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HIGH-SPEED CONCEPTS
The vision of high-speed, low emissions transport remains a
long-term goal for the company. The Group is working with
international research organisations to evaluate potentially
ground-breaking hypersonic flight technology at speeds
of up to Mach 6. The collaboration builds on the Group’s
ZEHST (Zero Emission High-Speed Transport) concept, a
visionary high-speed commercial aircraft capable of flying
from Tokyo to Paris in less than three hours.
MAJOR ADVANCES IN FLEET RENEWAL
Airbus Group continues to invest in advanced, break-
through technologies for the future, while speeding up
integr ation of value-adding upgrades into the existing prod-
uct portfolio. Eco-efficiency is an important focus of the
Group’s innovation activities.
In 2014, Airbus Group achieved an impressive series of
innovation milestones, illustrated by the first customer
deliveries of new-generation aircraft and helicopters featuring
improved performance, efficiency and enhanced safety.
Overall the Group’s self-financed research and development
expenses stood at €3.4 billion (2013: €3.1 billion). The Group
filed 1,028 patents, adding to its portfolio, which grew to
over 37,000. The Group achieved a top ranking for aero-
space and defence globally in the European Union’s R&D
Scorecard 2014.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Advances in materials have an important role to play in
making aviation more eco-efficient. In 2014, Airbus Group
Innovations unveiled a new process for creating lightweight
hybrid-construction materials. The Stingtech process offers
a lightweight sandwich material with superior damage
tolerance, improved fatigue behaviour and excellent
mechanical flexibility compared to existing honeycomb
structures. Thanks to this technology, a jetliner’s reinforcing
stringers and approximately 50% of its strengthening frames
should no longer be necessary, according to researchers
at Airbus Group Innovations.
CYBERSECURITY
Airbus Group is investing in innovative solutions to combat
advanced persistent cyber attacks, which represent an in-
creasing threat to organisations. Airbus Defence and Space’s
latest Cybersecurity solution, named Keelback, provides con-
tinuous network monitoring, threat intelligence, malware inves-
tigations and immediate alarms in case of network in trusion.
Moreover Airbus DS brought to the market its new-generation
of trusted products, which are certified at the highest level
in Europe and protect customers' networks (Stormshield
Network Security), workstations (Stormshield Endpoint
Security) and corporate data (Stormshield Data Security).
RESEARCH IS A KEY DRIVER
OF THE GROUP‘S LONG TERM SUCCESS
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