Bringing intelligence to defence & aerospace

Simms helps OEMs, software companies and system integrators evaluate and deploy the computing, vision, memory and storage technologies behind advanced aerospace and defence applications.

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Where Edge AI makes a difference

Enabling advanced aerospace and defence technology through Edge AI, intelligent vision and rugged computing.

Autonomous systems

Support the development of intelligent uncrewed platforms through compact computing, vision technology and efficient onboard data processing. Enable sensing, environmental awareness and inspection capabilities without relying entirely on cloud connectivity.

Applications: Surface inspection, product defects, assembly verification, anomaly detection.

Intelligent inspection

Enable AI-powered inspection of aircraft, components and aerospace manufacturing processes. Machine vision can assist with identifying visual abnormalities, analysing component conditions and improving consistency across inspection workflows.

Applications: Aircraft surface inspection, composite material analysis, manufacturing quality control and maintenance imaging.

Asset monitoring

Support intelligent monitoring of equipment and infrastructure through local analysis of sensor data. Edge-based systems can help identify changing conditions, detect anomalies and provide useful insights for engineering and maintenance teams.

Applications: Equipment condition monitoring, maintenance analytics, environmental sensing and infrastructure inspection.

Remote intelligence

Process visual and sensor information closer to the source across remote installations and distributed infrastructure. Embedded computing can reduce continuous data-transfer requirements and help systems continue operating.

Applications: Applications: Remote asset monitoring, ground-based sensing, distributed equipment diagnostics and satellite ground infrastructure.

Helping the innovators behind advanced systems

Build intelligence into advanced systems

We help equipment manufacturers identify and evaluate embedded computing, vision technology and industrial components for next-generation platforms and products.

Ideal for: Aerospace equipment OEMs, uncrewed platform developers and specialist electronics manufacturers.

Give advanced AI in the field a hardware foundation

You've developed software for intelligent sensing, inspection or analytics. We help identify the processing platforms and supporting hardware required to run your application at the edge.

Ideal for: Computer vision developers, aerospace analytics providers and sensing software specialists.

Simplify complex hardware integration

We support engineering teams with computing, memory, storage, connectivity and vision hardware selection, helping them address technical requirements and deployment challenges.

Ideal for: Aerospace engineering specialists, electronics integrators and industrial technology providers.

Our approach and value

Advanced aerospace and defence applications can place demanding requirements on embedded hardware. Processing performance, size, weight, power consumption, operating conditions and component longevity must all be considered alongside the wider system design.

Simms brings together specialist hardware manufacturers, technical expertise and supply capabilities to help developers select suitable technologies and move from initial evaluation towards repeatable deployment.