SIEMENS Digital Industries Software has announced that sustainable aviation company, dovetail Electric Aviation (Dovetail), has selected the Siemens Xcelerator as its propulsion system for commercial aircraft, reports North Carolina's Automation.com.
Optimising the principles of circular economy, the propulsion systems will be retrofitted into legacy aircaft used by regional airlines and leisure and cargo flights, helping them reduce operating costs up to 40 per cent, while decarbonising air transportation.
Headquartered in Australia, Dovetail is the only company converting Cessna 208s into zero emission battery electric, and the only one designing a hydrogen-electric retrofit for the Beechcraft King Air.
Dovetail recently signed Scandinavian Seaplanes as a customer and counts Regional Express (Australia), Victorian Government (Australia), Air Nostrum (Iberia's Regional airline, Spain) and Volotea (Spain) among its investors or financial supporters.
NX X software for cloud enabled computer-aided design (CAD) will help Dovetail develop the propulsion systems and engines, creating seamless collaborative workflows between teams based in Spain and Australia.
Dovetail will benefit from turning digital twin design concepts and iterations into viable prototypes more quickly, thereby saving time in design and rework.
Said Dovetail CEO David Doral: 'The fundamental structure of aircraft hasn't changed much. Therefore, it makes sense to retrofit capable aircraft with new generation, zero emissions drivetrains.
'Siemens' software is at the heart of our ability to deliver zero emissions air travel, whilst enabling aircraft operators to reduce operating costs by up to 40 per cent,' said Mr Doral.
In addition to bringing to market a battery electric propulsion concept, Dovetail is also developing a hydrogen-electric version, including a fuel cell and a hydrogen storage system.
NX X will enable Dovetail to be efficient in editing and viewing complex design models, speed up product development and more effectively manage the design process by creating a digital thread, a single source of truth, through the design process.
Said Siemens Digital Industries Software regional managing director Samantha Murray: 'Digital twins are vital when designing mission critical final products. We talk about the importance of circular economy in economic and environmental sustainability and here's a great example of a company achieving just that using our software.'
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Optimising the principles of circular economy, the propulsion systems will be retrofitted into legacy aircaft used by regional airlines and leisure and cargo flights, helping them reduce operating costs up to 40 per cent, while decarbonising air transportation.
Headquartered in Australia, Dovetail is the only company converting Cessna 208s into zero emission battery electric, and the only one designing a hydrogen-electric retrofit for the Beechcraft King Air.
Dovetail recently signed Scandinavian Seaplanes as a customer and counts Regional Express (Australia), Victorian Government (Australia), Air Nostrum (Iberia's Regional airline, Spain) and Volotea (Spain) among its investors or financial supporters.
NX X software for cloud enabled computer-aided design (CAD) will help Dovetail develop the propulsion systems and engines, creating seamless collaborative workflows between teams based in Spain and Australia.
Dovetail will benefit from turning digital twin design concepts and iterations into viable prototypes more quickly, thereby saving time in design and rework.
Said Dovetail CEO David Doral: 'The fundamental structure of aircraft hasn't changed much. Therefore, it makes sense to retrofit capable aircraft with new generation, zero emissions drivetrains.
'Siemens' software is at the heart of our ability to deliver zero emissions air travel, whilst enabling aircraft operators to reduce operating costs by up to 40 per cent,' said Mr Doral.
In addition to bringing to market a battery electric propulsion concept, Dovetail is also developing a hydrogen-electric version, including a fuel cell and a hydrogen storage system.
NX X will enable Dovetail to be efficient in editing and viewing complex design models, speed up product development and more effectively manage the design process by creating a digital thread, a single source of truth, through the design process.
Said Siemens Digital Industries Software regional managing director Samantha Murray: 'Digital twins are vital when designing mission critical final products. We talk about the importance of circular economy in economic and environmental sustainability and here's a great example of a company achieving just that using our software.'
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