Top 10 Aviation Technology Companies - 2020

While the year 2019 was a mixed bag of innovation for the aviation sector, the year 2020 is promising an exciting and uncertain trend chart. This year, digitalization will have a massive impact on aviation industry. The introduction of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), and much more will fuel the sector to soar to newer heights. Consequently, the compound annual growth of the sector is forecasted to grow by 46.4 percent from 2019 to 2023. Moreover, with favorable federal aviation regulations (FAA), the industry has sealed a secure future, which will continue to flourish.

That being said, many airline companies have started accumulating advanced aircraft to bring more innovation in 2020. By leveraging cutting-edge features such as biometrics, self boarding, and in-flight connectivity, airlines are in an effort to make flying a comfortable and pleasant experience for passengers. In addition, customization is another rising trend in the aviation landscape. Travellers will have more personalized services while in the process of check-in, bag-drop, security, and immigration.

As a multitude of these trends and developments are set to nurture the growth of aviation space, APAC CIO Outlook has compiled a list of the leading aviation technology solution providers to guide the organizational leaders in harnessing the power of the technology to tackle today’s aviation challenges, reduce workload, and increase efficiencies. This edition brings to you a package of exciting revelations happening in the domain, and tech vendors leveraging their solutions to improve the performance of the burgeoning aviation challenges. To further substantiate the aviation transformation, CIOs have also penned down their insights on the use of several upcoming technologies that have the potential to bring innovation to the space. We hope this issue of the APAC CIO Outlook helps you build the partnership you and your firm needs to foster a technologically-driven business.

We present to you APAC CIO Outlook’s “Top 10 Aviation Technology Companies - 2020.”

TOP VENDORS

Top Aviation Technology Companies

Cyient

Cyient is a global engineering and technology solutions organization, transforming the aerospace and defense lifecycle with a broad design-build-maintain solution approach. The company provides end-to-end engineering solutions that optimize costs and mitigate time-to-market for aerospace and defense OEMs. Cyient takes pride in collaborating with the world’s pioneering A&D companies to deliver outcome-based and value-driven engineering solutions. Customers draw on Cyient’s expertise in manufacturing, engineering, and digital technology to enable their next-gen solutions to meet the highest standards of reliability, safety, and performance

cyient.com
Lufthansa Systems

The Lufthansa Group is an aviation organization with operations throughout the globe. The company is comprised of the segments like Eurowings, Network Airlines, and Aviation Services. The company draws its unique strengths from an ability to integrate profound industry know-how with technological expertise and many years of project experience. Formed as a spin-off of the Lufthansa Systems Group's Airline Solutions division, the organization continues the brand now well-known to the airline industry globally. The innovative IT products and services in the company's portfolio offer a wide range of economic advantages while also contributing to enhance flight and groound operations

www.lhsystems.com
NUCTECH

NUCTECH provides airport security inspection solutions that are powered by state-of-the-art technologies, such as Computed Tomography (CT) and millimeter wave technology, to offer improved, efficient, and effective risk mitigation. By blending innovative technologies and powerful data analytics, NUCTECH has introduced its Smart Checkpoint Security Solution, a secure and interconnected aviation security network, which increases security effectiveness, operational efficiency and offers better passenger experience to the aviation community. In addition, the AI-powered software further replenishes each component’s function as a smart sensor and data source, collected and collated to a data platform to generate insights

www.nuctech.com
Vision Box

Creators of a world where individuals chose to use their biometrics to simplify their life Vision-Box provides solutions for seamless passenger experiences and contactless travel journeys. Over the past decades, the company has advanced the most relevant biometric-based hardware and software solutions. The company partners with Travel and Government stakeholders to design and implement modernization programs, revolutionizing the entire passenger journey and the travel ecosystem into a fully digital and connected one. By orchestrating the digitization of identity, it expedites traveler flows, improves efficiency, strengthens security, enhances the stakeholders’ revenues, and transforms passenger experience

www.vision-box.com
Hitit

Hitit is a provider of gen-next airline, airport, and travel industry software solutions and services that supports the complicated and demanding needs of fast-growing industry players. Their brand Crane offers a comprehensive suite that engulfs the entire operational life-circle, starting from schedule and crew planing through core passenger service and ground-handling needs to industrial-standard accounting and reporting tools. They also offer complementing solutions such as loyalty, customer management, multiple sales and distribution channels. The company's systems produced more than 65 million passenger bookings with full GDS integration in all leading distribution systems
InteliSys Aviation Systems

InteliSys Aviation Systems is a provider of airline information technology and airline software solutions. InteliSys’ airline software and amelia product suite have focused on providing leading-edge IT solutions to airlines of all sizes and business models including Low Cost, Regional and Hybrid Carriers as well as Corporate Flight operations. They provide 24/7 support worldwide and pride in the ability to react quickly to the client’s changing requirements. InteliSys’ solutions have proven scalability, and they have configured their software so that they can quickly grow with the clients changing needs, adapting quickly to changing capacities and market conditions
Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems is an international defense electronics organization operating in the area of aerospace. Bringing together a world of experience to enhance performance, situational awareness, safety, and survivability, Elbit Systems applies its expanded technological expertise in design, development, and integration of today’s most cutting-edge systems to commercial platforms. The company offers electronic aviation systems and cockpit technologies for the worldwide commercial aviation market. Its solutions serve as technological differentiators, facilitating air transport, business aviation platforms, and helicopters to profit from highly innovative out-of-the-window systems
FuelPlus Group

The FuelPlus Group is a leading provider of fuel administration and management software in the aviation industry. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Germany, the FuelPlus Group operates worldwide with global development and support centers in Europe and regional offices in America, Europe, and Asia. In line with the Group's mission to provide world-leading fuel management solutions that empower the aviation industry to implement robust processes, increase efficiencies and control costs, FuelPlus has developed the FuelPlus Fuel Management platform. As a full-service provider, FuelPlus supports the industry with product-related services, including consulting, service desk, and training, as well as with fuel business process outsourcing services
Glidepath

Glidepath is a global supplier of cargo solutions and turnkey baggage handling systems for airports. The company designs, manufactures, installs, and manages fully integrated inline security screening systems for high-speed sorting of inspected baggage. Glidepath has extensive experience in the industry, with over 900 systems operating in 68 countries. The company's worldwide network and world-class status is evolving. Glidepath designs, integrates, installs, and commissions automated solutions for airport baggage handling systems, parcel and ULD cargo handling systems, self-service bag drops, and GlideWalk
NAVBLUE

NAVBLUE is a flight operation & air traffic management solutions company providing products that include software for flight planning, aircraft performance, flight data analysis, aeronautical charts, crew planning, electronic flight bag, and navigational data. Fueled by the agility of Airbus ProSky and NAVBLUE, and the pioneering spirit of Airbus, the company aims to lead aviation into the digital age. The company considers the environmental factor as a key contributor to the success and is working to build a sustainable future. NAVBLUE continues to draw inspiration from Airbus’ pioneering spirit and its rich heritage of innovation and disruptive projects