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Aerospace Firm Moves From Mainframe to Microsoft SQL Server, Saves Time and Money
L-3 Vertex Aerospace has more than 11,000 staff at 300 locations around the world to service 3,500 aircraft, including 89 distinct types, primarily for the U.S. government. Bidding on new contracts requires drawing on millions of rows of accounting and inventory data, which had been stored on an IBM 3090...
Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, L-3 Vertex Aerospace, Mainframes, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management
Case studies 2008-05-01
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
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
Aerospace Firm Attracts Customers With High-Performance Computing
Washington-based Andrews Space is an affordable integrator of aerospace systems and a developer of advanced space technologies. Andrews Space needed a new parallel-processing computing environment with the high-performance that complex contracts demand, and the cost-effectiveness to meet its budget requirements. After researching processors and interconnect technology, Andrews Space elected to...
Tags: High-performance Computing, High-performance, Cisco Systems Inc., Aerospace, 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: news, xprize, space, expo, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2007-10-30
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, TechRepublic Inc.
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
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
Geek Trivia: Space ship, too
What is the planned name for the first Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo passenger spacecraft? Two years ago, outer space finally went public when a crazy bunch of entrepreneurs (well, a billionaire and a genius aerospace engineer, anyway) took spaceflight private. On June 21, 2004, Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne...
Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Jay Garmon, SpaceShipTwo, aerospace, Virgin, Virgin Galactic, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Spacecraft, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, SpaceShipOne, Passenger, Manufacturing
Technical articles 2006-06-20
Tips and Tricks for Tuning CFD Codes
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics is one of the most used codes in aerospace. It is used for a variety of things such as external aerodynamics, internal aerodynamics, time dependent aerodynamics, aerodynamic noise, heat transfer, multi-phase flows (such as those in high-speed engines and rockets), and aerodynamic-optic analysis. There are also...
Tags: Flight, Linux NetworX, Aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing
White papers 2006-04-05
Lean on MRO Throughout the A&D Supply Network
The future of the lean MRO enterprise is dependent upon having immediate access to accurate and timely information, analyzing that information for deep understanding, and applying that understanding to business processes that improve performance and eliminate waste. By implementing best practices such as performance-based logistics, failure mode, effects, and criticality...
Tags: Asset, Oracle Corp., Performance, Network, Aerospace, Asset Management, Supply Chain, Performance Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2006-04-01


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