Aerospace & Defense Europe Community Page

Building momentum across the aerospace and defense community

The A&D community comes together to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and move from strategy to execution. That dialogue began in Hamburg at the A&D Executive Exchange, where leaders gathered for candid discussions on innovation, resilience, and operational impact. Now, the focus is sustaining that momentum—keeping leaders connected and sharing practical insights shaping aerospace and defense.

Upcoming community events in europe

The conversation doesn’t end with a single exchange. Upcoming Europe events bring aerospace and defense leaders together to reconnect with peers and explore the challenges shaping mission readiness, innovation, and execution.

Berlin Security Conference 2026

Join Europe's leading security and defense forum to explore resilience, deterrence, defense modernization, and emerging security challenges.

Defense Innovation Pitch Day

Discover breakthrough defense technologies as startups, military leaders, researchers, and industry experts explore the systems shaping tomorrow's battlefield.

Aviation Forum 2026

Connect with aerospace leaders to discuss supply chain resilience, digital transformation, sustainability, and the future of aviation.

PTC NEXT Barcelona

Join customers, partners, and industry leaders for insights on AI, digital transformation, and the future of product development.

Berlin Security Conference 2026 Join Europe's leading security and defense forum to explore resilience, deterrence, defense modernization, and emerging security challenges.

Defense Innovation Pitch Day Discover breakthrough defense technologies as startups, military leaders, researchers, and industry experts explore the systems shaping tomorrow's battlefield.

Aviation Forum 2026 Connect with aerospace leaders to discuss supply chain resilience, digital transformation, sustainability, and the future of aviation.

PTC NEXT Barcelona Join customers, partners, and industry leaders for insights on AI, digital transformation, and the future of product development.

Highlights of PTC’s Aerospace & Defense Executive Exchange Europe 2026

Get an inside look at the Executive Exchange 2026 in Hamburg, where A&D leaders share practical insights on turning digital transformation into execution—and what it takes to drive real operational impact.

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Inside the Executive Exchange in Hamburg

Opening the Executive Exchange

A community engaged in shared challenges

Candid panel discussions

Exploring the new reality for aerospace and defense

Watch highlights from the CER Executive Exchange

Customer success in action

Leading aerospace and defense organizations are modernizing how they engineer, manufacture, and sustain complex systems. These case studies show how industry leaders are using digital thread and PLM strategies to accelerate execution, improve traceability, and manage growing complexity across the lifecycle.

MBDA: Building a digital backbone for defense engineering

MBDA is accelerating defense engineering by unifying global workflows while maintaining sovereign data control across regulated programs.

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Lufthansa Technik: Connecting engineering, manufacturing, and service

Lufthansa Technik uses a digital thread to connect engineering, manufacturing, and MRO—improving traceability and collaboration at scale.

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Explore high‑value resources for aerospace and defense leaders focused on accelerating readiness, reducing risk, and modernizing programs through digital continuity.

Defense modernization at speed

As defense programs grow more software‑driven, a connected digital backbone helps teams accelerate delivery, reduce risk, and maintain compliance.

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As defense programs grow more software‑driven, a connected digital backbone helps teams accelerate delivery, reduce risk, and maintain compliance.

Proving readiness in software-driven A&D programs

As software complexity grows, A&D leaders need visibility across requirements, verification, and change to prove readiness and reduce risk.

Discover how modern ALM practices support readiness.

As software complexity grows, A&D leaders need visibility across requirements, verification, and change to prove readiness and reduce risk.

Why speed determines operational capability

Operational advantage depends on speed. This paper shows how to enable faster decisions, stronger interoperability, and continuous compliance.

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Operational advantage depends on speed. This paper shows how to enable faster decisions, stronger interoperability, and continuous compliance.

Breaking down silos in aerospace & defense

Disconnected systems slow A&D programs. See how a unified digital backbone connects engineering, manufacturing, and service.

See how leading A&D organizations eliminate data silos

Disconnected systems slow A&D programs. See how a unified digital backbone connects engineering, manufacturing, and service.

Integrated development for aerospace & defense innovation

Break down hardware and software silos with integrated development to accelerate innovation and stay competitive in aerospace and defense.

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Break down hardware and software silos with integrated development to accelerate innovation and stay competitive in aerospace and defense.

Predictive maintenance for higher aircraft availability

Get an analyst perspective on the role of predictive maintenance in improving aircraft readiness and availability.

See how predictive maintenance helps aerospace and defense leaders

Get an analyst perspective on the role of predictive maintenance in improving aircraft readiness and availability.

Critical Windchill and FlexPLM Security Notice

Building momentum across the aerospace and defense community

Upcoming community events in europe

Berlin Security Conference 2026

Defense Innovation Pitch Day

Aviation Forum 2026

PTC NEXT Barcelona

Highlights of PTC’s Aerospace & Defense Executive Exchange Europe 2026

Inside the Executive Exchange in Hamburg

Opening the Executive Exchange

A community engaged in shared challenges

Candid panel discussions

Exploring the new reality for aerospace and defense

Watch highlights from the CER Executive Exchange

Customer success in action

MBDA: Building a digital backbone for defense engineering

Lufthansa Technik: Connecting engineering, manufacturing, and service

Continue the conversation

Critical Windchill and FlexPLM Security Notice

Aerospace & Defense Europe Community Page

Building momentum across the aerospace and defense community

Upcoming community events in europe

Berlin Security Conference 2026

Defense Innovation Pitch Day

Aviation Forum 2026

PTC NEXT Barcelona

Highlights of PTC’s Aerospace & Defense Executive Exchange Europe 2026

Inside the Executive Exchange in Hamburg

Opening the Executive Exchange

A community engaged in shared challenges

Candid panel discussions

Exploring the new reality for aerospace and defense

Watch highlights from the CER Executive Exchange

Customer success in action

MBDA: Building a digital backbone for defense engineering

Lufthansa Technik: Connecting engineering, manufacturing, and service

The latest aerospace and defense resources

Defense modernization at speed

Proving readiness in software-driven A&D programs

Why speed determines operational capability

Breaking down silos in aerospace & defense

Integrated development for aerospace & defense innovation

Predictive maintenance for higher aircraft availability

Continue the conversation