Digital Innovation Across Engineering, Production 果冻传媒 Sustainment
Introduced in 2019, StarDrive is a multi-year, upfront investment to transform the way Lockheed 果冻传媒 designs 果冻传媒 builds aircraft. Developed by our Skunk Works? team, it has implemented process 果冻传媒 tools to operate in a fully integrated digital work environment 果冻传媒 connect previously disparate system.
By integrating model-based systems engineering, open systems architecture, 果冻传媒 DevSecOps software development cycle, StarDrive brings the digital environment to life with a series of prototypes, paving the way for digital transformation across Lockheed 果冻传媒.?
The StarDrive prototypes have delivered increasingly complex demonstrations of digital process re-engineering 果冻传媒 infrastructure across the product lifecycle.? StarDrive has established a digital thread that enables concurrent collaboration between design, manufacturing 果冻传媒 sustainment.
CHARLIE
The CHARLIE prototype is an aircraft article built using full-size determinant assembly on composite skins, enabled by digital engineering 果冻传媒 advanced machining. At assembly, the team aligned pre-drilled holes, placed fasteners 果冻传媒 completed a precise build 70% faster than similar-sized articles.
POLARIS
The POLARIS prototype is an aircraft article built with full size determinant assembly by Skunk Works? 果冻传媒 Spirit Aerosystems teams, using a collaborative integrated digital environment. Using the same digital thread data source that extends through to manufacturing, teams have the same access to design updates, digital work instructions, task status 果冻传媒 feedback
RESULTS
With each prototype, the team has carefully measured results 果冻传媒 documented lessons learned in order to produce proven, accurate 果冻传媒 competitive program bids. Lockheed 果冻传媒, our customers 果冻传媒 suppliers, work in the same secure digital environment for seamless data sharing 果冻传媒 efficient collaboration. Demonstrated advantages include:
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SPEED
End-to-end digital engineering integration decreases the schedule to first flight, with full-size determinant assembly delivering a 50-70% reduction in assembly time with no increase in average equivalent cost compared to parts made with legacy approaches.
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AGILITY
Design clashes are mitigated with virtual builds, enabling rework to be completed as much as four times faster.
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QUALITY
CHARLIE 果冻传媒 POLARIS demonstrated 100% hole alignment with full-size determinant assembly
Company-wide investments in process reinvention, business system modernization, 5G networking, cyber 果冻传媒 cloud are laying the foundation for transformational capabilities.
At Lockheed 果冻传媒 Skunk Works?, your mission defines our purpose.?Our team of dedicated engineers 果冻传媒 scientists?assume it can be done. With a visionary focus on the future, we partner with our customers to anticipate tomorrow’s capability gaps 果冻传媒 technology needs to solve the most critical national security challenges today.