New engineering software targets composite repair process

A new way to view, assess, and ensure more accurate repairs to aircraft composite components has been developed by a group of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) engineers and the NLign team. Click here for the PDF article.

"NLign provides the majority of the information needed to perform and search for previous analysis reports, legacy stress reports, test and teardown information and known issues with our FE models. Utilizing NLign helped reduce the amount of time to find this data by 83%."

— Luke Bracken, Mechanical Engineer, T-38 Structural Integrity and Analysis

"The procedure took about eight to ten hours before engineers could begin to analyze damage extent and repair options. Now, fleet maintainers will be able to simply take a digital picture of the damages and send them directly to the engineers who can begin working on the repair analysis."

— Naval Air Systems Command

"Damage and repair details will now be model-based. Saving this data in a 3D environment as opposed to papers, files and PDFs will make us more efficient."

— Chris Root, Advanced Aircraft Technology Team Lead Naval Air Systems Command

"Later in the lifecycle, the focus is on production, delivery and sustainment of the end item. The goal is to continually evolve the digital representation alongside the end item, gaining continuous insight and knowledge from the operational environment."

— Department of Defense, Digital Engineering Strategy

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