Sber and UAC pilot GigaChat-based generative AI in aircraft part design
Sber
Sber first deputy chairman Alexander Vedyakhin told TASS at the Eastern Economic Forum that Sber and the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) have started joint work on AI in aviation: the AI Industry Agency (AIRI) with Top Systems built a GigaChat-based technology demonstrator that runs inside the T-FLEX PLM pipeline. In the pilot, synthesizing a typical wing rib design was 11x faster than the conventional process.
Why it matters
A concrete measured result (11x design-cycle speedup) for generative AI in Russian aerospace engineering, a strategically prioritized industry under sanctions pressure; UAC management reportedly wants to continue and scale the work.
Importance: 2/5
Measured industrial pilot with 3 independent confirmations