Digital System Integration exploration of product Family Technology – D-SIFT
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | GKN Aerospace Sweden AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 1 000 000 |
| Project duration | November 2024 - November 2025 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | International cooperation |
| Call | Strengthened Swedish aeronautical research and innovation through international cooperation |
Important results from the project
The project´s main goal is to ”Develop methods and tools for system evaluation when introducing new technologies, and improve international collaboration with subject area experts”. A method was developed with the aim to identify system combinations that are compatible with known future upgrade possibilities for the system. The results have been published in journals and through Julian Martinssons´s doctoral dissertation. Continued international collaboration is planned.
Expected long term effects
The project improves decision-making and understanding of how new technologies affect product systems, enabling more concept evaluations and increased innovation. It strengthens international collaboration and addresses industry needs for methods to handle alternative engine concepts. The results have influenced the ARIS agenda and drive flexible system modelling and design methods, which GKN Aerospace advances in engine concept studies nationally and internationally.
Approach and implementation
The project was led by the PhD student, who completed a 2-month exchange at McGill in Canada. Radical new modelling methods were developed, and additional tools for modelling and visualization were adapted and released as open access. GKN, Cranfield, Cambridge, and McGill held bi-weekly meetings, with some collaboration with the EXPEED project. The PhD student defended in June 2025 and published the results after completing the studies.