{"id":6834,"date":"2023-10-31T13:58:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:59:16","slug":"us-air-force-prefers-teamcenter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/us-air-force-prefers-teamcenter\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2708 U.S. Air Force uses Teamcenter as its standard PLM platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Discover how Teamcenter helps speed up the digital transformation at the United States Air Force (USAF).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Going faster is not just a tag line for us&#8230; it&#8217;s a dead serious business about keeping the Air Force competitive and dominant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite> Dr. Will Roper Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics <br>Quote from Dr. Roper&#8217;s presentation: Fielding Tomorrow&#8217;s Air Force Faster and Smarter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>To reach its vision of a new era of competition and innovation in aviation, the USAF has to create advanced capabilities at a much faster rate. Through the use of digital technologies, new aircraft are developed and delivered faster than ever before to better enable the Department of Defense (DoD) to work jointly with commercial and defense partners to increase the speed in which our nation delivers state-of-the-art capabilities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How United States Air Force is using Teamcenter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To date the USAF and the A&amp;D industry have been leveraging Teamcenter as the digital thread to share digital twin models and connect the USAF to the defense industry ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest announcement further strengthens our relationship. The United States Air Force has selected <a href=\"https:\/\/plm.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/teamcenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teamcenter <\/a>as the single solution to support the USAF in product lifecycle management (PLM) because of Teamcenter\u2019s open architecture, interoperability, and widespread use across a large segment of A&amp;D industry partners. <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/us-air-force-standardize-teamcenter-product-lifecycle-management-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here\u2019s the official press release<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does this mean exactly?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It means Siemens Digital Industries Software is incredibly proud to support the United States Air Force with proven software that supports the USAF\u2019s digital journey. The selection of Teamcenter, as the USAF enterprise standard, follows a 2019 indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract for $24.6 million to Siemens for licensing, maintenance and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By standardizing on Siemens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/portfolio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xcelerator <\/a>platform and Teamcenter, the United States Air Force can leverage a comprehensive solution, a modern adaptable user engagement model, and an open and adaptable work environment across its entire ecosystem. Here\u2019s a modern-day PLM solution that can manage any CAD or systems engineering authoring information. It connects people from a diverse set of backgrounds and all of their processes across functional silos, so projects are more easily shared, move more quickly, with a lot less risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The digital journey underway at USAF<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States Air Force is fully embracing virtual engineering, manufacturing and sustainment techniques across the digital engineering spectrum. Programs such as the A-10 have seen the value of digital transformation. To innovate and tame complexity, the software and product development process must be more agile and collaborative. Technologies used have to be flexible and open in order to allow teams to simultaneously leverage legacy data \u2013 while bringing onboard new and exciting technologies that promise to support faster delivery of capabilities and improve operational readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are proud to support the digital journey of the United States Air Force.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Siemens Xcelerator portfolio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Teamcenter is part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, a comprehensive and integrated portfolio of software, services and application development platform. Siemens Xcelerator is what empowers organizations and departments of all sizes to become digital enterprises. It\u2019s a modern and flexible environment that can be personalized and adapted to fit industry-specific needs. With Siemens Xcelerator, the DoD and the A&amp;D industry have the ability to integrate disparate repositories of program data. Not only that, but they can effectively share product performance details at any time, from any location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just one of the many advantages of a digitalized enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The future of the A&amp;D industry is here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest announcement illustrates how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/industries\/aerospace-defense\/aerospace-defense-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Siemens digital transformation is fostering innovation across the entire aerospace and defense industry<\/a>, including the DoD, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), the supply base and aerospace and defense start-up companies.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/industries\/aerospace-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Siemens A&amp;D<\/a> is bringing the promise of the future to our customers today by introducing the next generation of digitalized product design, manufacturing and sustainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strap yourself in\u2026 we\u2019re in for some exciting times at the U.S. Air Force.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-teal-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-teal-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><strong>Start fast and grow with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siemens.com\/en-us\/products\/teamcenter\/teamcenter-x-cloud-plm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teamcenter X<\/a>   |   Make smarter decisions with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/tag\/artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI-powered PLM<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-teal-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-teal-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/plm.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/teamcenter\/\" style=\"border-radius:57px;font-size:30px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Teamcenter Solutions<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/plm.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/teamcenter\/trials\/\" style=\"border-radius:57px;font-size:30px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>30-day trial<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/barry-chapman-1921391\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barry Chapman<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em> is the Vice President of Aerospace and Defense, Federal and Marine for Siemens Digital Industries Software. 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