Aviation Week Market Supplement September 10, 2007

F-35: THE WORLD’S FIRST TRULY GLOBAL WEAPON SYSTEM ALLIANCE data. UGS Executive Vice President David Shirk says the original TeamCenter’s rulewriting system was too rigid and had to be made more flexible to provide for the various access levels. Scalability was a second crucial issue, requiring another upgrade to handle the F-35’s 4,000 variations. The F-35 team relied on sharing digital mockup and process simulation models with team members, with 3D virtual-design reviews cutting time and cost from the design process. However, this capability requires speed and bandwidth, which vary, depending on country and company location. UGS improvised a fix to keep data and information flowing real-time. Personal relationships are something that each major subsystem supplier handled differently. The challenge was to create a team that was dispersed geographically without creating additional cost. they’re also assessing how to continue to prevent cost and weight creep and determine what they would do differently on future international coalitions. BAE Systems’ Gobel believes one strength of the program has been the focus on capability, rather than type specification or detailed design requirements. “We were provided with a list of operational capabilities—a specific passivedetection range, rather than what sensitivity or gain we had to have at the antenna,” Gobel explains. The resulting technology is similar to a digital gaming station. The NEW BREED PROVIDES LOGISTICS SUPPORT ON MANY PROGRAMS New Breed Logistics, headquartered in High Point, N.C., provides warehousing and distribution, manufacturing support, performance-based logistics, service parts logistics, reverse logistics and repair, transportation management and supply chain consulting, including parts kitting and line-side delivery services. As a lead logistics supplier, New Breed manages and integrates the efforts of multiple logistics providers. New Breed supports many aerospace programs, including spares for Sikorsky helicopters and Boeing’s F/A-18 Integrated Readiness Support Teaming program; line-side delivery and spares for the Boeing H-46, Bell-Boeing V-22, Boeing KC-767 tankers for Japan and Italy, USAF and Korean F-15s, and the Boeing C-17. The company also provides parts kitting and line-side delivery services for Boeing new-build military rotorcraft and the Boeing 787. www.newbreed.com I software inside the box—the game per se—changes, but not the box. Gobel says an international coalition demands this type of consistent and continuous focus on baseline goals: cost as a technical requirement, driving weight and cost below requirements early in the design phase, building in capacity to upgrade without hardware cost and ensuring ease of access to make supporting the aircraft less complex. The F-35 team drills on that message continuously. Gobel says it pushed BAE Systems to do things differently. The team RTI INTERNATIONAL PROVIDING METAL FOR F-35 RTI International Inc. (NYSE: RTI) will provide more than 80 million lb. of titanium mill products through 2020 for production of the F-35. The contract extension announced in May of this year is valued in excess of $2 billion. RTI will provide annually the first eight million pounds of titanium mill product used for the F-35 program, including plate, sheet and billet titanium products. This contract has resulted in RTI announcing a $100-million facilities expansion to support the F-35. RTI—which has locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia—manufactures and distributes titanium and specialty-metal mill products, extruded shapes, formed parts and engineered systems for aerospace, industrial, defense, energy, chemical and consumer applications for customers worldwide. To learn more about RTI International Metals Inc., visit www.rtiintl.com I www.aviationweek.com/awst HOW TO DO THINGS EVEN BETTER While suppliers are ramping up to meet low-rate initial production schedules, W.L. GORE PRODUCTS HAVE MANY AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS Bill and Vieve Gore founded W. L. Gore & Associates in 1958 to find uses for fluorocarbon polymers, specifically polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Gore’s aerospace products are found in commercial, military and business aircraft, as well as missiles and spacecraft. They have been vital and trusted components of space missions dating from the Apollo program. Gore’s Skyflex Aircraft Sealant protects aircraft panels, fuel tanks, floorboards and windshields from corrosion. Gore fiber is woven into the outer layer of astronauts’ space suits to protect them from ultraviolet rays and temperature extremes. Gore electronic products—including wire, cable, and assemblies—are used in aircraft systems to provide reliable performance and high signal fidelity to critical components. Gore has 8,000 associates in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. www.gore.com I S10 AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SUPPLEMENT/SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 http://www.newbreed.com http://www.rtiintl.com http://www.gore.com http://www.aviationweek.com/awst

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Aviation Week Market Supplement September 10, 2007

For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.