Aerospace and defense manufacturers are facing many challenges: produce more and faster, the pressure to innovate in favor of low-carbon technologies, the pursuit of better quality and safety

This sector has seen one crisis or transformation after another in recent years (traffic and production halted during the pandemic, government and public pressure to decarbonize flights, risk of a crisis in confidence due to safety, etc.), manufacturers are faced with critical challenges, both in terms of time to market and keeping development costs under control. Given the instability in demand, players in this sector need to keep their Supply Chain under tight control, while paying close attention to eliminating non-quality at every level. 

At the same time, cost control requires us to rethink our development methods, so that we can act early to reduce non-recurring costs (NRC). In a world where reducing costs after certification is challenging, the Design-to-cost approach, combined with the implementation of new development methods (platforming, building blocks…), produces the best results. Avencore brings unique expertise to both these fields. 

Space has become a highly competitive market, with the arrival of numerous new, highly agile players engaged in a real commercial competition. Whether through acquisitions, long-term partnerships or collaboration, the historical players (private or governmental) have to adapt their positioning to this new environment. At the same time, development budgets are coming under ever closer scrutiny from funding agencies. For traditional market players, technical and economic optimization has become one of the main challenges. For these manufacturers, this means introducing the notion of cost awareness into the day-to-day work of teams who are often unaware of this dimension, as well as involving their suppliers in a new approach to cost reduction. In both the launcher and satellite markets, it is now necessary to come up with new development methods, mainly through innovative product policies (platforming, building blocks, scalability…) and to boost the Supply Chain. Avencore has demonstrated its expertise and delivered results on these types of projects. 

The defense industry is facing major challenges: extreme geopolitical instability, asymmetric warfare combined with high-intensity conflicts, technological (r)evolutions, cyber threats, requisitions… The entire institutional and industrial ecosystem needs to be organized to produce more, faster and cheaper. The objective: to ensure long-term industrial ramp-up moving past emergency situations to develop structurally capable industrial solutions.   

In addition to disseminating a culture of economic performance, manufacturers in the defense sector need to implement innovative development strategies that factor in the increasing number of multi-unit types and the non-recurring costs driven up by performance and availability demands. Avencore uses Design-to-Value and Supply Chain levers to reduce the recurring cost of materials. And to meet the dual imperative of R&D efficiency and industrial performance (Performance Improvement), Avencore implements transformation programs that involve development methods and industrialization in construction and maintenance workshops.