The software, Teamcenter Aerospace and Defense, allows users to quickly and easily obtain information on the maintenance, inventory and replacement schedule for all vessel components.
"The technology will replace the old legacy system, which required the ship's designers and maintenance crews to manually record and check ships' inventory - a process that was time consuming and costly. Teamcenter will give a quick picture of a ship configuration, simplifying the way information can be recorded, retrieved and used," said Barry Tregidgo, general manager of Defence & Enterprise Solutions at Product Lifecycle Management Australasia (PLMA), the company distributing the software in Australia.
The Teamcenter technology is designed to collect existing data such as design information and inventory status and marry the information to on-board maintenance and inventory systems. It then uses automatic prompts and Web-enabled applications to prove instant and up to date configuration status information. It then alerts the appropriate people at when they are required for particular jobs.
"It is already being used by the United States Navy and by aerospace leaders, such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, but this will be the first time that the vertical application of Teamcenter is used in Australia," said David Willison, managing director, PLMA. "It is applicable to the configuration management of any large vessel - fast frigates, mine hunters or submarines. We can also see it being used by the Army and Air Force."
