Innovations

The aerospace industry relies on complex and advanced technologies to build airplanes that are fuel-efficient with low maintenance costs and that meet or exceed safety regulations while reducing the ecological footprint. Staying competitive in the aerospace marketplace requires constant innovation and improvement that is particularly suitable to the software solutions that play a major role in every point of the aircraft’s lifecycle, from its initial concept to its withdrawal from service.

Luxoft actively pursues opportunities for innovative software solutions in the aerospace industry that provide a well-established benefit to our clients. We maintain our superior expertise in current technologies and platforms while constantly researching new technologies and trends that bring immediate and ongoing value to the world’s leading aerospace companies.

Our current R&D focus includes mobile platforms and the exploitation of the web for 3D geometric analysis.

• Mobile Platforms
  Today’s mobile devices are almost as powerful as desk-bound computers, with the major advantage of not being tethered to a specific location. Mobile communicators and tablets, such as the iPad and Xoom, have the power to process engineering content, documents and bulletins, thus improving usability and dramatically decreasing processing lead times. Luxoft has solid experience in the development of applications for industry-leading mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. Our mobile application innovations for aerospace manufacturing include:
• CAD data on mobile devices
  Prompt access to geometry data is essential for efficient operational processes in the final assembly, quality control and maintenance of aircraft and it is not always an option to be at your desk when the information is needed. Today’s mobile devices are fully capable of displaying complex 3D geometry when you need it, wherever you are. Luxoft has developed applications for the display and analysis of design data on mobile devices such as Apple iPad.
• Augmented reality
  Augmented reality has been an industry trend for some time, mainly focused on navigation and social needs; but this technology is a great benefit for tasks in aerospace manufacturing, final assembly and maintenance operations.
  Modern handheld devices contain the full range of position and location sensors, making it possible to display important engineering information about the parts and components of an aircraft just by pointing at them with the mobile device’s camera.
  There are many ways to implement augmented reality solutions: from barcode scanning to retrieve the engineering data; to the creation of a complete ecosystem, where each mobile device does real-time calculations of specific parts data based on its spatial position in the aircraft.
• Web Platforms
  Aerospace manufacturing involves teams that are located around the world. One of the biggest business challenges with the leading proprietary Computer-Aided Design (CAD) platforms is providing access to the geometry for high-level analysis, integration and maintenance tasks needed by team members and partners that do not have the proprietary software installed. Luxoft has developed successful, innovative web platform solutions that facilitate the rapid exchange of 3D data in the right level of detail for business partners and support teams.
• Rich 3D data in a web browser
  Luxoft’s expertise in organizing three-dimensional design content delivery includes the development of solutions that create Universal 3D (U3D) models of the geometry to facilitate data exchange over the web.
  Luxoft is currently developing improvements on this capability using emerging technologies such as WebGL (Web-based Graphics Library). WebGL has the ability to render and process 3D geometry directly in web browser. Though not yet standard in HTML 5, WebGL is already supported by leading browsers such as Mozilla Firefox 4, Google Chrome and Safari.
  WebGL technology promises a new level of experience in working with 3D geometry via a web browser. New capabilities include real-time search and load of geometry data, spatial analysis and assembly integration, model tree support and much more.
  Luxoft’s solid experience in the development of web platforms for 3D geometry has expanded to include the innovative capabilities of WebGL.