Airbus Scale
Airbus Scale fosters high-potential innovation within the company and through start-up engagement. By accelerating the commercialisation of high-value concepts, it actively contributes to company growth and our commitment to sustainable aerospace.
Mission
Airbus Scale identifies and develops opportunities to build and grow co-funded, profitable, fully-fledged businesses. It also advocates startup engagement to further extend Airbus’ competitive advantage.
The mission of Airbus Scale is:
- To foster intrapreneurship and leverage corporate innovation;
- To build and launch new businesses that will support future growth of the Company;
- To continue strengthen our long-standing commitment to co-innovation by identifying and contracting with later stage start-ups to mature and scale concepts through mutually-beneficial collaborations;
- To actively contribute to the development of future programmes as part of Airbus decarbonisation ambition.
Airbus Scale is a complementary offering within the Airbus ecosystem, operating alongside the company’s existing innovation centres, internal innovation hubs and research organisations.
Focus areas
Through Airbus Scale, Airbus is able to enter adjacent markets by adding new products and technologies to its existing portfolio. It builds its activities on three main pillars.
Corporate innovation
Intrapreneurship is a fundamental part of our company culture. Airbus Scale encourages internal entrepreneurs to conceptualise advanced business proposals for aerospace or adjacent markets: if they fit the Company’s growth strategy, Scale will help develop a business model and support the building of a viable product or service.
Incubator
The Airbus Scale incubator has the objective of delivering validated business models based on Airbus’ assets to pioneer future markets. By attracting external funds and talent to drive them forward, these viable products or services eventually spin out to create established companies that will generate revenues or equity for Airbus, supporting diversification and growth.
Start-up engagement
Partnering with start-ups to scale solutions to pressing business challenges at an accelerated pace. Airbus Scale combines Airbus’ corporate expertise with mature, later-stage start-up experience and know-how to generate value for both sides.
Technology Scouting
Technology scouts allow Airbus innovation professionals to find cutting edge technologies beyond its borders. The activity focuses on mapping country and global technology trends to the point of need.
Current projects
Airbus Direct Air Capture
Incubator
Airbus internal expertise was deployed to build a viable business case based on the International Space Station (ISS) life support technology for the reuse of carbon dioxide. The captured carbon dioxide is repurposed for use as fertilisers or for fuel development.
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