From April 17 to 18, 2025, the 2025 Civil Aviation Digital and Intelligent Academic Forum was held in Chengdu. It was guided by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, hosted by Civil Aviation University of China, and co - organized by Sichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd., Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd., and Civil Aviation Flight University of China. The theme of the forum was "Developing New - quality Productivity in Civil Aviation: Digitalization Leads the Intelligent Future," aiming to deeply explore the construction of smart civil aviation and promote high - quality development in the civil aviation sector.

Brilliant Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Brilliant) was invited to participate in this forum. Qi Huanran, Vice President of Brilliant and General Manager of Chengdu Brilliant Digital Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote speech titled "AI Digital Twin Empowers the Intelligent Construction of Civil Aviation Airports." She analyzed the current situation and challenges of civil aviation airport construction and proposed solutions based on AI digital twins.

AI Integration: Building the Core Engine of Smart Airports

At present, the construction of smart airports faces many challenges, such as an incomplete standard system, insufficient perception coverage, severe data - sharing obstacles, and the need for improved intelligent decision - making, which cannot meet the needs of efficient airport operations. Against this backdrop, Brilliant has actively explored the integrated innovation application of digital twins and AI, and developed a new - generation digital - twin - based innovation application product - the digital - twin - plus - AI - powered dual - engine smart airport brain. It provides comprehensive digital support, data space, and intelligent decision - making, changes the traditional management mode of airports, and helps airports achieve intelligent transformation.

Based on Brilliant  BLinkOS digital twin operating system, the digital - twin - based platform integrated with AI has powerful functions. It can not only achieve the digitalization of all airport elements and support the import of nearly a hundred different types of data sources and formats, but also quickly build airport scenarios using generative AI 3D reconstruction technology. It also includes a large number of civil aviation industry model assets to achieve dynamic integration of multi - source business data. Meanwhile, using artificial intelligence technology, it can intelligently recognize, analyze, judge, and predict various types of data, assisting airport managers in making more scientific, efficient, and rational management decisions. It enables airport data circulation, global situation awareness, simulation and deduction, resource management, and intelligent decision - making support.

Diverse Applications: Boosting the Intelligent Upgrade of Airports

Based on the powerful technological core of "digital twin + AI," Brilliant has actively implemented diverse applications in smart airports, covering key areas of airport operations and further promoting the digital and intelligent upgrade of civil aviation airports.

In terms of smart airport operations, it has achieved the integration of all - element data, the connectivity of all - business processes, the restoration of all - scenario situations, and comprehensive intelligent early warning. Through simulation and prediction of apron flight operations and terminal passenger clearance processes, it provides strong support for airport operation decision - making and optimizes core elements such as flight schedules and gate assignments.

Regarding smart safety, it uses AI - based visual analysis and event models to conduct intelligent supervision of apron safety at airports, achieving closed - loop management of the entire life cycle of events and promoting a shift in airport safety management from passive reaction to proactive prevention. The runway incursion prevention and early warning system, which uses domestic BeiDou satellites and advanced chip technology, achieves centimeter - level positioning and millisecond - level early warning, constructing an integrated cloud - edge - end defense system. Emergency rescue management, with the support of AI, has realized five key transformations in command and dispatch, resource management, and other areas, enhancing emergency response capabilities.

In terms of smart management, the intelligent operation and maintenance of airport digital assets builds a digital portrait of facility and equipment health through predictive maintenance models, improving operational efficiency and reducing costs. Intelligent pavement inspection and evaluation using in - vehicle AI technology detects various types of pavement diseases. Intelligent identification of airspace obstacles using satellite remote - sensing image change detection models improves management efficiency and safety.

Regarding smart energy, it establishes a panoramic model of airport facilities and energy consumption and uses AI algorithms and reinforcement learning to dynamically optimize energy distribution strategies. It also achieves intelligent automatic control of terminal equipment to support the construction of green airports.

Digital twin technology is the foundational technology for constructing digital scenarios and advancing digital construction, while AI is the core force for achieving intelligent transformation. The deep integration of digital twins and AI will become the core driving force for the digital and intelligent transformation of various industries. As a new infrastructure builder for the metaverse infrastructure and a leader in the spatial digital twin field, Brilliant has been deeply involved in the development and innovative application of digital twin technology since its establishment in 2005. It has taken the lead in applying technological achievements to the civil aviation airport sector, successively creating industry - leading cases such as Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport. It has also gradually extended its technology into multiple sectors, including energy, transportation, and low - altitude airspace.

In the future, Brilliant  will continue to improve, deepen, and innovate its technology and products based on the dual - engine technological core of digital twins and AI. It will empower the digital and intelligent transformation of civil aviation airports with digital twins and AI, and promote the full arrival of the smart aviation era.