Airbus Commits to use CATIA and ENOVIAVPM Software as The Product Development Platform for the A3XX and Future Aircraft Programs.Business Editors TOULOUSE, France & SURESNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000 Airbus Industrie, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Dassault Systemes Dassault Systemes (Dassault Systèmes S.A.) (Pronounced - Dasoh) (NASDAQ: DASTY; Euronext: 13065) is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : DASTY) today announced that Airbus has signed a memorandum of agreement A memorandum of agreement (MOA) or cooperative agreement is a document written between parties to cooperatively work together on an agreed upon project or meet an agreed upon objective. The purpose of an MOA is to have a written understanding of the agreement between parties. by which Airbus intends to purchase Dassault Systemes and IBM CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. and ENOVIAVPM, as major software for Aircraft development and manufacturing within Airbus. Pursuant to this initial seven-year agreement, over 2500 seats will be deployed within Airbus to support the development of the A3XX. CATIA will be used for the product creation and simulation. ENOVIAVPM will be used to provide an integrated design The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. through manufacturing solutions and to establish the link with the PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and system used by Airbus. As far as digital factory software is concerned, Airbus is also considering the use of DELMIA DELMIA Digital Enterprise Lean Manufacturing Interactive Application software. The use of IBM and Dassault Systemes software throughout the Airbus extended enterprise, will largely contribute to the complete integration of the digital aircraft development. On June 23 Airbus started to offer the A3XX aircraft to airlines. The aircraft will be the largest aircraft ever built with 550 passengers. The first flight is scheduled in 2004. The A3XX will be designed and manufactured by the Airbus partners, in association with 10 risk sharing partners. "The selection of the CATIA products to help design our aircraft shows our confidence into this system to support the A3XX development," says Alain GARCIA, Senior Vice President Engineering for the new AIRBUS Integrated Company. "CATIA will be a major tool in our virtual reality system, linking design and manufacture and maintenance of the aircraft, years before it actually exists." "We are delighted to start this major partnership with Airbus and to contribute to the A3XX program," stated Etienne Droit [French, Justice, right, law.] A term denoting the abstract concept of law or a right. Droit is as variable a phrase as the English right or the Latin jus. It signifies the entire body of law or a right in terms of a duty or obligation. , Executive Vice-President Sales and Marketing, Dassault Systemes. "This decision from Airbus demonstrates again the leadership of CATIA and ENOVIAVPM technologies in the support of collaborative work required within aircraft development processes. Our most advanced technologies, including CATIA Version 5 Knowledgeware, will contribute to perform the A3XX development within the time and cost objectives." "We are pleased that Airbus has also chosen our new Product Lifecycle Management e-business solutions area," stated Martin Jetter, General Manager IBM Product Lifecycle Management solutions. "We have a strong commitment to the aerospace industry worldwide, and the support of IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. as well as our major partners can assist Airbus in driving for innovation through engineering excellence in a highly competitive market." IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Sales & Distribution, which supports more than a dozen key industries worldwide, works with companies of all sizes around the world to deploy the full range of IBM technologies. Dassault Systemes is the premier global software developer of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design ) solutions, providing companies with e-business solutions to implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire product lifecycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality, competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product lifecycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and Smart Solutions, as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D design-centric and TeamPDM software solutions based on Windows. Information about IBM is available at http://www.ibm.com Information about Dassault Systemes is available at http://www.dsweb.com Information about Airbus is available at http://www.airbus.com |
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