Aerospace & Defense - Aerospace & Defense

New Horizons Spacecraft Pluto Flyby

The New Horizons spacecraft was in the news recently after flying past Pluto and beaming back some amazing images. Designed by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for the NASA m...

Designing more electric aircraft with Simcenter Amesim

To meet stringent certification rules, the aerospace industry must reduce fuel consumption and maintenance costs. In this context, a new trend has appeared: engineers are working on the replacement o...

By Olga Korosteleva

Talking vibration and acoustics in the Aerospace Industry

Interviewing Raphael Hallez, Business Development Manager for Aerospace and Defense at Siemens SW Software on vibration and acoustics.

3D Printed Mini Jet Engine Roars at 33,000 RPM

3D printing is on the rise. It’s more affordable and accessible than ever, and as more people take advantage of those benefits, we’re starting to see some interesting and unique uses for the technolo...

SNC Reinvents Space Shuttle with NX CAD

December 05, 2014

I’ve heard it my whole life, or what feels like my whole life anyway: Apollo 11 landed on the moon with less software than is in a typical high school graphing calculator. So I had to laugh when I re...

What happened to Mars' atmosphere? NASA MAVEN probe designed with NX CAD seeks answers

October 16, 2014

NASA spacecraft MAVEN recently completed its ten-month, 442 million mile-long (700 million kilometer) journey when it entered orbit around Mars. The “Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution”...

Mars 2020 Rover Builds Off of Curiosity, Extends Research

August 07, 2014

This week marks two years since NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory landed the Mars rover Curiosity on the Red Planet's surface. With only one chance to get it right, people across the globe ...

Modern-day Amelia Earhart becomes youngest woman to fly around the world

On Friday July 11, 2014, AmeliaEarhart, a former reporter from Denver, Colorado USA, completed an around-the-world journey. Amelia Rose Earhart (no relation to the famous aviatrix)...

By JerrySarfati

NX9 for Aerospace

Did you know?: No less than 18 of the top 20 aerospace and defense OEMs use solutions from Siemens PLM Software All the top 20 aircraft engine manufacturers use solutions from Siemens PLM Sof...

By JerrySarfati