A pilot project using artificial intelligence allowed the United Aircraft Corporation to accelerate the synthesis of typical aircraft structures by 11 times. Vadim Badeha, head of OAK, announced the results of implementing domestic digital solutions at the CIPR conference in Nizhny Novgorod.
The corporation transitioned to generative design on the Russian T-FLEX platform in collaboration with Sber. Artificial intelligence took over routine operations for detailing, including calculating ribs with fasteners. Engineers now receive ready-made design options in minutes instead of hours of manual work.
The project became part of a systematic effort to replace foreign software. Approximately 4000 workstations have already been equipped in leading design bureaus, and over 2000 technical requirements for replacing nine key PLM system modules have been fulfilled.
Working and preliminary design of the new aircraft is already being carried out exclusively on the T-FLEX platform, without duplication in foreign systems. Full-scale commissioning of the software complex is planned for August 2026.
The next step will be the implementation of AI for automatic geometry synthesis based on multidisciplinary calculations. The system will learn to take into account strength characteristics and aerodynamics, which will reduce the design refinement cycle and increase the accuracy of engineering solutions.
