Bell Helicopter Extends and Expands CATIA Usage For Design of Advanced Tiltrotor Aircraft.FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 1998--IBM(a) 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. today announced an agreement in which Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. has purchased more than 100 additional seats of 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. Solutions,(b) the world's leading computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive , manufacturing and engineering software. The installation of these additional seats will be completed by year-end. The software will be used to design additional models of and enhancements to the Bell BA609 commercial tiltrotor aircraft, the V-22 Osprey, the Eagle Eye UAV UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV Unmanned Air Vehicle UAV Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle UAV Unmanned Airborne Vehicle UAV Uninhabited Air Vehicle UAV Urban Assault Vehicle UAV Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle (less common) (unmanned aerial vehicle A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. ), the 407, 427 and other helicopters.(c) Bell currently has 70 advance orders from more than 40 customers for the BA609. The BA609 combines the takeoff, hover and landing qualities of a helicopter with the ability to tilt its engines from vertical to horizontal and fly with the high speed, range and efficiency of a fixed-wing turboprop turboprop: see turbine. turboprop Hybrid engine that provides jet thrust and also drives a propeller. It is similar to the turbojet except that an added turbine, behind the combustion chamber, works through a shaft and speed-reducing gears to turn a aircraft. With a capacity of nine passengers, the BA609 will be the world's first civil tiltrotor aircraft. First customer delivery is scheduled for April 2002. The additional CATIA seats bring the total in use at Bell to 300 in North America, confirming it as a primary CAD/CAM/CAE software in use at the company. "For more than two decades Bell Helicopter has been a valued 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) customer, and we are pleased to continue providing the company a competitive edge with e-business transformation, services and support along with CATIA software," says Steve Pancoast, aerospace segment director for North America, IBM's Industrial Sector. "Using CATIA helps Bell design and bring to market innovative aircraft with much higher quality than ever while making significant reductions in product development cost." Philippe Forestier, Executive Vice-President Americas Market Development for Dassault Systemes, adds, "Bell's growing use of CATIA is another example of how the world's leading aircraft companies are adopting digital mockup and virtual product design and manufacturing. CATIA is a critical part of Dassault Systemes' vision for the digital enterprise where all aspects of the product development and manufacturing process can be modeled and simulated long before actual assembly begins." Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , Bell Helicopter is the world's leading manufacturer of vertical lift aircraft A vertical lift aircraft is any type of aircraft capable of rising and descending vertically during flight. It includes helicopters, V/STOL jets like the Hawker Siddeley Harrier, and tiltrotor aircraft like the V-22 Osprey. for commercial and military markets. Bell Helicopters is a division of Textron Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TXT TXT Text TXT Text File (filename extension) TXT Textile TXT Teletext TXT Tecnologia per a Tothom TXT Textron Corporation (stock symbol) ) a $10 billion global, multi-industry company with market-leading operations in Aircraft, Automotive, Industrial and Finance. IBM is the leader in creating, developing and manufacturing the world's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics. IBM translates these advanced technologies into value for its customers through its professional solutions and services businesses worldwide. Dassault Systemes S.A. is a leading software developer for the CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM II market -- providing users with solutions for their product development needs. CATIA(b)-CADAM Solutions and Deneb solutions enable total simulation of the creation of a product. SolidWorks, a wholly-owned subsidiary, offers design-oriented, software solutions based on Windows(d). With Java-based CATweb e-business tools, everyone can exploit engineering data over the Web. ENOVIA 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 II Solutions deliver a new multi-CAD collaborative and innovative environment for the virtual product and process modeling and management across the extended enterprise. The company's customer base comprises over 12,000 CATIA-CADAM and 8,500 SolidWorks customers. Bell Helicopter information is available at: http://www.bellhelicopter.textron.com CATIA information is available at: http://www.catia.ibm.com and http://www.ibm.com/mfg/ IBM information is available at: http://www.ibm.com/news Dassault Systemes information is available at: http://www.dsweb.com For additional information, customers can contact their local IBM sales representative. In North America customers can also call 1-800-395-3339 or fax 1-972-280-3140 (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the International Business Machines Corp. (b) CATIA is a registered trademark of Dassault Systemes SA. (c) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (d) Indicates a trademark or registered trademark of another company or organization |
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