The paper presents a review of modern technologies used today to various degrees in simulating the production activity. The emphasis is primarily made on production in aviation, space and rocket industries. The work objective is to develop approaches to introduction of technologies in practice today without waiting for the final formation of their implementation environment, which in most cases requires serious preparation, fundamental changes and long-term implementation. Without them, the use is becoming impossible in principle or inefficient. Based on these positions, the methodological foundation of technologies was studied, they were systemized, their potential in solving the current production problems was evaluated, and the prospects for their use in future were considered. Main sources of technology containment were shown. Attention was paid to the issues of standardization in the digital transformation. Possibilities and limitations of using the considered technologies in the education were studied in order to train the highly sought specialists familiar with technologies and possessing skills of their practical implementation. In this context, these technologies are conditionally divided into those that could be studied in higher educational aerospace institutions and those that reasonably could be studied within the framework of additional professional educational programs.