Mission Ready Trace: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and Readiness

Aerospace and defense organizations are pushing the boundaries of innovation. Systems are more connected, more software-defined, and more complex than ever before.

But the ability to design advanced systems is outpacing the ability to validate, certify, and deploy them with confidence.

The real challenge is no longer what can be engineered.
It is what can be delivered reliably at scale.

Organizations must simultaneously accelerate development, scale production, and meet stringent regulatory requirements.

Success now depends on:

• Faster development cycles
• Higher production throughput
• First-time compliance and reliability

The competitive advantage is shifting.
It is no longer innovation speed. It is execution reliability.

Modern systems combine software, hardware, and systems engineering across distributed teams and supply chains.

Traditional ALM tools were not built for:

• Continuous change cycles
• Cross-domain collaboration
• Strict regulatory traceability

You cannot manage software-defined complexity with legacy approaches.

The biggest barrier isn’t capability. It’s fragmentation.

Across organizations:

• Requirements are disconnected from validation
• Validation is disconnected from compliance
• Engineering is disconnected from execution

This results in:

• Rework and delays
• Slower certification
• Reduced confidence in system performance

Fragmentation is the hidden cost behind every missed commitment.

ALM has become a strategic control point across the lifecycle, driving:

• Innovation speed
• Compliance confidence
• Production scalability
• Operational readiness

Modern ALM is not just about tools. It is about controlling execution across the enterprise.

A modern ALM approach must provide:

• Unified lifecycle backbone: Connecting requirements, validation, risk, and change
• End-to-end traceability: Full visibility and auditability across the lifecycle
• Digital continuity: Alignment across engineering, manufacturing, and operations
• Enterprise scalability: Support for large, distributed programs
• Adoption and transformation: Not just deployment, but new ways of working

The goal is not visibility. It is control with velocity.

Mission Ready Trace combines PTC technology and Capgemini transformation expertise to modernize lifecycle execution.

Codebeamer – the ALM backbone

• Requirements, test, and risk management in one platform
• End-to-end traceability across the lifecycle
• Built for regulated environments
• Scales across complex programs

Capgemini – driving transformation and adoption

• Defines operating models aligned to real programs
• Establishes governance and compliance
• Integrates ALM into live environments
• Drives adoption and measurable outcomes

Most ALM transformations fail because they focus only on tools.

Mission Ready Trace delivers:

• Technology + operating model transformation
• Governance + adoption
• Scale + measurable performance

You don’t transform engineering by deploying software.
You transform it by changing how decisions are made and executed.

Delaying ALM modernization increases risk and cost.

Legacy environments:

• Limit agility
• Increase technical debt
• Slow decision making
• Reduce lifecycle visibility

Every year on legacy ALM compounds execution risk.

The future of aerospace and defense belongs to organizations that can turn complexity into controlled execution.

Mission Ready Trace enables:

• End-to-end traceability
• Certification readiness
• Scalable program execution
• Confident delivery

It’s not about insight. It’s about execution at scale.