As we enter a new era in aerospace development, it’s becoming abundantly clear that new technologies, enabling an end-to-end digital thread, are helping OEMs revolutionize their product development life cycle. This paper explores the many challenges aerospace OEMs and suppliers face today and how a move to the model-based enterprise (MBE) lowers electrical system program risk and delivers new avenues of innovation in electrical and electronic content and integration. See how the switch can help electrical programs with: