Visualization tools allow teams to see the impact of their work on the entire project before the design is firmly established, when mistakes will cost much more time and money. Lockheed Martin is also applying visualization technology to verify the material flightworthiness of the JSF, which will use a higher percentage of composites than previous fighters.
Inspectors then examine the models to determine material flightworthiness of each composite part.
With the Laser UT system Lockheed Martin can reduce the time it takes to inspect a part, such as a composite inlet duct, from 24 to less than two hours. To ensure ease of integration, Lockheed Martin employs Silicon Graphics Onyx2 systems and Origin servers for avionics and tactical software integration as well as for pilot training. This can only be accomplished with the SGI and MultiGen solution. Inc. All rights reserved.