Digitalcontinuityin A&D
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How digital continuity drives business outcomes in aerospace and defense
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The complexity of A&D products, the intricacy of A&D supply chains, and the need for rapid innovation to meet evolving safety and performance requirements means collaboration is critical.
But there’s a problem: the traditional A&D technology stack is stuffed with legacy applications, siloed systems, and fragmented data, preventing smooth collaboration, and often resulting in errors, rework, and increased costs.
Digital continuity is already helping A&D organizations address these issues:
19% of A&D organizations have already seen an impact on revenue
34% of A&D organizations have already reduced costs
Average revenue growth and cost reduction already realized because of digital continuity
Source: Capgemini Research Institute, A&D digital continuity survey, March 2025, N = 179 A&D organizations; N = 34 A&D organizations who have already realized increased revenue; N=60 A&D organizations who have already reduced operating costs.
In our survey, senior A&D executives overwhelmingly agree that digital continuity is important to their organizations’ ramping-up strategies, and believe that improving digital continuity will accelerate the process.
Unsurprisingly, ramping up production is also a strong motivator for investment in digital continuity.
Percentage of organizations who agree with the statements below
Source: Capgemini Research Institute, A&D digital continuity survey, March 2025, N = 179 organizations.
Digital continuity initiatives are already having an impact on key performance metrics in the majority of organizations we surveyed.
Average improvement in production metrics because of digital continuity
Source: Capgemini Research Institute, A&D digital continuity survey, March 2025, N = 179 organizations; 88 A&D organizations who have already seen safety benefits, 77 for quality benefits, 72 for efficiency, 46 for lead time.
Sixty eight percent of A&D organizations have established strategic goals for digital continuity for the next three years, which is driving a surge in investment.
Our survey showed investment is anticipated to increase to 3.4% of planned revenue, on average, by 2028, representing a 12.8% CAGR for 2024–28.
Average investment in digital continuity in 2024 and planned for 2028, by company size
Source: Capgemini Research Institute, A&D digital continuity survey, March 2025, N = 151 organizations; 70 organizations with $500 m–$1 bn, 41 organizations $1 bn–$5 bn, 40 organizations with $5 bn+
...provides insights into the adoption of digital continuity across the industry as well as recommendations to help senior A&D leaders realize benefits quickly from digital continuity:
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Commentary from A&D leaders
Strategic recommendations
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