Bangalore-based startups Neewee and EFLIGHT have signed contracts with global aircraft company Airbus and its subsidiary NAVBLUE to bring to life their innovative ideas in aerospace that are in line with the Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Startup India’ initiatives.

The two startups were part of five startups chosen a year back from the second season of the Airbus Bizlab technology acceleration programme that attracted 137 applications from nine countries.

Neewee’s solution, called procuSense, will enhance certainty to manufacturing supply chain and procurement operations at Airbus, using advanced analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

EFLIGHT’s trip support solution will offer a suite of services that allows business jet pilots to optimise plans for fuel, time, route and weather. The startup has also signed an exclusive partnership with an Airbus subsidiary to jointly address some opportunities in India.

Siddharth Balachandran, Airbus BizLab Leader – India, said, “Both Neewee and EFLIGHT are unique solutions that have the potential to provide significant and long-term benefits to not only Airbus but other big and small businesses on a global scale. The roadmap for the future includes implementing Neewee’s analytics solution in other Airbus functions globally.”

Bizlab is a part of Airbus’ innovative strategy to bring together startups and Airbus “intrapreneurs” to work and speed up the transformation of their innovative ideas into valuable businesses. Through its six-month “acceleration programme”, Airbus Bizlab gives access to a large number of coaches, experts and mentors in various domains that help start-ups and internal projects speed-up the transformation of their ideas into valuable businesses.

EFLIGHT is a trip support company that has been created to simplify and automate the entire flight planning process. Founded in 2015, EFLIGHT serves more than 40 business aviation clients in India and handles on an average of 150 flights a day.

Neewee is an analytics services company focused on manufacturing industry, specifically in the supply chain area. Its supply chain solution, procuSense, helps bring certainty to Manufacturing Supply Chains and Procurement operations using Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

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Airbus BizLab in Bengaluru has shortlisted seven startups as part of the second edition of its accelerator programme. These startups have been selected out of 137 applicants from nine countries.

Five of the seven selected are from Bengaluru. The startups include Earth2Orbit, a geo-intelligence data products startup, eFlight, which offers services that allow a business aircraft pilot to easily plan, log and fly, Neewee, an industrial analytics firm focused on internet of things and procurement analytics, Stelae Technologies, which is into artificial intelligence, and SYmbosim, which uses state-of-the-art math, science, cloud computing and engineer-friendly interfaces for design of composite materials and structures.

“The overwhelming response to our Bengaluru Call for Applications, the quality of ideas and the passion of entrepreneurs, it’s just quite something. Each startup we have selected carries the potential to shape the future of aerospace. Our job is to help them realize their potential,“ said Bruno Gutierres, global head of Airbus BizLab.

The 6-month programme offers access to a large number of Airbus coaches, technical and business experts and mentors in various domains, free hosting, and a demo day with Airbus decision makers, venture capitalists, Airbus customers and partners.

Airbus BizLab is a global aerospace business accelerator with facilities in Toulouse (France) and Hamburg (Germany) besides Bengaluru, where startups and Airbus “intrapreneurs” (internal entrepreneurs) can work together to speed up transforming their innovative ideas into valuable businesses.

It offers wide-ranging support to selected early-stage projects in the form of a 6-month acceleration programme. The companies have access to a number of Airbus coaches, technical and business experts and mentors in various domains, free hosting, and a Demo Day with Airbus decision makers, venture capitalists, Airbus customers, and partners.

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