Aviation Week Market Supplement September 10, 2007

UGS’ AWARD-WINNING PLM SOFTWARE UGS PLM Software, the Plano, Tex., division of Siemens Automation and Drives, is a leader in product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, with 4.4 million licensed seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. The company’s portfolio includes TeamCenter, a key component of the data management, configuration management, knowledge sharing, access control and modeling capabilities used on the F-35. In 2006, TeamCenter won the Aviation Week & Space Technology Product Breakthrough Award in the defense design category for its impact on the F-35, F/A-18 and other programs. UGS PLM Software’s vision is to enable organizations to collaborate through global innovation networks, delivering world-class products and services. At the same time, the company’s open-enterprise solutions help organizations fulfill their mission of transforming the way they innovate. www.siemens.com/ugs I VSI SUPPLIES HELMET-MOUNTED CUEING SYSTEMS Vision Systems International (VSI) is a leading supplier of helmet-mounted cueing systems for fixed-wing, tactical fighter aircraft. VSI is a joint venture of EFW Inc. of Fort Worth and Rockwell Collins. VSI has been selected by Lockheed Martin and Boeing as the supplier of choice for helmet-mounted cueing systems for the F/A-18, F-15, F16 and F-35. VSI brings together precision optics and electronics to develop and deliver products and systems to enhance the fighter pilots’ situational awareness and mission effectiveness. Targeting cues and aircraft performance parameters are graphically displayed directly on the pilot’s helmet visor, providing “firstlook, first-shot” weapons engagement capability to result in the highest levels of lethality and survivability. This, combined with the display of data-link and navigational cues, provides the pilot with improved situational awareness. www.vsi-hmcs.com I F-35: THE WORLD’S FIRST TRULY GLOBAL WEAPON SYSTEM ALLIANCE produced four test systems for proof of design and manufacture, double the usual number. Factory employees took part, and the result was a simpler, modular box. If he could do it over again, Gobel would add two more test systems to enable more software evaluation and risk-reduction/accelerated-growth planning. Northrop Grumman created new design processes as its team focused on cost. The Electronic Systems Sector developed a SUSTAINING THE PROGRAM Another major challenge on any international project is how to sustain the system in the field. The F-35 team is identifying centers of excellence and depots, from which all suppliers will operate. The goal is to service the aircraft, not repair it. Thus, the focus is on plug-and-play systems, monitoring and diagnostics. The nature of the F-35 international coalition requires that sustainment be done The F-35 integrated test force control room at Edwards AFB, Calif., enables real-time monitoring of the aircraft during test flights. plug-and-play installation for the radar antenna. The aperture system combines 365-deg. sensing and visibility to the pilot, enabling him to “see” through the aircraft’s sidewalls or floor. The system, which in the past would have been designed by Northrop Grumman and then put out for bid, engaged international suppliers before design began. The complete value chain has visibility into targets for capability and cost through the year 2033. “Affordability and technology insertions in those out years are just as important to us as the initial design and development work,” says Dave Bouchard, F-35 program director for Northrop Grumman. “It’s a big carrot out there.” in such a way as to protect the operational data of each country while providing the data required to service individual aircraft. Marillyn Hewson, vice president of global sustainment for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, says the international partners have differing support needs. “Many of our customers just want a complete sustainment solution so they don’t have to manage individual tasks, parts and service.” Others want parts of the sustainment package. The nerve center for aircraft being flown is the JSF Autonomic Logistics Operations Center, which is expected to synchronize the supplier network to meet the needs of each customer. www.aviationweek.com/awst S12 AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY MARKET SUPPLEMENT/SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 U.S. Air Force photo/Jet Fabara http://www.siemens.com/ugs http://www.vsi-hmcs.com http://www.aviationweek.com/awst

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