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The German Aerospace Center (DLR) plans to simulate airplane behavior with a supercomputer.

Today T-Systems introduced a supercomputer to the public at the research site in Braunschweig. It is one of the fastest industrial computers for aviation research worldwide. Researchers and scientists are using the supercomputer for their C²A²S²E project, which is an innovation cooperation between DLR, the German state of Lower Saxony and Airbus. With the simulation of airplane behavior, the Braunschweig-based scientists want to reduce development costs and increase flight security while seeking out new ways of reducing noise and air pollution. Experts believe that the number of airline passengers will triple by 2020.

The supercomputer, developed and operated by T-Systems, runs on the basis of Sun Microsystems hardware and will be capable of processing 46.6 trillion operations per second via so-called floating points, which could fill a 2,100-foot-high CD rack with data in one second.