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What if someday…we could all travel into space?
Not only would space travel be more accessible to the general public, but it would be more affordable. To make this a reality, companies today are exploring different ways of reducing flight costs. Digitalization is proving to be one of the best ways to achieve this because it allows for the design, testing, and flying of a spacecraft before anything gets built.
Joining the podcast today is Tom Vice, Chief Executive Officer at Sierra Space. A company building the Dream Chaser, a spaceplane set to begin NASA resupply missions to the International Space Station in 2023. Sierra Space also developed the LIFE habitat, an inflatable, modular commercial space research center – with unlimited upside potential. Joining the conversation is Dale Tutt, Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens. Dale has over 30 years of experience in engineering design, development, and program leadership within the aerospace industry.
In this episode, “The Digitalized Future of Space Travel” you’ll learn about the progress being made in space travel as a result of digitalization. You’ll learn more about the technology Sierra Spaced used to create their Dream Chaser and LIFE projects. Additionally, you’ll discover the special role Siemens Xcelerator is playing with these projects.
Space travel… Space exploration… We are at the brink of some wonderful innovations that will change the way we see space forever. I hope you’ll join us for a mind-blowing experience.
In this episode, you will learn:
● The main focus of Sierra Space. (07:36)
● The changes in space exploration that we can expect to see in the next ten years. (13:49)
● How the Dream Chaser came to be. (17:59)
● How Siemens Xcelerator is assisting Sierra Space. (21:42)
● What the LIFE project is about. (31:19)
● The role that digital solutions play in certifying aerospace products. (34:59)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today. Building aerospace products is quite a complex endeavor these days as innovative new technologies are introduced, and customer expectations demand ever-more functionality. This presents a big challenge to companies in the A&D industry as they seek to have their products certified by various governing agencies.
But there is some good news…
Companies today are quickly learning that when they introduce digitalization into the product development process they are opening the process up to virtual testing throughout a product’s entire development lifecycle, making certification a whole lot easier, faster and far less expensive.
In this episode of Talking Aerospace Today we’ll be talking about a digitalized certification process. Joining me is Tom Gill, Senior Consultant at CIMdata and an active member of the PLM A&D Action Group at CIMdata. Tom has over 30 years of experience in engineering design, development and program leadership within the aerospace industry. Also joining me is Dale Tutt, my partner, and Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software.
I’m your host, Scott Salzwedel, and I hope you’ll join us for this highly informative talk on how to improve the certification process among the many obstacles and challenges facing the industry today.
Some questions I ask:
- Could you explain the role that CIMdata plays in the A&D industry? (03:44)
- What can customers expect in terms of certification once they become a more digitalized enterprise? (21:39)
- How does Siemens approach virtual testing? (26:17)
- How does the verification management digital thread work? (29:03)
- What is the role of Xcelerator in A&D? (35:15)
What you’ll learn from this episode:
- Why certification is more difficult for companies still using legacy processes and technology. (06:01)
- The alignment of Siemens digital threads. (07:55)
- The importance of visibility into the supply chain. (12:22)
- Why product certification in the A&D industry is suddenly more challenging. (13:51)
- The benefits of a verification management digital thread (37:48)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
This is an exciting episode because we’re discussing the actual manufacturing of an eVTOL aircraft. This is the episode where the blade – or rotor – meets the sky. How do you build a great product and stay within cost and schedule? And how do you mass produce these things anyway? To build a high-quality, innovative UAM vehicle within cost requires total optimization of the product as well as the production process.
In today’s episode, “The Zero Emissions Aircraft: Production and Product Sustainment” we’ll be discussing the importance of intelligent manufacturing and its many activities from conception and design, to manufacturing and even into product sustainment. I’m pleased once again to be joined by my partner Dale Tutt, who is vice president of aerospace and defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Dale brings a lot of experience and insight to this particular topic.
I’m your host, Scott Salzwedel, and I welcome you to today’s show. In addition to intelligent manufacturing, we’ll also be touching on the importance of the production digital twin and the many digital threads involved in this critical stage of development.
Some really breakthrough stuff here.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How digital threads come together before the start of production. (03:01)
- The role of the digital twin in the production phase. (07:06)
- The difference between the product digital twin and the production digital twin. (10:20)
- How Siemens Xcelerator propels digital transformation. (12:57)
- How additive manufacturing can be used in eVTOL aircraft manufacturing (17:27)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
How do you build a great product and stay within cost and schedule? This is a critical question facing OEMs of zero-emissions aircraft today. And how do you mass produce these things anyway? To build a high-quality air taxi or eVTOL within cost requires the complete optimization of the product – as well as the production process itself.
Today, in our third episode, “The Zero-Emissions Aircraft: Product Design and Building for Certification” we’ll be talking about how to leverage the digital twin to create an optimal design that meets the desired quality and performance standards – and prepares teams for certification. Once again, I am joined by my partner Dale Tutt, vice president of aerospace and defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software.
In our previous podcast, we talked about the variables and trade-offs associated in the early stages of conceptual design. Today, Dale discusses the move out of preliminary design and into the many disciplines and domains associated with product design. We’ll touch on how the digital twin can be leveraged throughout this stage – which includes verification and certification.
I’m your host, Scott Salzwedel, and welcome you to today’s show. In addition to the digital twin, we’ll touch on the digital threads that assist teams during the product design process as we move along deeper product development.
Some really great stuff. I hope you’ll be able to join.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How MBSE digital thread contributes to product design. (07:38)
- The benefits of virtual commissioning. (08:18)
- The role of the digital twin in product optimization. (09:24)
- The processes that should be in place before starting certification. (13:58)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
In commercial aviation, innovation has been motivated by the need to increase speed or carrying capacity. Of course lowering production costs is another huge motivator. And let’s not forget safety. The industry is about to undergo another revolution; this time motivated by the need for more sustainable flight and zero-emissions air travel.
Today, in our second episode of a five-part series, we’re going back to the early planning stages of a zero-emissions aircraft, in an episode we’re calling “Zero-emissions Aircraft – Conceptual Thinking and Preliminary Design.” We’ll cover the digital threads involved in the early conceptual stages and how these digital threads mature as the process progresses. What are the design considerations? How about the trade-offs? You’ll learn the importance of the comprehensive digital twin – even in these early stages.
I’m your host, Scott Salzwedel, and I will be joined once again by my special guest, Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Dale has great insight in the many phases of aircraft development, and he’ll share some of that expertise with us today.
I invite you to take a listen and see how digitalization plays a role in the early stages of aircraft development and helps build cleaner, greener, state-of-the-art, zero-emissions aircraft.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The variables to be considered in the development of a zero-emissions aircraft. (2:00)
- The trade-offs to consider while developing. (3:27)
- The role digital threads play in the early stages of development. (6:24)
- What the preliminary design phase involves. (9:36)
- The role of simulation during the development process. (14:15)
- The difference between the product digital twin and the production digital twin. (16:51)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
Wow, we are at the forefront of something truly revolutionary.
There’s so much innovation going on. And there’s this vision that in the not-to-distant future we’ll all be flying around in urban air mobility vehicles. Seriously. Sure, there are some naysayers out there, but that’s not going to stop the visionaries, the dreamers.
In order to pull this off, the industry needs to transform how it designs and manufactures aircraft. While new techniques and technologies are a must for the eVTOL manufacturers of the world, adopting new design and manufacturing technologies can also give the more established players – those with the more traditional aircraft a huge leg up as well.
In this episode of Talking Aerospace Today we’ll be talking about agile product development. What is agile? And why is this such a big deal? Agile empowers companies to use the latest cutting-edge technologies. Companies become more nimble and more flexible in the engineering process. They can handle change orders easily and customize on the fly. All of this while meeting cost and schedule – taking on risk without compromise.
I’m your host, Scott Salzwedel, and in this episode, I am joined by two A&D industry experts. Jim Roche, Executive Consultant, Director of A&D Practice at CIMdata, and the founder of PLM A&D Action Group. and Dale Tutt, my partner, and Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software.
Please join me for this in-depth, one-of-kind discussion. Where else will you hear about the cascading “waterfall approach” and “sprints” in the same discussion?
In this episode, you will learn:
● What is the mission of the PLM A&D Action Group? (5:50)
● Siemens’ involvement in model-based systems engineering (MBSE). (9:58)
● The shortcomings of the traditional product development approach. (13:10)
● The various aspects of agile product development. (16:11)
● How does Siemens define agile product development? (17:43)
● The challenges agile product development addresses. (22:35)
● What is meant by a “sprint” in the context of agile product development. (24:28)
● The characteristics of the legacy/waterfall approach. (29:37)
● The characteristics of agile product development. (31:02)
● The benefits of digital transformation. (38:24)
● A real-world example of agile product development in action. (39:41)
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CIMdata
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● Siemens Aerospace & Defense website
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
There’s a lot of talk round air mobility these days. So much innovation. No question the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles will have a huge role. There are many reasons as to why eVTOLs will be so popular. One of the primary reasons: zero emissions. Right now, more than ever, new modes of air transportation need to be cleaner, greener and better for our environment.
Today, in our first episode of a new series we’re calling “The Future of Air Mobility: Zero Emissions Aircraft,” we'll be talking about how the aerospace industry is planning for a cleaner, greener future. We’ll cover the various types of propulsion technology and how better blends of fuel are helping to lighten the carbon footprint. You’ll hear about current advancements and how the digital twin is helping companies keep up with the latest technologies.
I am your host, Scott Salzwedel, and I will be joined by Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Dale has a lot to say on this topic – and we plan to cover a lot ground.
So please take a listen as we discuss the promise and future of zero-emissions aircraft.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How the airline industry is preparing for a greener future. (2:08)
- The role of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in reducing hydrocarbons. (3:52)
- Paths towards fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. (5:19)
- Why the wait to reach zero-emissions aircraft? (8:42)
- How energy density and power density relate to one another. (11:49)
- The controversy around hydrogen. (14:45)
- Why a comprehensive digital twin is critical in the design process. (21:33)
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eVTOLs are not only electrically powered but they need an electrical system that’s lean, lightweight, and efficient. They also have to be 110 percent safe - no question about it. So, what are manufacturers doing to ensure they meet these requirements in an efficient manner?
Today, in our fifth and final episode of our "Innovation” podcast series, we'll explore and explain the design and manufacture of an electrical system for today's eVTOL aircraft. We’ll also touch on the importance of power management and why electrical platform weight is so critical to eVTOL design. Of course, all this wouldn’t be possible without a model-based engineering approach so we’ll dive into model-based design and the advantages of this approach when it comes to creating an electrical system for an eVTOL aircraft.
I am your host, Scott Salzwedel, and for the last time in this series, I am joined by Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. We’ll also be joined by and Anthony Nicoli, the Aerospace & Defense Director of Integrated Electrical Systems at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Tony is the Siemens guru of all things electrical in an aircraft.
Please join us as we uncover electrical design considerations for eVTOLs, and how the digital transformation from Siemens addresses these complexities and challenges.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Dale’s experience with electrical systems. (03:00)
- What manufacturers focus on the most in the electrical system of an eVTOL (04:15)
- The challenges with electrical systems in today’s eVTOL designs. (05:03)
- How companies are addressing the power management and platform weight of electrical system design. (05:57)
- How model-based techniques and approaches help with getting certifications easier and faster. (08:35)
- The benefits of using a comprehensive digital twin. (10:09)
- How embracing the digital transformation allows teams to operate more efficiently. (12:32)
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The aerostructural design of an eVTOL aircraft is incredibly important. Yeah, the designs are pretty cool-looking, but considerations need to be made around managing vehicle weight and structural efficiency.
Today, in the fourth podcast of our “Innovation” podcast series, we’ll be discussing eVTOL aerostructural design. This is a very important topic because through composites and employing additive manufacturing, OEMs can build with a stronger, lighter material for optimal aircraft performance. In this episode, we’ll dive into composites and the role additive manufacturing plays and how the digital transformation is making all of this possible.
I am your host, Scott Salzwedel, and in this episode, I am joined by two industry leaders. Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software, and John O'Connor, Director of Product and Marketing Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software.
Luckily for the industry, composites and additive manufacturing have come a long way and play a critical role in the aerostructural design of eVTOL vehicles. Get ready for an extremely profound and insightful conversation.
In this episode, you will learn:
● The unique characteristics of eVTOL structures. (02:47)
● eVTOL structural design challenges. (04:43)
● The challenge of bringing additive and composite technologies together. (05:43)
● Achieving the balance between design optimization and manufacturing constraints. (08:11)
● The role additive manufacturing plays in eVTOL structural design. (10:05)
● How Siemens’ Xcelerator is helping customers with their digital transformation. (13:01)
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When you think about the first airplanes… they were propeller-driven. Then, the jet engine came along and transformed the nature of aviation for good.
Today, we’re ready to embark on the next frontier – electric propulsion. Electric propulsion is a great response to the need for green energy alternatives and battling climate collapse. Electric propulsion is being built into short-haul aircraft, urban air mobility vehicles and even into supersonic air travel.
In our last episode, we had a great conversation on aerodynamic design and the associated elements that impact performance and efficiency. Today, we’ll address power density and thermal management of an eVTOL aircraft. You’ll learn the benefits and challenges of using electrical systems, how companies go about solving those challenges and how Siemens is contributing to the digitalization of this space through the Xcelerator portfolio.
I am your host, Scott Salzwedel, and in this episode, I am joined by two industry leaders. Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software, and Thierry Olbrechts, the Director of Simcenter Aerospace Solutions at Siemens Digital Industries Software.
Please join me for this one-of-kind discussion. Where else are you going to hear about mastering the physics of high-power density electric motors?
In this episode, you will learn:
- The innovations happening in electric propulsion. (02:54)
- The advantages and challenges of electrical systems. (04:03)
- The challenges of electrical propulsion relating to eVTOL design. (05:43)
- What needs to be considered when making electrical propulsion units viable for aviation? (10:03)
- How companies manage the heat produced by the electrical propulsion units. (12:28)
- How Siemens Xcelerator helps customers come up with good solutions. (15:50)
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There’s a huge innovation wave sweeping through our industry.
We’re seeing the emergence of new propulsion techniques (including green energy alternatives), supersonic air travel and the fast-emerging market of urban air mobility vehicles. Knowing the latest technologies available, and solutions to address both innovation and growing complexity, are keys to success and fast entry into market.
Today in this second episode of a five-part series, “eVTOL Aerodynamic Design through Digitalization” we’ll be discussing the aerodynamic design of eVTOL vehicles and the associated elements that impact performance and efficiency. No question, eVTOLs are some of the coolest looking things out there, but do you use tiltrotors? …Tiltwings? …Or both? These types of decisions play heavily in the role of aerodynamic design.
I am your host, Scott Salzwedel, and for this discussion, I am joined by two industry leaders. Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software and Durrell Rittenberg, the Director of A&D for Simcenter at Siemens Digital Industries Software.
Tune in to the latest episode of Talking Aerospace Today and hear how digitalization is helping companies who design, build and manufacture eVTOL vehicles compete more effectively, innovate faster with far less risk.
In this episode, you will learn:
- What makes eVTOL aircraft so unique? (02:48)
- The challenges with eVTOL aerodynamics. (04:27)
- The meaning of Computational Fluid Dynamics and why it's important to eVTOL aerodynamic design. (05:50)
- How Siemens is helping customers achieve eVTOL certification. (07:56)
- The important role of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. (10:25)
- How digital thread technology helps companies innovate faster. (12:35)
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The A&D industry is experiencing unprecedented innovation these days. There’s so much to talk about, from space missions, supersonic travel, urban air mobility – such as the eVTOL aircraft – we’re seeing breakthroughs in composites and additive manufacturing, electrification is a huge deal right now, and the list goes on and on.
In this first episode of the five-part series on Driving Innovation through Digital Transformation”, we’ll take a quick look back at the early days of aerospace – the first wave of innovation – and then we’ll fast forward to the current landscape of the Aerospace & Defense industry and the technologies that are fueling innovation.
I am your host, Scott Salzwedel, and I am joined by Dale Tutt, the go-to guy for all things aerospace & defense, to discuss these topics that I’m sure will pique your interest. Dale is the Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. He has over 30 years of experience in engineering design, development, and program leadership within the aerospace industry. Dale specializes in building highly effective, cross-functional teams to achieve complex operations when building today’s aircraft. Before Siemens, he worked at The Spaceship Company, Textron Aviation, and Bombardier Aerospace.
Tune in to Talking Aerospace Today, and join us to learn the latest developments in the A&D industry, and what the future brings with all this complexity and innovation that is currently happening.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The early days of modern aviation. (02:17)
- The current wave of urban air mobility and its impact on the future. (04:06)
- The challenges faced by eVTOL startups. (06:36)
- How the Siemens Xcelerator Portfolio helps eVTOL companies with their digital transformation. (08:34)
- How Siemens helps customers to go faster and to be more productive and innovative. (10:28)
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Whether you’re talking OEM or independent supplier, aerospace wire harness manufacturing is under unprecedented pressure these days. Profitability constraints are everywhere. To make matters worse, increased electrification of a platform has taken harness complexity to perplexing new heights. From the need to rapidly transition design changes into production, to serving demanding customers who expect lower cost assemblies delivered faster just in time, when it comes to wire harness manufacturing the list goes on and on.
I’m your host, Scott Salzwedel, and in our final episode “Increasing wire harness manufacturing and profitability” of the electrical systems podcast series, I’ll be joined by Anthony Nicoli, the Aerospace & Defense Director of Integrated Electrical Systems for Siemens Digital Industries Software. We’ll be discussing what goes into designing, building and installing a wire harness assembly, as well as the trends impacting manufacturing and how a digitalized process offers multiple advantages.
Tune in to learn more about the complexities behind wire harness manufacturing and how to stay profitable during this time of great innovation and intense industry challenges.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Why relying on electrical systems has substantially increased the pressure on OEMs and their suppliers (02:14)
- The increasing need to change the traditional manufacturing tools (03:32)
- How OEMs can reduce wire harness manufacturing cost and risk (04:08)
- What it means to have a digitalized process (05:36)
- How a model-based approach is used to address today’s harness manufacturing challenges (06:42)
- The importance of electrical and mechanical co-design (07:34)
- The role digitalization plays in wire harness manufacturing (08:15)
- The benefits of being a Capital customer (09:36)
Connect with Tony:
Resources:
- Capital E/E Systems development website
- Blog: The Capital E/E Systems development solution. Exactly how has Capital evolved?
- White paper: A closer look: Next-generation electrical systems platform development
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With increased complexity throughout the industry, the traditional spreadsheet-based approach to compliance is no longer an option. New innovations along with the increased use of electrification are forcing OEMs and their suppliers to consider new ways to achieve electrical design compliance and certification.
Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. The place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
In this episode “Addressing electrical design compliance and certification” we’ll be looking at new ways to achieve compliance through a model-based approach as well as how to best utilize the comprehensive digital twin and digital thread. We know this is a time of great innovation and transformation for the industry – and when it comes to electrical system compliance and certification, there’s a lot to cover.
Today, two industry experts from Siemens Digital Industries Software join the podcast. Anthony Nicoli is the Aerospace & Defense Director of Integrated Electrical Systems. And Steve Caravella is a Solutions Architect from the Capital Team. Both love to talk about how the digital transformation is altering the electrical system design and development landscape – for the good of teams everywhere.
My name is Scott Salzwedel and I’m the host of Talking Aerospace Today. I invite to take a listen to our latest episode on electrical system design compliance and certification.
I hope you’ll tune into this extremely informative podcast.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The reason why electrical regulations today are far stricter than in the past (01:45)
- Methods to address increased complexity when it comes to compliance (04:33)
- The approach used for connecting the separate environments in the manufacturing process (06:19)
- How the electrical digital twin helps with the certification process (07:32)
- Why there’s an increasing need for a “digital wingman” to help identify errors (09:00)
- How the type certification process works (11:00)
- How the digital twin and digital thread can help standardize the compliance process (14:04)
- A customer had to learn the hard way to use model-based techniques (14:52)
- Platform differentiation through increased electrification – new compliance challenges (18:22)
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- Capital E/E Systems development website
- Blog: The Capital E/E Systems development solution. Exactly how has Capital evolved?
- White paper: A closer look: Next generation electrical systems platform development
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The disruptive force behind change. In our industry, the ripple effects behind a late-stage change can have unfortunate consequences. Change is inevitable. But how do we avoid a change order that never should’ve happened in the first place? When we talk about change management what do we mean? Of course, some change is good – if you’re talking about a productivity improvement.
Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace and Defense industry. The place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
In this episode “Change management and the digital thread” we’ll be discussing the many sides to change management. When change happens late in the game, how do you keep configuration control? And what about change orders tied to certification? Really important stuff. We’ll also talk about how the digital thread can have a huge impact on change management in the area of electrical system design and development.
My guests today, the always insightful Tony Nicoli, the Aerospace & Defense Director of Integrated Electrical Systems for Siemens Digital Industries Software. Also joining the conversation is Steve Caravella, a Solutions Architect from the Capital Team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Steve has many years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry as an electrical engineer and architect.
We’re in a period of intense innovation these days and in order to survive, A&D companies must find rapid solutions to get to market faster ahead of the competition. Companies of all sizes have to be flexible, productive, and more efficient in finding new ways to reach their goals.
My name is Scott Salzwedel and I’m the host of Talking Aerospace Today. I invite to take a listen to our latest episode on change management in the A&D industry. I hope you’ll join me.
In this episode, you will learn:
· The different sources of change (1:56)
· Why every change you make brings you back to the starting point (4:30)
· Regulatory changes (6:58)
· How design closure brings change (7:42)
· The components of change management (10:05)
· How the model-based environment helps improve change management (12:53)
· The benefits of digital thread in change management (13:49)
· The certification side of change management (14:48)
· Recommendations for managing change (15:57)
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Resources:
● Capital E/E Systems development website
● Blog: The Capital E/E Systems development solution. Exactly how has Capital evolved?
● White paper: A closer look: Next generation electrical systems platform development
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The digital transformation has allowed us to design, engineer and build in ways never before imagined. But what was it like for engineers before software and even computers? …Are you kidding? Yes, once upon a time drafting tables with lots of ink and Mylar paper were the modus operandi for the industry.
Welcome to season three of Talking Aerospace Today. In this episode, “Design Tools and Practices – Past, Present and into the Future” we discuss the tools and methodologies engineers have used throughout the decades. We’ll look at current and future technologies, too. Of course, the perspective we’ll be taking is that of electrical engineers responsible for electrical systems and platforms in the Aerospace and Defense industry.
The industry has gone through major catalysts, or inflection points, through the years and we’ll discuss these catalysts, why they happened and what was the result?
I’m excited to get started. This will be fun.
Our guests today, first the inspiring and insightful Steve Caravella, a Solutions Architect from the Capital Team at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Steve has many years’ experience in the aerospace and defense industry (as you will soon discover). Steve goes way back in the time machine. Next, we’ll be joined by Tony Nicoli, the Aerospace & Defense Director of Integrated Electrical Systems for Siemens Digital Industries Software. Steve and Tony will also discuss design tools and methodologies related to today’s digital transformation. Lots of ground to cover here, folks.
My name is Scott Salzwedel and I’m the host of Talking Aerospace Today. I invite you to take a listen to our latest podcast series that focuses on electrical system design in the A&D industry.
In this episode, you will learn:
● What does Steve do at Siemens? (2:23)
● The tools Steve used in the days of B.C. - “Before Computer” (3:19)
● How the computer shifted Steve’s job (4:26)
● A major new catalyst: Computer Aided Design (5:01)
● The evolution into 3D CAD (6:38)
● The latest catalyst for change, model-based design (7:11)
● The digital thread - what is and what it isn't (10:54)
● About Siemens new Capital E/E Systems development environment (12:13)
● How Airbus A380 exploited multidisciplinary opportunities (13:39)
● The collaboration between ECAD/MCAD co-design (18:01)
● What is model-based design? (19:55)
● The benefits of the model-based design approach (20:32)
● The difficulties of adopting new tools (21:51)
● Using Siemens Digital Industries Software and Xcelerator portfolio (23:16)
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Resources:
● Capital website
● Blog: The Capital E/E Systems development solution. Exactly how has Capital evolved?
Podcast #1 from the Capital podcast series: “The Evolution of Electrical Design in Aerospace
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Raise your hand if you remember the Concorde SST?
Man, even to do this day that plane is seen as an engineering marvel. So ahead of its time. And of course, that sonic boom is hard to forget.
With the advancement of technology and the desire to decrease travel time, the concept of supersonic travel – even hypersonic travel – is being revisited once again. With so much innovation and the arrival of the digital transformation, things are destined to get very interesting this time around. (For example, one supersonic manufacturer has figured out the sonic boom. Instead of bouncing it off the ground, the boom is aimed upward bouncing it off the upper atmosphere. Wow.)
Today, in our final episode in the series – the conclusion of season one, we’ll be talking to some industry experts who are quite familiar with designing and building of a modern supersonic using today’s connected tools.
My first guest is Dale Tutt, Vice President of the Aerospace and Defense Industry. He’s been my regular guest on all Talking Aerospace Today episodes.
Joining us will be two Siemens heavyweights who will break down some of the specifics of supersonic aircraft design and simulation. Durrell Rittenberg is the Director of Aerospace & Defense for Simcenter, and Thierry Olbrechts is the Director of Simcenter Aerospace Solutions.
We’ll be discussing the specific challenges of modern supersonic aircraft design, and how the models of today are evolving towards sustainability. Will you be boarding a supersonic plane in the near future? Maybe. Today’s episode has the answers!
Some questions we ask:
- What is the business case for developing supersonic aircraft? (3:59)
- How can supersonic aircraft be produced and stay cost-effective? (5:56)
- What are the environmental implications of this type of aircraft? (7:00)
- What are the toughest challenges facing aerospace manufacturers? (9:55)
- What are some of the primary design concepts and challenges behind solving aerodynamics in these modern supersonic aircraft? (12:47)
- How are we helping customers with an integrated solution to solve these problems? (26:40)
- How are these technologies helping customers design, simulate, and build high-speed aircraft? (31:20)
In this episode, you will learn:
- Aerospace industry solutions that address carbon neutrality and sustainability (7:40)
- The problem with the sonic boom (8:42)
- How access to computational resources is changing the game (14:38)
- How building expertise in fluid dynamics helps companies better manage risk (17:03)
- The three challenges dominating supersonic aircraft (18:53)
- How the heat accumulation of greater computer integration can be managed in flight (23:44)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace and Defense industry – the place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
We’re in a period of intense innovation these days and in order to survive A&D companies must find rapid solutions to get to market faster ahead of the competition. Companies of all sizes have to be flexible, productive, and efficient in finding new ways to reach their goals – in the face of growing complexity in all facets of product design, development and manufacturing.
In our first episode of the podcast series “The Evolution of Electrical Development in Aerospace” we’ll be discussing trends shaping the industry today. How digitalization can become your new best friend. How a model-based approach to electrical design can be implemented throughout the complete product lifecycle from architecture design to certification, from manufacture to product support and beyond.
My special guest, who will shed light on this topic and all upcoming episodes, is Tony Nicoli. Tony is the Aerospace & Defense Director of Integrated Electrical Systems for Siemens Digital Industries Software. Before Siemens, Tony worked in the industry as a researcher, a system engineer, a program manager, and a business innovator. He worked for Honeywell, Loral, and Lockheed Martin mainly in the areas of the surface-to-air missile countermeasures and ultrasonic imaging. Pretty cool stuff!
My name is Scott Salzwedel and I’m the host of Talking Aerospace Today. I invite to take a listen to our latest podcast series that focuses on digitalization and the evolution of electrical design in the A&D industry. I hope you’ll join us.
In this episode you will learn
- How electrical design relates to the A&D industry (3:21)
- The trends the industry is facing today (3:39)
- How growing complexity is impacting the industry (5:32)
- How to transition to a model-based approach (7:24)
- A closer look at the Siemens E/E Systems development environment (9:43)
- Can you explain the E/E Systems approach in a step by step process? (10:50)
- Boeing’s model-based development techniques (12:19)
- Tony’s example of a manufacturing case (13:28)
- How Capital is helping customers during this global pandemic (14:22)
- The power behind a model-based development approach (15:21)
Connect with Tony:
Resources:
- Capital website
- Blog: The Capital E/E Systems development solution. Exactly how has Capital evolved?
- White Paper: A closer look: Next generation electrical systems platform development
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace and Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
Everyone’s talking about the factory of the future as something that’s years away, or a concept that needs to be realized, but the truth is – the factory of the future is here now because the technology of tomorrow existstoday.
Today, in the final podcast of our “Productivity” series, we’ll be talking about intelligent manufacturing and how aerospace companies can be more productive throughout their engineering and manufacturing processes and ultimately deliver complex and highly integrated quality products faster. We’ll be talking about ways to accelerate production ramp-up using intelligent manufacturing and how to introduce flexible automation throughout the product lifecycle process.
I’m your host, Scott Salzwedel, and I hope you’ll join me and Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace & Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software, in our final episode of the series.
Learn the many ways intelligent manufacturing can assist aerospace companies involved in urban air mobility, electric propulsion, supersonic flight, or any of the other promising areas going on right now.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The common challenges manufacturers face today. (04:08)
- How manufacturing has changed in the traditional factory and what that means to the digital factory. (05:34)
- How companies can make the digital transition smoother. (09:04)
- The role Siemens plays when it comes to intelligent manufacturing. (11:02)
- A real-world example of how Siemens is helping customers today. (14:05)
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Everywhere you look these days there are examples of A&D companies either late to market or over budget. What’s causing this? Well product complexity is a common factor that’s making it difficult to manage program schedule and cost. And then you have all these programs managed in multiple systems that don’t communicate with one another.
No question in addition to increased complexity there are serious communication and transparency issues throughout the product development lifecycle today. The consequences of which can have a dire effect on the profitability of the entire program.
How can we turn this around to increase productivity, get to market faster and realize significant profits?
Today, in our fourth podcast: “Take the Risk out of Program Planning and Management” we’ll be discussing how to improve program management by using a real and proven digital thread – the Siemens Integrated Program Planning and Execution, or IPP&E digital thread.
Our special guest of the series is Dale Tutt, Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. He’s been involved in product development for 30 years and prior to joining Siemens, he was the Vice President of Engineering at The Spaceship Company. Before that, he spent 18 years at Cessna Aircraft Company and he had roles at General Dynamics Space Systems Division and Bombardier Learjet.
Dale is known as the “go-to guy” for all things aerospace and defense. Tune in now and listen how you can better manage your A&D program so that you can execute your goals faster with less risk and accelerate your productivity throughout all phases of the development lifecycle.
In this episode, you will learn:
- The challenges companies face today around program management. (04:16)
- How to manage different systems inside a program. (06:33)
- How the Siemens IPP&E digital thread helps with program management. (08:02)
- The advantages of using the IPP&E solution. (09:53)
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What if you could build and test your product before the full design is complete, and actually start to learn something about it? What if your integration was not just about managing a bunch of interfaces around suppliers but also about managing your technical risks so that you could manage your schedule better? What if you could dissolve all these silos that exist between teams and between partners and really, truly accelerate your innovation? You can do that, by rethinking your product development approach.
Today, in our third podcast of the ‘Accelerating Productivity Through Digital Transformation’ series, we'll be discussing how to accelerate product design by introducing agile product development. What is agile product development? Why should you care? And how Siemens helps customers in this area? These are all questions that Dale, our go-to guy for all things aerospace and defense, will answer.
Dale Tutt is the Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. He’s been involved in product development for 30 years now, and prior to joining Siemens, he was the Vice President of Engineering at The Spaceship Company. Before that, he spent 18 years at Cessna Aircraft Company and he had roles at General Dynamics Space Systems Division and Bombardier Learjet.
Tune in and listen to this episode to find out more!
In this episode, you will learn:
- The drivers behind the need for agile product development. (04:15)
- What agile product development is. (07:53)
- The steps that agile product development entails. (09:19)
- A real-world example of agile product development. (12:29)
- How Siemens helps customers when it comes to agile product development. (13:48)
- The advantages of agile product development. (16:13)
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‘Product complexity’ is the new buzzword of the past few years. With electrification and with more and more software and autonomy, you have thousands of interfaces and interactions between all these systems and components - and companies need to acquire different skill sets to manage all of these multi-domain challenges because everything is now integrated.
As you might imagine, in the A&D industry, maximizing productivity throughout the product lifecycle is key to success and significant profits. Siemens’ tools can help companies gain competitive advantage by managing all the challenges and complexities faster, while at the same time keeping track of all the data and information that might come in handy in the future.
Today, in our second podcast of the ‘Accelerating Productivity Through Digital Transformation’ series, we'll be discussing ways to orchestrate your technical program with model-based systems engineering. We’ll dive deep into what it is and the role it plays in the A&D industry, as well as some tangible benefits that come with using the MBSE Digital Thread.
Our special guest that will shed light on all these topics we’ve mentioned is Dale Tutt, the Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. He’s been involved in product development for 30 years now, and prior to joining Siemens, he was the Vice President of Engineering at The Spaceship Company. Before that, he spent 18 years at Cessna Aircraft Company and he had roles at General Dynamics Space Systems Division and Bombardier Learjet.
Dale is known as the go-to guy for all things aerospace and defense, so tune in to listen to his expertise on the role MBSE Digital Thread plays in aerospace productivity.
In this episode, you will learn:
- What systems engineering is. (04:16)
- What the ‘holy trinity’ of digital engineering entails. (06:16)
- The key elements that go into systems engineering. (07:34)
- The challenges in implementing systems engineering. (09:33)
- How the MBSE Digital Thread that Siemens offers can help companies manage the complexity of the digital world. (13:38)
- An example that proves the capabilities and the benefits of using Siemens’ MBSE Digital Thread. (14:51)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace and Defense industry – the place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.
We’re in a period of a lot of innovation and in order to survive and even thrive, companies will need to find rapid solutions to get to market faster than their competition. They have to be flexible, productive, and efficient in finding new ways to reach their goals – and the growing complexity doesn’t make their task easier.
Today, on our first episode on the series of Accelerating Productivity Through Digital Transformation, we’re introducing the idea of what productivity is in this age of digital transformation, the trends that are hampering productivity, and what can A&D companies do right now to usher in a new era of productivity.
Our special guest that will shed light on all these topics we’ve mentioned, is Dale Tutt, the Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Siemens Digital Industries Software. He’s been involved in product development for 30 years now, and prior to joining Siemens, he was the Vice President of Engineering at The Spaceship Company. Before that, he spent 18 years at Cessna Aircraft Company and he had roles at General Dynamics Space Systems Division and Bombardier Learjet.
Dale is known as the go-to guy for all things aerospace and defense, so tune in to listen to his expertise on the current trends of the digital transformation, as well as what it takes for a company to survive and thrive in this new environment.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Some of the trends the A&D industry is facing. (03:00)
- The new programs that are being developed in defense. (05:06)
- The trends that you currently see in commercial aviation. (06:23)
- The innovation that is taking place in space exploration. (07:10)
- How companies can gain a competitive advantage in this age of digital transformation. (08:26)
- How Siemens helps customers to get to market faster through the Xcelerator Portfolio. (10:59)
- What you can expect from the following episodes in this series. (12:35)
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This is Talking Aerospace Today, the podcast for the Aerospace and Defense Industry and the trends that drive the digital enterprise – a place that brings the promise of tomorrow's technology to the ears of our listeners today. I'm your host, Scott Salzwedel. Welcome to episode three of our four-part series.
In this episode, we'll be talking about the rising cost and complexity when it comes to compliance. Now, compliance within the aerospace industry is extremely important, it’s quite literally a matter of life and death. Whether it’s a weapons platform, a commercial airliner, or touchscreens inside the Dragon Space Capsule, failure of this technology is simply not an option. There are new “system of systems” being introduced every day and keeping up with their compliance is no easy task.
As the industry continues to mix various domains of technology, regulating these system of systems will require a more advanced and collaborative process. Increasing complexity, and the rise in cost that comes with it, highlights the need for seamless and automated aviation certification.
Today we’re continuing our conversation with Dale Tutt, the Vice President of Aerospace & Defense Industry here at Siemens. Dale specializes in building highly effective cross-functional teams to achieve complex operations when building today's aircraft. In this episode, we’ll talk about the critical process of managing product verification, and how both the certification requirements and the needs of the customer are satisfied. Siemens verification management solutions will be at the center of our conversation.
Some Questions I Ask:
● Which of the projects Dale has worked on stands out the most? (3:37)
● Dale, could you elaborate on the challenges facing the industry today? (9:29)
● Why are the current approaches to certification causing so much anguish? (13:59)
● Can you explain the capabilities included in the Siemens verification management solution? (22:45)
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
● How the costs of certification and product development have flipped (5:27)
● Why it’s important to find errors early in the process (6:21)
● Why the comprehensive digital thread has been a game-changer (10:42)
● Where we can expect additional oversight during the certification process (12:26)
● Three primary phases of aerospace and defense development covered by the digital twin (19:08)
● Why the digital thread is especially important in the final auditing process (29:00)
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Would you believe me if I said we are in the early stages of perhaps the greatest period of innovation in the history of aerospace? Although there are some unexpected and unfortunate global challenges, as we tackle the Coronavirus, innovation in aerospace will continue. We are talking about major advancements in urban air mobility, supersonic flight, electric propulsion, and commercial space travel - just to name a few.
Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today, the podcast for the Aerospace and Defense industry and the trends that drive the digital enterprise - a place that brings the promise of tomorrow's technology to the ears of our listeners today. Welcome to our second episode of a four-part series.
As you may recall, our first episode touched on program planning and execution, which is the foundation for successful programs. In this episode, Dale and I discuss the future of aerospace, and how digitalization and digital enterprises can help with the challenges we have today.
Dale is the Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Siemens. He has over 30 years of experience in engineering design, development, and program leadership within the aerospace industry. He specializes in building highly effective cross-functional teams to achieve complex operations when building today’s aircraft. Before Siemens, Dale worked at The Spaceship Company, which is part of Virgin Galactic, Textron Aviation, Cessna, and Bombardier Aerospace.
Dale is known as the go-to guy for all things aerospace and defense, so tune in and learn about the systems and solutions Siemens has to offer in this field.
Some questions I ask:
● Can you explain to our listeners what we mean by digital enterprise and how the challenges we are facing can be addressed via the digital enterprise? (06:58)
● How is Siemens innovating in the area of VTOLs and urban air mobility? (10:37)
● What does the future look like in the area of automating the design process? (13:39)
● What can you tell us about composites these days? (17:34)
● How close is the industry to adopting AR/VR technologies? (20:45)
● What is the one challenge aerospace OEMs are finally figuring out as they transition to a digital enterprise? (23:09)
● What great innovation will we be talking about five years from now? (24:09)
In this episode, you will learn:
● How Siemens helps companies during the pandemic to continue to advance and innovate. (03:53)
● The challenges OEMs are facing today. (05:06)
● How interdisciplinary interaction comes as an advantage of digitalization. (09:04)
● How additive manufacturing helps companies be more agile, more flexible, and create higher-performing products. (14:43)
● How augmented and virtual reality are drivers for innovation. (18:59)
● How Siemens is strengthening the linkage between the virtual design world and the augmented reality that’s on the factory floor. (21:37)
● How Siemens is helping Bye Aerospace to build and improve their all-electric aircraft – the eFlyer. (25:03)
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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today, the podcast for the Aerospace and Defense industry and the trends that drive the digital enterprise - a place that brings the promise of tomorrow's technology to the ears of our listeners today. I'm your host, Scott Salzwedel and I welcome you to our first episode of a four-part series.
As Digitization is transforming our lives in the way we interact with one another, how we commute, and how we shop and how we work, we also see it transforming entire industries, including Aerospace and Defense.
In this episode, we are talking about the ways in which the industry can build aircraft smarter, faster, better, and save some dollars in the process. Today, I am joined by Dale Tutt from Siemens Digital Industries Software, who is going to shine some light on how the aerospace companies can take a more integrated systems approach to program planning and execution at a time when there’s so much innovation.
Dale is the Vice President of Aerospace and Defense at Siemens. He has over 30 years of experience in engineering design, development, and program leadership within the aerospace industry. He specializes in building highly effective cross-functional teams to achieve complex operations when building today’s aircraft. Before Siemens, Dale worked at The Spaceship Company, which is part of Virgin Galactic, Textron Aviation, Cessna, and Bombardier Aerospace.
Dale is known as the go-to guy for all things aerospace and defense, so tune in to listen to his expertise on how you can leverage the digital thread and the IPP&E solutions, to simplify your manufacturing processes, and make them more efficient.
Some Questions I ask:
- When we talk about the IPP&E, what would you say is the one key differentiator that Siemens brings to the table that the competition really doesn’t offer? (04:37)
- Why are so many programs failing today and what are some of the challenges they’re facing? (06:07)
- Can you explain a little bit about task automation? (13:48)
- What would you like to see added to IPP&E? Is there talk in the future of what we can do to make this an even more robust solution? (22:19)
In this episode, you will learn:
- How aerospace manufacturers and their supply chain can take a more integrated systems approach to program planning and execution and yet remain innovative. (02:50)
- How IPP&E can help with managing more efficiently the potential risk in today’s aerospace. (10:01)
- How the aerospace companies can move directly from winning a bid to designing and building the aircraft, by using the IPP&E solution. (11:29)
- The advantages of having a digital thread. (16:51)
- How the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) works. (19:02)
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