Military Air Solutions selects UGS Teamcenter for new in service programme backbone
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Military Air Solutions, part of BAE Systems, has selected UGS Teamcenter PLM (product lifecycle management) software as its business-wide knowledge management technology for aircraft platforms.
The company says it intends to use the suite to support its new business approach of providing better post-production support for customers’ aircraft.
Teamcenter will serve as the foundation for Military Air Solutions’ MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) solution and will manage all of product configurations for each individual aircraft – from design to disposal.
It will also act as a virtual knowledge manager, seamlessly integrating the data and functions associated with aircraft engineering and post-delivery service and support.
Military Air Solutions says it will use Teamcenter, for example, to ensure that the MoD has its required aircraft fleet available for operational use at any time. The company’s in-service personnel will have global access to product data that predicts maintenance activities and requirements for spare parts, thus reducing aircraft downtime.
“BAE Systems is moving toward greater involvement in the life support of its products by working in partnership with its principal customer,” says Graham Malley, BAE Systems’ PLM programme manager. “With the lifespan of an aircraft typically expanding to more than 50 years, managing complex data needed to build, modify, repair and operate the aircraft is a challenging task.”
Teamcenter replaces the existing solution and a number of legacy systems.
