ePLM Interoperability ASD Strategic Standardization Group

The 2019 STEP AP242 Day was organised jointly by AFNeT and prostep ivip associations at the Center of Applied Aeronautical Research (ZAL) facility in Hamburg on the 27th of November 2019. An opportunity to state about the use of ISO 10303:242 and STEP standard series for an end to end 3D MBD and PLM metadata exchange to reduce collaboration cost and lead time.

2019 Year-end LOTAR Project Outbrief to Sponsoring Organizations
Outbrief provided by the LOTAR team the 3 December 2019:

Workshop organised 25-26 June 2019 by ESA/ESTEC.

Opened by the Director General of ASD, Jan Pie, the 2019 User Forum attracted 330 visitors from around the world and was judged an outstanding event. 2020 will see an Integrated Product Support user forum hosted by Europe.

GPDIS 2019 theme focuses on accelerating toward a model-based ecosystem. GPDIS is the premier showcase event to demonstrate requirements, solutions, and implementations of data interoperability. By bringing together the resources from original equipment manufacturer (OEMs), suppliers, solutions, services, and standards, we intend to accelerate the development and adoption of a model-based ecosystem and leverage the value of all digital assets seamlessly through the product lifecycle.

More than 80 participants joined the 2019 AFNeT Standardisation days, 5-6 June 2019, with keynotes from Airbus and presentations from Aerospace, Naval, Nuclear, Electrotechnical and Rail industries. Parallel sessions focused on interoperability related to PLM, Digital Factory, MBSE and digital twins, and PLM vendors presented their interoperability solutions.

Presentation made by Sébastien OLIVIER (Direction Générale de l’Armement - French MoD), Christian GIRAUD (Eurostep) and Alexandre TOUCHOT (LGM) at 15th NATO LCM Conference, 30 January 2019, Brussels. Presentation It has been a few years since the PLCS story started in the French MoD. 2010: Ratification of STANAG 4661, in which ISO 10303-239 (PLCS) is encapsulated. 2011: Study of PLCS advantages by DGA, the French procurement agency. 2012: First experimentation of...

ISO 10303:242 is an established specification within the Automotive, Aerospace, and Defence industries for “Managed Model-Based 3D Engineering’. The AP242 Day is targeting Automotive, Aerospace and Defense users (OEMs and suppliers) as well as PLM editors and integrators including senior management, methods, tools, and information system departments, experts and newcomers. Learn how to enforce the use of ISO 10303:242 and STEP standard series for an end to end 3D MBD and PLM metadata exchange to reduce collaboration cost and lead time. Explore the roadmap of the OEMs, suppliers and IT vendors within your industrial landscape. October 17th, 2018 at Airbus in Toulouse.

The Global Product Data Interoperability Summit (GPDIS) functions as a communications hub for industry principals to foster knowledge through the exchange of ideas, solutions, and methods. It is a place to build consensus on the data, tool and process standards based on the experience of liked minded professionals. Unlike any other conference, GPDIS represents the core data representations and delivery systems that drive our industries. The format is vendor-neutral, but all solution providers are encouraged to demonstrate both their technologies and their success stories. The range of process methods encompasses MBE, MBD, MBSE, CAM, Product Analysis, Support, the emerging technologies and more. The depth of experience extends from a vibrant vendor community, through the large OEMs and engaged lower tiered suppliers, to the family manufacturing business.

These AFNET 2018 standardization days target the field of Model Based Enterprise relying on information interoperability standards for Model Based Engineering, Industries of the Future, Digital Twins, Supply Chain Management, Visualization including VR - AR, Analytics, Data Quality/Governance, and cyber security. AFNeT supports standardization synergies between the following industries: Aerospace, Defence, Robotics, Automotive, Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC), Rail, Shipbuilding. The conference is organized on 2 days, and includes key notes and presentations on 2 parallel sessions, with vendor show case. Includes several présentations from ASD SSG members.

Presentation made by Sébastien OLIVIER (Direction Générale de l’Armement - French MoD) at 13th NATO LCM Conference, 25 January 2017, Brussels. PLCS for data sharing between French MoD and Industry - PLCS again and again… In January 2010, France ratified STANAG 4661, in which ISO 10303-239 standard (PLCS) is encapsulated. Then, an experimentation of PLCS was realized in 2011 by DGA, the French procurement agency, in order to: study gains in French MoD’s...

Theme: Affordable Product Support Using Common Standards - Experiences and Expectations Host: Spanish Association of Defense, Aeronautics, Security and Space Technology Companies (TEDAE) (Click on the image to access the Forum website - all presentations are available)

Boostaero website: www.boostaero.com   ASD has validated the following Boostaero adoption statement on the 7th of July 2011: BoostAero has developed a standardized set of procurement e-trading messages, in order to avoid a proliferation of incompatible portals. This builds on the internationally agreed set of UN/CEFACT core components for ebXML, in order to ensure interoperability with other electronic trading environments.    ASD...

2015 S1000D User Forum and ILS Specifications Day, 21-24 September, San Diego, CA The S1000D User Forum and ILS Specifications Day this year was hosted by AIA in San Diego, CA on September 21-24, 2015. The S1000D User Forum was started with updates from ATA e-Business, AIA and ASD and reports from the S1000D Council and Steering Committee on status and future of S1000D. During the two forum days there was a large variety of technical presentations on data and conversion challenges,...

PLCS for data sharing between French MoD and Industry - What’s new for the last two years?
Presentation made by Sébastien OLIVIER (Direction Générale de l’Armement - French MoD) and CDT Michel PEREZ (Structure Intégrée du Maintien en condition opérationnelle des Matériels Terrestres - French MoD) at 11th NATO LCM Conference, 27 January 2015, Brussels. After ratifying the STANAG 4661 (PLCS) in January 2010 and after an experimentation of this standard, French MoD decided to launch realization of PENCIL project in September 2012. PENCIL is an interface, based on PLCS, to exchange and share data between land vehicles manufacturers LIS (Logistic Information System) and SIM@T (LIS for Land systems Support). CAESAR program, built by NEXTER manufacturer for French Army, was the first program connected to PENCIL. The presentation will show in detail the development of PENCIL: creation of six DEXs (Data EXchange specifications), integration into Partners Area and elaboration of HMI (Human Machine Interface). PENCIL for CAESAR program will be operational at the end of 2014. Finally, the presentation will describe the MAPS study which is the extension of PENCIL to all the functionalities of SIM@T. With the future implementation of the technical recommendations included in the MAPS study, all the data (in-service support data, provisioning data from S2000M specification, LSAR data from S3000L specification,… ) will be exchanged automatically in PLCS between land vehicles manufacturers LIS and SIM@T.

Special UKCeB edition of the TechDataWorld Magazine
Special UKCeB edition of the TechDataWorld Magazine, including articles from Steve Shepherd, Carl Billson, Mike Day and Mel Millar (MoD).

Digital continuity: Industry efficiency supported by the standard STEP AP242 ISO 10303  Continuité Numérique : un enjeu d'efficacité pour l'industrie supporté par les standards Standard STEP AP 242 ISO 10303 : modèles CAO 3D avec tolérancement gérés en configuration 26 march 2014, Paris Organized by:         Executive summary      and    Minutes of meeting NB: Most of the presentations are in French [FR] and some...

Joint UKCeB/MOD Support Chain Seminar - Integrated Support Planning: The importance of maintenance as the key cost driver - 16 October 2014 - BAWA Bristol

ASD S4000P presentation, 2014 Oct. 16
An overview of S4000P, International specification for developing and continuously improving preventive maintenance, given by Stefan Schiele, AIRBUS Defence & Space, European chairman ASD S4000P, at UKCeB Support Chain Seminar 2014.

TDP message Standard
An overview of the TDP Message specification developed by ASD SSG, presented by Amaury Soubeyran, EADS, at Global Data Interoperability Summit 2013, organised by Boeing and Northrop Grumman in Chandler, AZ, September 9-12 2013.

Specifications for interoperability through life
The S1000D User Forum 2013 included a S-Series Specification Day where issues related to interoperability through life. Steve Shepherd presented the "challenge of interoperability" as seen by ASD SSG and the objective to develop a coherent set of specifications that are interoperable with specifications within its own domain as well as other specifications from other domains.

PLCS for data sharing between French MoD and Industry
Presentation made by Sébastien Olivier (Direction Générale de l'Armement - French MoD) and CDT M. Perez (Structure Intégrée pour le Maintien en condition opérationnelle du Matériel Terrestre) at NATO LCM Conference, 29 January 2013, Brussels.

Carrier Strikes an Imposing Position
David Pearce takes a look at the progress of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the QE Class aircraft carriers.

Interoperability will require Standards and Specifications - A Grabmeier
Standards and Specifications as a Requirement for Interoperability 9th NATO LCM Conference, 29 January 2013 Albert Grabmeier, Senior Expert, ILS/ISS Processes, Cassidian, Manching, Germany

The F35 FACO project PLM Interoperability - K. A. Bengtsson
The F‐35 FACO project Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) PLM Interoperability 9th NATO LCM Conference, 29 January, 2013 Kjell A. Bengtsson, Jotne

Interoperability in aerospace and defence
Howard Mason, Co-Chair UKCeB Joint Information Standards Co-Ordination Team (JISCOT) and Corporate Information Standards Manager, Office of the CIO, BAE Systems, writes exclusively for MOD DCB, outlining how interoperability in aerospace and defence will continue to deliver efficient and effective solutions for Team Defence.

LOTAR presentation at ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2012
Long Term Archiving and Retrieval of PLM Information in the Aerospace and Defence Industry

  UKCeB Product Development & Service Support Seminar 2012 Managing information throughout the product lifecycle 27 September at BAWA Bristol In attempting to create a coherent and affordable product lifecycle information strategy, the challenge is one of managing the plethora and diversity of product, in-service and support information that will be generated as a result. The business issue to be solved is one of being able to track the flow of product and...

Customer Support, FHS & PLM: Same or complementary?
Presentation made by Ramón Somoza, Airbus Military, Head IM New Programs, at Farnborough, 21st July 2010

PLM Standards in Aerospace and Defence – An industry approach to interoperability
Presentation made by Howard Mason, BAE Systems, Chair, ISO/TC 184/SC 4 “Industrial Data”, Chair, MoU Management Group on eBusiness, at PDT Europe 2010

European eBusiness Standardisation Governance
Presentation made by Frédéric Féru, EADS, at PDT Europe 2008 related to the creation of ASD SSG

Business benefits across design, support and the supply chain from coherent data exchange standardisation
"Business benefits across design, support and the supply chain from coherent data exchange standardisation", presentation made by Yves Baudier, EADS Innovation Works and ASD SSG Chairman, and Albert Grabmeier, CASSIDIAN Air Systems and ASD CPSC, at the EDA - OCCAR Throuh-Life Management Conference , 16th November 2010, Brussels