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theEXPRESSway 10
2008-06-11
 Published by Jotne EPM Technology Issued: June 2008 / Circulation: 4,500
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Welcome to EXPRESSway 10!
2008-07-05
Jotne EPM Technology is busy. We have so much news to share with you that we decided to dedicate this
issue to our business areas Aerospace and Defense.
There is one common denominator to the enclosed project reports and articles: PLCS, the international
standard ISO 10303-239 with the title ”Product life cycle support”.
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About Jotne EPM Technology
2008-07-05
Jotne EPM Technology (EPMT) is a member of the Jotne Group, specializing in information technology. since 1990 the company has developed database solutions to handle standards such as iso 10303 sTEP, PLCs, etc. These are open specifications with public availability used among others by aerospace, space and defense related industries to manage information about complex systems.
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Why PLCS?
2008-07-05
 By Howard Mason, Chair, ISO TC184/SC4, Industrial data Co-Chair, OASIS Product Life Cycle Support (PLCS) Technical Committee
Large and complex products such as aircraft, vehicles, ships and buildings depend on accurate information for their successful operation and maintenance through a lifecycle often measured in decades. Configuration, documentation, maintenance requirements and records all need to be maintained in line with the product.
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EPMT keeps STEP with EADS
2008-07-05
 - When European Air Defence Systems (EADS) chose Jotne EPM Technology (EPMT) it was because we needed a partner with world beating competence in advanced data exchange, explains Thomas Drehmel, director of data administration and standards at EADS. He has nothing but praise for his partner since 1999.
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Jotne EPM Technology to supply software to Saab
2008-07-05
 As a result of the framework agreement between Gripen International and the Ministry of Defence, Jotne EPM Technology (EPMT) has entered into an agreement with Saab for the management and communication of maintenance data for Gripen. The project will make use of EPMT’s EXPRESS Data Manager™ software.
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MMAS The Multi-Mission Archive Server
2008-07-05
 Jotne EPM Technology was recently awarded a contract with ESA/ESOC to develop a standards based archive server for the storage of downlink data for multiple satellite missions.
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OCDS - The Open Concurrent Design Server
2008-07-05
 It has been declared as one of the most innovative tools for the development of complex integrated systems. The Concurrent Design Facility, or CDF, was created by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the efficient development of complex multi-system space projects in the early design phases.
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TruePLM A model for the Future
2008-07-05
 Managing, sharing and archiving data from various phases of a project can be difficult. Performing similar data management tasks over the lifecycle of a complex project can become overwhelming. The TruePLM project, in cooperation with the European Space Agency, utilizes ISO-standards to manage data over the entire space project lifecycle.
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Will improve French-Norwegian space collaboration
2008-07-05
 The mighty French Space Agency CNES visited Svalbard and the Norwegian Space Centre in Oslo to discuss future cooperation with Norway.
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Joint STEP/PLCS offer in the Aerospace and Defense sector
2008-07-05
Jotne EPM Technology AS and the Swedish provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) information solutions and services for advanced products and systems, Sörman Information AB has entered a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop market opportunities and products related to the Aerospace and Defense sector.
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The 10th NASA-ESA Workshop on Product Data Exchange (PDE 2008)
2008-07-05
On the 26-28th of March 2008, Jotne EPM Technology was a key participant in the 10th Annual NASA-ESA Workshop on Product Data Exchange at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
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The challenge of time for CAD-archiving
2008-07-05
 This article is based on the article, “Long Term Retention of Digital Models” by Sean Barker, Advanced Technology Centre, BAE SYSTEMS. It presents the ”The Challenge Of Time” for CAD-archiving in the aerospace industry, and a project aiming to solve this problem.
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Integrating CAD and analysis
2008-07-05
 Advanced iso-geometric analysis is fundamental to state-of-the-art systems for PLM and archival that include CAD models and engineering analysis data. For, today’s often leaky CAD-models make the integration and the archival of CAD and analysis data a real challenge. A project has been established between SINTEF, Aker Solutions and Jotne EPM Technology to solve the problem.
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Jotne EPMT contracts CIMdata Services
2008-07-05
Jotne EPM Technology (EPMT) recently worked with CIMdata to perform a detailed study of the PLM market within the aerospace sector.
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He will fight in the US for Norwegian Defence suppliers
2008-07-05
 His name is Tom Ivar Stie and this fall he becomes the Norwegian defense industry man in Washington. Sties new job has been established as a result of a collaboration between Innovation Norway, The Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Norwegian Defence and Security Industries Association (FSi) and eight Norwegian defense suppliers, among them Jotne EPM Technology AS.
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AIA recommends PLCS
2008-07-05
 The aerospace industry has in all of its history been struggling with lack of a common interoperable data exchange language. This is now about to change.
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