Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath on Thursday expressed concern over the competence and capability to innovate among start-ups and companies working in the domain of aerostructures.
Speaking at the International Conference on Advances in Computational and Experimental Approaches in Aerostructures, Mr. Somanath said, “I think it is a point of concern to me because I have been going around the country and looking at start-ups and companies who have been designing aerospace structures. Concerning hardwares, especially in the domain of aerospace structures, I am not seeing that type of competence or that type of capability to innovate or do things differently than in the past.”
He added that classical approaches still continue and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in practice is not happening.
“Possibly some of you might differ with me, but the classical approaches still continue though you talk about data driven models. The AI integration of this is being talked about in practice but not happening. Of course, it is happening in the domain of companies who are coming out with solutions because multi-physics problem-solving software is coming in our midst and using it to find solutions has become a routine,” he added.
