Airbus Signs Up Three Indian Startups to Power GenNext Aviation Solutions

BENGALURU, July 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Partnerships with Stelae Technology, EFLIGHT and Airpix part of Airbus' push for 'Make in India' 

Airbus subsidiaries NAVBLUE and Aerial have signed contracts with three Indian startups, accelerated at Airbus Bizlab India, to power cutting-edge technologies that will help usher in new industry benchmarks in aeronautical data services, flight operations and imagery services.

NAVBLUE signed up Bengaluru-based Stelae Technologies to enhance aeronautical data services quality and consistency while enabling faster introduction to the market of the next generation fully data-driven and connected EFB (Electronic Flight Bag) solution. NAVBLUE also extended its agreement with EFLIGHT with the aim of providing a comprehensive service solution to the Indian business aviation market.

The third agreement was signed between Airbus Aerial and Navi Mumbai-based Airpix for a joint go-to market in India to provide geo-analytic solutions and imagery services in the country.

The agreements mark the successful culmination of Season 3 of Airbus BizLab's start-up acceleration programme, TAKE OFF 2018, which seeks to bolster the Indian government's 'Make in India' and 'Startup India' initiatives. The latest partnerships are in addition to those that Airbus signed with Bengaluru-based startups - Neewee and EFLIGHT in February 2018.

"For the last couple of years I have been convinced with the potential and the quality of entrepreneurs in India. I am pleased to see that all these partnerships between Airbus and Indian startups are proving me right," said Bruno Gutierres, Global Head, Airbus BizLab.

Bizlab is a part of Airbus' innovative strategy to bring together start-ups and Airbus 'intrapreneurs' to work and speed up the transformation of their innovative ideas into valuable businesses. It has a community of over 2000 B2B start-ups from India, South East Asia and Israel. Through its six-month 'acceleration programme' for start-ups and internal projects, Airbus Bizlab gives access to a large number of coaches, experts and mentors in various domains that help start-ups and internal projects speed-up the transformation of their ideas into valuable businesses.

As part of the TAKE OFF programme, Airbus BizLab will sponsor two travels to Europe for Indian start-ups in a period of six months as well as fund up to 50,000 euros to them for the demonstration of proof of concept.

"NAVBLUE believes in India's potential for multiple reasons. One is India's proven capacity for innovation within the IT sector, which is demonstrated perfectly by the start-ups present at the Airbus' BizLab, with whom we work very closely. Another is the potential of the aerospace industry; India has the world's fastest-growing domestic airline market," said Fabrice Villaumé, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at NAVBLUE.

"We are very excited to work with startups and SMEs in India to help power this growth, and bring value to the Indian aviation industry with our integrated solutions."

About Airbus 

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2017 it generated revenues of € 59 billion restated for IFRS 15 and employed a workforce of around 129,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world's leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.

About Airbus Aerial 

Airbus Aerial focuses on developing new imagery services. These services leverage the best software and aerospace technology from across the globe to offer actionable data and analysis of information provided by drones, satellites, high altitude aircraft and other sources.

About NAVBLUE and N-Flight Planning 

NAVBLUE is an integrated Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Services company providing end-to-end, innovative and integrated flight operations solutions for a wide-range of customers around the world. NAVBLUE's flight planning system, N-Flight Planning, is well renowned for its adaptability to each customer's specific needs. It enables a number of flight operation benefits and reduced operating costs through increased flight plan accuracy, dynamic route construction and higher productivity of dispatchers and flight planners. NAVBLUE's N-Flight Planning also offers superior route optimization results, with integrated avoidance of in-flight hazards, such as forecast turbulence and icing.

About Airpix 

Airpix offers customized 3D drone data analytics, automated data interpretation, aerial data visualization and measurement solutions for the purpose of project monitoring, asset inspections, encroachment and change detection, improved planning decisions, audits & compliance, surveying and other applications. Airpix has customers from The Government and industries from various sectors such as infrastructure, mining, agriculture, oil and Gas and more.

About Stelae Technologies 

Stelae Technologies is an Enterprise Software Product company transforming unstructured documents to structured, searchable and analysable outputs like Json (for Big Data), S1000d and ATA (for Aerospace and Defence) and DITA (for Manufacturing).

About EFLIGHT 

EFLIGHT is India's first complete Trip Support Company that has been created to simplify and automate the entire flight planning process. Founded in 2015, it has evolved from being just an ATC Flight Planning Company to India's number one Trip Support Company in just three years. Today, EFLIGHT serves more than 40 Business Aviation clients in India and handles on an average of 150 flights a day.

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