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News Release from: Vistagy
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2004
JSF project brings more sales of
FiberSIM
Vistagy has sold a further $1.95 million worth of FiberSIM software and services to Northrop Grumman Corp.
Vistagy has sold a further $1.95 million worth of FiberSIM software and services to Northrop Grumman Corp The purchase expands Northrop Grumman's use of FiberSIM as a tool of choice for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, the largest defence contract in US history
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector purchased FiberSIM for use by the F-35 Center Fuselage Integrated Product Team, based in El Segundo, California.
Northrop Grumman, a principal member of the Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF team, is responsible for the F-35 centre fuselage section.
The F-35 is a stealthy, supersonic, multiple-role fighter plane being developed for the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy and the militaries of numerous allied nations.
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New software technology aids composites design
Version 4.0 of FiberSIM from Vistagy enables engineers working with CAD systems to design products made from lightweight, high-performance composite materials.
Composite design runs within Catia
Vistagy has released the latest version of its FiberSIM software for use on the Catia V5 platform.
It will replace a wide range of aging fighter and strike aircrafts.
The centre fuselage of the F-35 makes use of composite materials because of their high strength-to-weight ratio.
The Centre Fuselage Team is using FiberSIM software in design to optimise composite parts, analyse producibility, and automate manufacturing tasks.
The Centre Fuselage Team will include more than 100 FiberSIM users in its multidisciplinary design and engineering program.
They will use FiberSIM 4.1, integrated with the Catia V5 CAD system, to design laminates, assess laminate characteristics, generate 3D engineering documentation, and verify the producibility of plies over complex contours.
In addition, the manufacturing department will generate flat patterns, laser projection programs, and data for advanced fibre placement machines using the software.
The resulting FiberSIM data will also be available to personnel in the material department and on the manufacturing floor.
"Northrop Grumman considers our composite design, development, and manufacturing skills to be a core competency", says Randy Schaffer, Northrop Grumman F-35 Centre Fuselage Structural Design Manager.
"We already utilise automated manufacturing of composite parts.
FiberSIM supports our existing capabilities".
"The F-35 Team's use of FiberSIM helped win the world's largest defence contract during the competition phase of the demonstration programme", says Steve Luby, President and CEO of Vistagy.
"Their continued commitment to FiberSIM recognises the robust capabilities that we have built into FiberSIM to make it the standard tool for composite design in aerospace".
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