Airbus BizLab has opened its first call for project entries after the business accelerator was launched on March 9 of this year. Project proposals can be submitted from now until June 11, 2015. After the selection process, Airbus will offer early-stage projects wide-ranging support in the form of a six-month โacceleration program.โ
The selected project candidates will have access to a large number of Airbus coaches, experts and mentors in various domains (technology, legal, finance, marketing, etc.); free office space, a dedicated mentor; learn and act sessions; access to prototyping and test facilities, and a demo day with Airbus decision makers, partners, subsidiaries, customers, and venture capital.
The projects within the acceleration programme will include the development of a product, a service, an application related to augmented reality, as well as data analysis and digitalisation, which can be used in the aeronautical industry.
โNow the time for real action starts. Collecting and studying in detail the different and challenging innovative proposals will be a very much exciting part of our job,โ said Bruno Gutierres, Head of Airbus BizLab. โThe world is rich with people with brilliant ideas and our goal is to select the ones that will benefit our industry and our communities the most.โ
Airbus BizLab is a global aerospace business accelerator where start-ups and Airbus โintrapreneursโ (internal entrepreneurs) can work together to speed up transforming their innovative ideas into valuable businesses.
Airbus, headquartered in Toulouse, France, is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the worldโs most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold near 15.500 aircraft to more than 370 customers worldwide and delivered more than 9,000 since first Airbus aircraft entered into service.