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Airbus and Dassault Systèmes Sign Five-Year Pact to Change Airbus Manufacturing

By Brian Garrett-Glaser

Thursday, February 7th, 2019

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Airbus and Dassault Systèmes Sign Five-Year Pact to Change Airbus Manufacturing

Representatives from Airbus and Dassault Aviation meeting for an agreement to work on a sixth-generation fighter. (Airbus)

Airbus has signed a five-year memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Dassault Systèmes (3DS) to overhaul the engineering and manufacture of Airbus aircraft. Under the agreement, Airbus is paying 3DS an undisclosed amount in licensing fees and the latter will also collaborate during the five years on "eight topics" to allow Airbus to transform its "entire product lifecycle using end-to-end digital continuity to achieve a breakthrough" in the design, manufacture and support of aircraft, according to an Airbus spokesman. "This MoA…

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