Case Study: Ascendance Flight Technologies accelerates hybrid eVTOL development with Dassault Systèmes

Ascendance FT hybrid eVTOL | Customer Story

Ascendance Flight Technologies, a French startup focused on sustainable aviation, faced the challenge of accelerating the development of its hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft, Atea. To bring this innovative technology to market, they needed an industry platform to manage the inherent complexities of systems engineering, product design, and governance. They turned to Dassault Systèmes for a solution.

Using Dassault Systèmes' cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform, specifically the Reinvent the Sky solution and CATIA applications, Ascendance gained a unified system for design, collaboration, and certification management. This provided structure to the fast-growing startup, standardized their methods, and served as a huge accelerator. The platform enabled them to efficiently manage compliance with aviation regulations and develop complex aerodynamic shapes, putting them on track to certify and launch Atea by 2026, an aircraft designed to emit up to 80% fewer carbon emissions.

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