Enquiring minds want to know...
Press release from UGS: "Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to Deploy UGS Teamcenter 2005 PLM Software for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. Number one defense contractor relies on 7,000 licenses of industry's leading PLM solution to serve as the digital backbone for its global collaboration network."
And a press release a day earlier from Dassault Systemes: "Lockheed Martin moves ahead with DS PLM Solutions for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. Chosen as the prime contractor for this strategic project, Lockheed Martin has set aggressive goals and made the decision to migrate as soon as possible from CATIA V4 to CATIA V5 for product development and DELMIA for manufacturing simulation, both PLM solutions developed by DS."
Enquiring minds want to know how one project uses two PLM systems. (Thx to Jason for the tip-off.)
As for Dassault's mention of migrating from V4 to V5: CoreTechnologies notes that its 3D_Evolution software is being used by Lockheed Martin to convert Catia V4 drawings to Catia V5.
Responses
From Derek Lane, pr manager at Dassault Systemes: "LHMC [Lockheed Martin] is using CATIA V5 and DELMIA V5 for design/definition and manufacturing process simulation, respectively. I assume the TC [UGS TeamCenter] at LHMC is for PDM [product data management].
"The LHMC announcement by UGS on Friday was just an upgrade to Teamcenter 2005. No new seats. Similar in nature to their Nissan announcement. Not a new win. Just an old account that they managed to hold onto."
From Jim Phelan, director of PLM media relations at UGS: "As you know, a PLM [product lifecycle management] system is commonly defined as the software used to manage and control the data and processes associated with a product's entire lifecycle. A broader definition can also include the myriad
software tools used to create the product related data that feeds the controlling PLM system.
"UGS' Teamcenter is a comprehensive portfolio of PLM solutions used by Lockheed Martin as the central data management hub responsible for controlling, organizing and securely distributing multiple bills-of-materials, parts catalogs, material specifications and a wide variety of additional product data including the detailed product geometry created by multiple computer-aided design (CAD) systems. In addition, Lockheed Martin uses Teamcenter to provide support for its full regulatory compliance with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and all other pertinent domestic and international regulations.
"In addition to the 7000 Teamcenter seats used directly by Lockheed Martin, 2000 additional seats are in use throughout the entire JSF project by all of the JSF global coalition partners and suppliers. These 9000 Teamcenter licenses are used to manage the terabytes of data associated with the complete technical definition of each model and serial number of the F-35 aircraft. This massive amount of data comes from a wide variety of software tools including CATIA and DELMIA which are used on JSF for CAD and manufacturing imulation respectively.
"Finally, in addition to managing all of the JSF product data and configurations and providing support for regulatory compliance, Teamcenter is also the exclusive tool used on the JSF Program to enable
product visualization and global real-time collaboration.
"Lockheed Martin also uses UGS' NX Nastran software as their digital simulation software. Therefore, in positioning the variety of software tools used by Lockheed Martin, NX Nastran is one of the applications that create product related data that is managed and controlled using UGS' Teamcenter PLM portfolio."
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