Sukhoi Develops Russian 'Paperless' Aircraft Using Siemens PLM Software

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, has announced that its Teamcenter software suite enabled the production of Russia's first internationally-designed and manufactured, paperless aircraft. Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company's Superjet 100 (SSJ100), marked its maiden flight on May 19, 2008.

To create this aircraft, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and its partners worked within a single master data warehouse enabled with Teamcenter that included all 3D models and related data to completely define and digitally mock up any aspect of the SSJ100. This warehouse, or platform, enabled the company to create Russia's first aircraft from a paperless design process.

"We set out with an aggressive plan and succeeded because of our collaboration with partners and suppliers powered by Teamcenter," said Viktor Soubbotin, President, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company. "The collaborative technology played a central role in bringing the SSJ100 into the air faster and at lower cost."

"Teamcenter gave SCAC a single synchronized knowledge platform for designing and manufacturing," said Paul Vogel, senior vice president and managing director for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Siemens PLM Software. "In large, geographically distributed projects, like SSJ100, everyone should work with a single source of data to keep the control over all design changes during production. Watching and working with Sukhoi over the course of the design process has been inspiring.

"We, in a sense, provide the paint brush and palette, but the designers at SCAC and their partners around the world are the artists. And they truly have created a masterpiece in their first global effort and they've done it in record time."