iBase-t, the leader in digital manufacturing and sustainment solutions for Aerospace & Defence (A&D), announced the general availability (GA) of Solumina AI, the only artificial intelligence platform purpose-built for regulated A&D manufacturing environments. Alongside the platform release, iBase-t also announced GA of the first four Solumina AI modules: Solumina ScanAI, Solumina Digital SME, Solumina Intelligence, and Solumina PulseAI. 

In Aerospace & Defence, general-purpose or “horizontal” AI assistants designed for broad business workflows are not just insufficient — they can introduce real risk. Without an A&D-specific process context, governed data access, and traceability, generic AI can produce risks through inaccurate outputs, quality escapes, and compliance exposure in highly regulated environments.  

As Gartner VP Analyst Sumit Agarwal noted, “Gartner predicts that by 2027, organisations will use small, task-specific AI models three times more than general-purpose large language models…These smaller, task-specific models provide quicker responses and use less computational power, reducing operational and maintenance costs.”

While many ERP and PLM vendors have rushed to bolt general-purpose AI onto their systems, iBase-t has taken a fundamentally different approach. Solumina AI is a governed, A&D-specific vertical AI platform embedded directly within the Solumina Manufacturing and Sustainment Operations Platform — the A&D industry’s operational system of record. Powered by high-fidelity manufacturing, quality, and sustainment data, Solumina AI delivers contextual, trustworthy intelligence aligned to regulated processes and stringent security requirements. Customers can expect improved first-time quality, reduced operational and compliance risk, and higher overall productivity.  

“Solumina AI represents a fundamental shift from experimenting with AI to operationalising it in the most demanding manufacturing environments,” said Sung Kim, Chief Technology Officer at iBase-t. “By embedding AI directly into Solumina, we’re delivering intelligence that understands our customers’ data, processes, and regulatory realities. The result is trusted, domain-constrained, audit-ready AI that improves quality, accelerates decision-making, and reduces risk from day one.”