Quality through closed-loop
manufacturing
Pratt & Whitney has employed automated part probing as part of
its manufacturing process to provide final inspection, data
collection and analysis, and process adjustment.
A virtual fighter
The Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. use SGI's Origin 2000
servers and Silicon Graphics Onyx2 visual supercomputers to design
their respective Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) demonstrators
virtually.
Modular aerospace controls
Honeywell investigates a commercial off-the-shelf approach to the
automated generation of safety-critical software for distributed
control systems.
Automated fuselage mating
Brotje-Automation GmbH has developed an automated alignment
facility designed to accurately position and align major aircraft
fuselage sections.