CES
January 07, 2025 - 11:18

CES2025: JetZero selects the Siemens Xcelerator platform for its aircraft

by Andrea Herrera

The aviation startup JetZero selects the Siemens Xcelerator platform to enable the development of revolutionary combined wing aircraft. In addition, it announced the new program Siemens for Startups and the collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

During the press conference of Siemens at CES 2025, the company announced an agreement with startup JetZero, a pioneer in aviation working to build the future of sustainable air travel, to collaborate on the development and production of JetZero's revolutionary combined wing aircraft.

The innovative design of combined wings aims to improve fuel efficiency by 50%, reduce noise, and meet the promise of zero carbon emissions by 2035. JetZero will leverage the open digital commercial platform Siemens Xcelerator to design, manufacture, and operate its new aircraft.

JetZero is planning to build the "Factory of the Future", a new factory in the United States where they intend to closely integrate Siemens' hardware, software, and automation services to help achieve their remarkably ambitious vision encompassing the electrification, automation, and digitalization of both the aircraft and its production.

The JetZero aircraft and its associated manufacturing operations will be virtually simulated using comprehensive digital twins, allowing the company to eliminate risks from the manufacturing process, validate the approach, and scale processes long before any construction begins or the planes soar the skies.

"Siemens is giving us the confidence to take a leap, not just a step, in the air travel revolution," said JetZero CEO, Tom O'Leary.

"Their digital twin technologies and industrial metaverse will be essential to help us design, build, and operate the world's first fully digital aircraft, providing a better experience for passengers and airlines, while at the same time reducing fuel consumption by 50%," O'Leary added.

Siemens democratizes industrial technology for startups

The presence of Siemens at CES also highlighted the company's commitment to allowing startups and businesses of all sizes to use their industrial metaverse technologies.

Through the new program Siemens for Startups, innovators of any size have access to the intelligence, ecosystems, and technologies they need to turn their great ideas into world-changing innovations.

Siemens is providing access to company partnership and clientele services, along with access to drastically reduced-cost software and hardware from the open business platform Siemens Xcelerator.

Furthermore, Siemens is collaborating with Amazon Web Services to provide AWS credits, business development resources and access to the AWS Activate program for technical and marketing assistance.

Technology to transform the everyday

At the Siemens booth in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, Siemens is showcasing how its technology transforms the everyday, for everyone, through examples of solutions created by Siemens and its customers that impact personal, local and global communities. In addition to JetZero, these examples include:

Spinnova is a Finnish technology company that enables circularity in textile manufacturing with sustainable and chemical-free fabric production using Siemens' Digital Twin technologies and factory automation.
Wayout International, a Swedish water technology company developing a proprietary drinking water production solution to improve personal health and well-being in daily life using Siemens' edge computing, digital twin technologies and Insights Hub, the industrial IoT as a service solution from Siemens.
Desert Control is a Norwegian startup aiming to revolutionize sustainable agriculture and urban greening in regions suffering from desertification, fostering agricultural prosperity and healthy green space using Siemens' Industrial Operations X.
Arc is an American company focused on the electrification of the marine industry and making boating more modern, enjoyable, and sustainable using Siemens' NX, Teamcenter and Simcenter STAR-CCM+ software.