PTC brings lifecycle management capabilities to Microsoft’s Cloud environments
PTC has achieved a major milestone for defense innovation and digital engineering. PTC’s Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions, Windchill and Codebeamer, are among the first digital engineering tools designed to operate in Microsoft’s mission cloud environments up to the DoW Impact Level 6 classification (IL6).
This exciting milestone establishes new opportunities. Defense contractors can now rely on PTC’s digital engineering tools with the confidence that their solutions are aligned to the architecture and security expectations of Azure mission cloud environments (up to IL6) used by the Department of War, Intelligence Community, and the broader Defense Industrial Base.
Defense programs no longer need separate tools for design, development, and sustainment. PTC delivers a single, modern, cloud-based engineering suite that works everywhere the mission requires up to IL6.
PTC delivers a modern, cloud-based engineering suite for IL6 missions
By combining PTC’s industry-leading PLM and ALM solutions with Microsoft’s mission cloud environments, we’re redefining how defense organizations innovate—faster, smarter, and with uncompromising security. Together, we’re enabling mission success at the speed of need.
Kimberly King, Chief Partner Officer, PTC
A new foundation for classified digital engineering
By designing for Microsoft’s Azure Government Secret cloud, PTC makes it possible for defense contractors to:
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Perform end-to-end engineering—from requirements to sustainment—designed for deployments in customer-managed air-gapped Azure clouds
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Maintain CTI, ITAR, and mission-sensitive data inside a secure cloud boundary
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Eliminate reliance on outdated, on-prem systems that cannot keep pace with mission demand
This unlocks modern, model-based engineering for programs that have historically been locked behind infrastructure constraints.
Faster mission impact at scale
Because PTC is designed to operate inside the same mission-ready cloud environments that DoW and IC customers rely on, contractors can:
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Stand up secure engineering environments in weeks instead of months
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Support urgent operational needs without lengthy hardware procurement or accreditation cycles
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Bring software and hardware engineering teams together in a unified, classified cloud workspace
It’s a direct boost to the DIB’s ability to deliver capability “at the speed of need.”
A transformative signal to the Defense Industrial Base
PTC’s achievement demonstrates what the future of defense engineering looks like:
A unified, cloud-native toolchain that seamlessly spans up to IL6.
As modernization accelerates across the DIB, PTC’s capabilities across Microsoft mission cloud environments position them as a leading enabler of secure, agile innovation.
Bottom line
PTC’s Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions, Windchill and Codebeamer, are designed to support Microsoft mission cloud environments up to IL6.
For the Defense Industrial Base, this means:
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Security and speed no longer compete
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Cross-classification collaboration is finally possible
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Modern digital engineering can operate across classification levels
PTC’s milestone provides an exciting opportunity for how defense organizations can innovate with confidence, agility, and uncompromising security.
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