Technologies To Help the 787 Take Flight

The 787 Dreamliner project marks the first time Boeing is making its partners responsible for the design of the parts and components they will ultimately manufacture. New 3D design and collaboration technologies are powering the initiative.

Application Product Supplier 3D computer-aided design Catia V5 Dassault Systèmes Manufacturing simulation Delmia V5 Dassault Systèmes Product life-cycle management collaboration Enovia V5 Dassault Systèmes Database supporting Enovia DB2 IBM Digital content delivery management TrueDelivery Radiance Technologies Airplane sales configuration Teamcenter UGS Shop floor information system Velocity Intercim Multimedia collaboration centers Various videoconferencing units Tanberg Composite material simulations FibreSIM Vistagy Dynamic systems simulation (hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, etc.) Easy5 MSC Software Machine tool simulations CAM-POST, Virtual Machine ICAM Technologies Measurement and analysis Metrolog V5 Metrologic Aerodynamics testing Cray X1 supercomputer Cray Supply chain management E2open Exostar Flight control operations Integrity-178B Green Hills Software 787 avionics control center, including plane’s environmental, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and cabin services Common Core System Smiths Aerospace