BAE Systems is tapping Siemens’s expertise to take its engineering and manufacturing processes to the next level by implementing technology from the Siemens Xcelerator open business platform. In a partnership announced at the Farnborough Airshow, the companies will collaborate for the next five years through the FalconWorks research-and-development unit of BAE’s Air division.
Objectives for the joint work hinge on BAE’s strategic blueprint for future engineering processes and the so-called factory of the future. It will build on the recent introduction of Siemens NX software for product engineering and the Teamcenter software for product lifecycle management.
The partners said they will work in multiple international locations in other fields including sustainability, industrial digitization, and supply chain modernization.
“Collaborations like this help us develop and invest in digital thread-enabling technologies in a much more integrated and seamless way,” said Iain Minton, BAE Systems’ technology capability delivery director. “Siemens understands the complexities of our operating environment, so we can very quickly mature an idea to the point where it is put into practice, for example when we are looking to implement and optimize new engineering, support, or manufacturing capabilities.”