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Aerospace Fastener Group Upgrades System, Watches Scalability and Productivity Soar: LFC has a sister company that generates invoices for both companies. Information was being driven back and forth between the companies, and this was not a long-term solution. In addition, the company's shop order and inventory systems were based on an MS-DOS platform and were not scalable. Finally, the company's...; Tags: Scalability, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, LFC, LFC Industries, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware; Case studies 2008-03-12
Birds give a lesson to plane designers: You all know that most species of animals can fly -- but not humans. There are more than a million species of flying insects, but do you know that among the 13,000 warm-blood vertebrate species (which include birds and mammals), about 10,000 of them are able to fly (9,000 birds...; Tags: Bird, Aircraft, Aerospace, Reynolds, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-07
Providing for Data Protection and Faster Backups With Sun: Named after Orville and Wilbur Wright, the inventors of powered flight, Wright State University continues their tradition of innovation. A rich and dynamic community of nearly 17,000 students, Wright State offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and nearly 50 Ph.D., master's and professional degrees, and its School of Medicine is...; Tags: Data Protection, Sun Microsystems Inc., Tape Backup, Aerospace, Wright State University, Backups, Data Centers, Aerospace & Defense, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Manufacturing; Case studies 2007-12-01
Aerospace Dynamics International Uses NX CAM to Speed NC Programming for Large, Complex Parts Produced on High-Speed, Five-Axis Machines: Aerospace Dynamics International (ADI) manufactures large components such as aircraft wing spars and bulkheads and panels for the space shuttle's external fuel tanks. Aerospace Dynamics International no longer has time to code intricate machine motion by hand, yet it still needs the control that hand-programming provides. The installation of seven...; Tags: Siemens AG, Network Computer, Aerospace, NX CAM, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing; Case studies 2007-11-01
Photos: X Prize rocket rally in New Mexico: The X Prize Cup didn't get the liftoff it hoped for, but there was plenty over the weekend to satisfy aerospace enthusiasts. by CNET News.com; Tags: Photograph, Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2007-10-29

Toward greener jet fuels: Researchers at Princeton University are currently working on two projects to reduce jet travel's role in global warming. The first one, a major project funded by the U.S. Air Force with $7.5 million, is focused on developing computational models that accurately simulate the burning of jet fuel, a complex process...; Tags: Princeton University, Petroleum, Aerospace, Alternative Fuel, Aerospace & Defense, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-10-21
Advanced CAE Tools and Expertise Support Aerospace Innovation: Founded in 1995, Dynamic Concepts Inc. (DCI) has forged a reputation for simulation expertise in the aerospace and defense communities. Dynamic Concepts wanted to assist customers with solutions to technically complex problems and provide fast, accurate analysis and simulation. The challenge was to support innovation in space exploration. The company...; Tags: Innovation, Expertise, Siemens AG, Aerospace, Analysis, Aerospace & Defense, Leadership, Manufacturing, Management; Case studies 2007-10-01
To the moon, Google-style: From NextFest in Los Angeles: CNET's Molly Wood takes a look at how Google has teamed up with the X Prize Foundation, offering $30 million to the first private outfit to send a rover to the moon.; Tags: google, x prize, x-prize, space, moon, aerospace, mission, prize, rover, molly wood; Videos 2007-09-14
Digital Manufacturing Reduces Ramp-Up Duration and Improves the Quality of a Complex Chassis Assembly: The Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D) is the leading manufacturer in this field worldwide. The company's challenge was to speed ramp-up of increasingly complex factory automation systems. More and more, A&D is called on to develop increasingly complex automation solutions within shorter time frames. To meet these challenges, the...; Tags: Siemens AG, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense; Case studies 2007-09-01
Profiting From a Software Upgrade: Wittenstein consists of six independent business units that meet the demands of a variety of industries with products such as servo and elevator drives, servo drive systems, miniature servo motors, highly innovative solutions in the field of medical technology, innovative gear technology and aerospace components. To ensure high-quality drawings, for...; Tags: Siemens AG, Aerospace, Wittenstein, Aerospace & Defense, Software Upgrade, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-09-01
Photos: Russian air show aims high: The MAKS 2007 event has lofty aspirations, but is it ready yet to surpass the Paris Air Show? For hard-core aviation fans, it may not matter.The distance between France and Russia is more than just half a continent. You can see it in everything from drink (wine vs. vodka) to...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Food & Beverage, photograph, MAKS 2007 event, MAKS 2007, Paris Air Show, aircraft, Russia, theorist, aerospace company, Salon, magnet, pride, resort, aspiration, defense contractor, jet, toilet, blockbuster, spectator, wine, continent, staff writer, aerospa; Image galleries 2007-08-23
Photos: NASA prepares for moon mission--under water: A crew of aquanauts is spending 10 days in an undersea laboratory to simulate what life might be like on the lunar surface.Three astronauts and a Constellation Program aerospace engineer are spending 10 days at the bottom of the ocean--simulating what life could be like at a moon base or...; Tags: photograph, Aquarius Underwater Laboratory, aquanaut, shovel, NASA, University of North Carolina, NOAA, alien, coast, stay, ocean, aerospace; Image galleries 2007-08-14
Cell Broadband Engine, Teraflop Processors and Disruptive Technologies 2008-2012: The Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry is facing a unique opportunity to achieve breakthrough power in signal and data processing, security, simulation, modeling and surveillance with multi-core processors. To meet that demand, the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) architecture, a revolutionary new heterogeneous, multi-core chip architecture, promises new levels of efficiency...; Tags: Multi-core Processor, Teraflop, Broadband, Multi-core, Aerospace, Cell, Processors, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Manufacturing; White papers 2007-08-01
How Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing Is Optimizing Aerospace Supply Chain Visibility Using RFID1: Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing: needed a high performance RFID and the associated enabled information system at an affordable entry point price; needed to implement the system with a minimal investment in a software solution; because they ship specialized products to airline manufacturers, the products run on a given Killdeer production line...; Tags: Manufacturing, Aerospace, Paxar, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics; Case studies 2007-07-25
Aerospace IT Company Improves Flexibility, Enhances Support Services With New System: Umeco Supply Chain is a division of Umeco, a leading supplier of products and services to the aerospace, defence, motorsport, and automotive industries. The Umeco Supply Chain IT team of six must work very hard to ensure the company's workforce can access IT systems on demand. Umeco Components enlisted the...; Tags: Team, Support Services, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, Umeco Supply Chain, Team Management, Aerospace & Defense, Management, Manufacturing; Case studies 2007-04-01
Automation Company Improves Business Efficiency With New Communications Solution: When Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) wanted to make its business more efficient, it set up an internal communications system. Its first company intranet was not user friendly, however, and annual updates reduced effectiveness. Siemens A&D needed a solution all employees could use to easily upload information. The solution would...; Tags: Siemens AG, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, Intranet, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing; Case studies 2007-01-22
Allied Aerospace, a Manufacturer of Wind Tunnel Models and Other Flight Systems, Uses NX to Shrink Cycle Times: Allied Aerospace is the only non-government entity in the world that operates wind tunnel test facilities capable of simulating everything from sea level static and low subsonic speeds to tri-sonic (just below hypersonic, or orbital) speed. Allied Aerospace is constantly looking for productivity enhancements to meet demands for faster turnaround....; Tags: Siemens AG, Aerospace, Allied Aerospace, CAD, Aerospace & Defense, Tools & Techniques, Software, Manufacturing, Management; Case studies 2007-01-01
Beyond S1000D: An SOA-Enabled Interoperability Framework for the Aerospace Industry: The aerospace industry is in the process of adopting the new S1000D technical publication standard. S1000D is based on the concepts of modularity, reuse, and metadata. However S1000D alone will not solve all the challenges of modern aerospace data management. While S1000D is the right payload, the exchange between content...; Tags: SOA, Aerospace, S1000D, Aerospace Industry, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Aerospace & Defense, Content Management, Web Technology, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing; White papers 2006-12-09
Enabling Decision Support and Costing of Product Designs by Using Visual Metaphors: The Systems Engineering Estimation and Decision Support (SEEDS) team is part of the Aerospace Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of the West of England Bristol (UWE). SEEDS expertise is in working with aerospace organisations to apply techniques in managing, categorising and visualising information to support costing of products...; Tags: Product Design, Decision Support, Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management; White papers 2006-09-22
Low-income school breaks out with Aerospace: Struggling low-income schools often find it hard to find implement programs that go above and beyond the basics, but one school in St. Paul, MN has found an innovative approach to inspiring its elementary school student's—aerospace. An article from the Aero-News Network reports that Farnsworth Magnet School on the city's...; Tags: Farnsworth Magnet School; Blog posts 2006-06-06