Spirit AeroSystems Joins Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® to Unveil Digital Engineering Transformation
August 11 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (“Spirit” or “Spirit AeroSystems”), a
wholly owned subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:
SPR), has joined with Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Skunk Works® to
unveil Polaris, a digital engineering and advanced assembly
demonstrator that was used to validate improvements in product
development from initial design to final assembly, at an event on
August 10 in Palmdale, Calif.
“Spirit AeroSystems is proud we were selected by Lockheed Martin
to demonstrate the integration of a Tier 1 supplier into their
Integrated Digital Environment (IDE), and then utilize that
environment to validate advanced production processes on a
demonstration platform,” said Duane Hawkins, senior vice president;
president, Defense and Space Division. “The IDE and its advanced
production processes, including Full Size-Hole Determinant Assembly
(FSDA), will form the foundation of how future defense programs are
executed, and revolutionize the speed at which new products can be
brought to market.”
The Spirit Defense and Space Division integrated commercial best
practices around digital design and manufacturing seamlessly into
the Lockheed Martin IDE, enabling the collaborative development of
production-ready solutions that build on the strengths of both the
Spirit AeroSystems and Lockheed Martin teams.
“This reduced project execution cost and time by enabling
parallel engineering development and operations planning,
facilitating the team’s ability to clearly communicate and ensure
consistency of requirements, and to identify integration challenges
before parts and tools were ever released for fabrication,” Hawkins
said.
This integration allows design and production optimization to
occur simultaneously instead of as sequential discreet events,
enabling production programs to progress down the learning curve
prior to first-unit build. As a result of the Lockheed Martin and
Spirit AeroSystems collaboration, advanced production processes
were designed, planned, simulated, executed, and validated, leading
to a 70% reduction in required assembly hours and a 95% increase in
initial quality.
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About Spirit AeroSystems Inc.
Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world's largest manufacturers
of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and
business/regional jets. With expertise in aluminum and advanced
composite manufacturing solutions, the company's core products
include fuselages, integrated wings and wing components, pylons,
and nacelles. We are leveraging decades of design and manufacturing
expertise to be the most innovative and reliable supplier of
military aerostructures, and specialty high-temperature materials,
enabling warfighters to execute complex, critical missions. Spirit
also serves the aftermarket for commercial and business/regional
jets. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit has facilities in
the U.S., U.K., France, Malaysia and Morocco. More information is
available at www.spiritaero.com.
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