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Today’s FA&D leaders must meet delivery challenges of next-gen solutions. New research suggests increasing digital thread investments to keep up with market demands.

This e-book explores why digital thread investments within the industrial user ecosystem, their customers, suppliers, and solution providers are poised for rapid growth.

Get a deeper understanding of:

Digital thread value footprint for FA&D
Future digital thread investment priorities
Success strategies
Solution technologies

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Impact of trends and advancements

Companies invested more than $1.5 trillion in digital transformation initiatives in 2021. Seventy percent of companies accelerated their use of digital thread to transform business processes since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cloud is the most disruptive technology today, with increasing demand for software as a service (SaaS)
Artificial intelligence (AI) includes machine learning, generative design, and real-time simulation
Augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), along with the emerging concept of the metaverse, have rapidly gone from "markers" to "object recognition"
The Internet of Things (IoT) connects smart, connected products and smart, connected operations, as well as smart cities, smart buildings, smart factories, etc
Smart devices, especially phones, have changed our world. Wearables, like smart eyeglasses, are changing training and education
Additive manufacturing has gone from "fun projects" to real-world use for aircraft, tank, and submarine engine parts, custom prosthetics, and tools
A second wave of robotics is upon us, with human or robot surgical options, as well as more in-home use. Autonomous vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will also be more prevalent

Digital transformation efforts underway in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will fundamentally remake acquisition and readiness by leveraging best-in-class technology from the private sector. Fewer weapons buys and more frequent acquisitions are replacing old systems to quickly counter emerging threats, combining PLM and logistics data for better equipment readiness. With systems engineering and software-defined products enabling hardware platforms in varying missions, upstream R&D will be more important than ever.

After years of sharply increased U.S. defense spending, the DoD top line will see a flattening, but the spend mix is changing. A new administration is emphasizing the importance of unmanned systems capacity, cyber, and IT. Key platforms, like ICBMs, refueling tankers, rotorcraft systems, and training jets, need to be replaced soon. Near-peer competition is ushering in the adoption of hypersonics and AI. Digital transformation will play a central role—is your organization positioned to succeed?

DoD cloud adoption may be easier said than done, but PTC has been doing it for 20 years. Accelerate your organization’s capability through a FedRAMP/DISA-authorized IL-5 Cloud—the same system already in use by the Air Force and Navy.

Strategic objectives and business goals for FA&D

PTC’s products enable the innovation of next-generation solutions and support model-based systems engineering practices with a Modular Open System Approach, ensuring the flexibility to meet current and future industry needs. See below to learn more about the outcomes we help our customers achieve.

Create an environment that emphasizes access to data over ownership to gain knowledge and insights. With PTC’s PLM solutions, you can Improve visibility and collaboration across teams and ask meaningful questions of prime and sub-contractors while driving efficiency.

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Enhance uptime for naval assets, aircraft, and ground vehicles by improving field maintenance and service. With PTC’s augmented reality and spare parts management solutions, you can drive field service efficiency and reduce service costs.

Service Productivity

Accelerate product development with product design optimization that improves efficiency along every step of a product’s lifecycle. See how with PTC’s solutions for generative design, simulation and analysis, and product lifecycle management.

Master Design Optimization

Improve efficiency and lower costs across the value chain, from increasing engineering productivity and saving design time, to reducing manufacturing costs, and optimizing field service with PTC solutions.

Reduce Costs

Boost factory capacity, meet demand, and prevent output problems. Get more from IIoT with PTC’s manufacturing solutions.

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Real-world results

~ David B. Slader, Director, Enterprise PDM Raytheon

US Air Force sets a new standard of operational excellence with Servigistics

Servigistics capabilities and data science supports U.S. Air Force weapons systems with:

Improved accuracy
Reduced workload
Comprehensive supply planning
Real-time supply chain metrics
Advanced logistics cost estimation
Aircraft availability by location

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Explore how PTC technologies are helping to solve critical business challenges in the FA&D sector and enabling our customers to advance the pace of their own digital transformations.

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