughput computing for EDA
applications — and trusted to manage, optimize,
and measure mission-critical aerospace and
defense workloads. With lives depending on quality
and precision throughout the design, development,
and manufacturing process, HPC supports some of
the most important projects on (and off) the planet
and keeps them running at maximum efficiency.

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