Author: Vincent Soumier, Airbus Aras Innovator was selected as PDM Light backbone of the Airbus application landscape. The needed competence, supply chain and infrastructure is now fully set-up and in operation. The agile and innovative development framework allows Airbus to develop new ideas and match with changing demands of the business. To support the growth of ideas, a Centre of Competence was created and a ‘green house’ was built for rapid prototyping purposes.