Talking Aerospace Today

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

Previous episodes of this podcast have delved incredibly deep into the many ways digital transformation maturity can make aerospace engineers’ jobs easier, from automating mundane tasks to utilizing artificial intelligence to enhance work processes. Now it is time to explore the next big step in digital transformation: generative design.

In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Anthony Nicoli, Senior Director for Aerospace at Siemens, to introduce the concept of generative design in aerospace, beginning with how it could impact the electrical domain of aerospace.

In this episode, you will learn:

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Resources:

• Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Talking Aerospace Today will be taking a break for the holidays and will return January 5, 2024, but Todd Tuthill is here to wish everyone a happy holiday season and give a sneak peak for what's to come.

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

This series has covered many topics related to artificial intelligence and the A&D industry, from why the industry should adopt it to ways it can improve engineering workflows. Despite these benefits, however, there is still a degree of skepticism surrounding the new technology. How can the A&D industry overcome these reservations?

In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Justin Hodges, AI/ML technical specialist and product manager for Siemens Simcenter, wrap up their conversation on AI with methods companies can use to build confidence in using AI, how concerns about security when using AI can be addressed, and some final thoughts on the future role of AI in the A&D industry.

In this episode, you will learn:

Connect with Todd Tuthill:

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Connect with Justin Hodges:

• LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

• LinkedIn

Resources:

Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

Artificial intelligence has great potential to improve the processes and workflows of numerous industries, and aerospace and defense is no exception. As the industry struggles against a growing workforce shortage, AI can help fill the gaps and not only multiply the impact of current engineers, but also create a new, cutting-edge work environment that can bring the industry into the modern day.

In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined again by Justin Hodges, AI/ML technical specialist and product manager for Siemens Simcenter, and explore how AI can improve the workflows for engineers, make the industry attractive for new engineers, and advanced ways AI can potentially be used down the line.

In this episode, you will learn:

Connect with Todd Tuthill:

• LinkedIn

Connect with Justin Hodges:

• LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

• LinkedIn

Resources:

• Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

As this series wraps up exploring the automation stage of digital transformation maturity, the later, even more exciting stages of generative design and closed-loop optimization grow closer. However, both of these stages rely on a critical technology that deserves its own set of episodes before homing in on them specifically, and that technology is artificial intelligence (AI).

In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by Justin Hodges, AI/ML technical specialist and product manager for Siemens Simcenter, to discuss the latest advancements in AI technology, why the A&D industry needs it, and how the industry can benefit from its use.

In this episode, you will learn:

Connect with Todd Tuthill:

• LinkedIn

Connect with Justin Hodges:

• LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

• LinkedIn

Resources:

• Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

Authoritative automation, the process of reducing costly physical activities by expanding visual activities, has already changed much of the world in areas such as personal navigation. With enormous challenges like a growing shortage of engineers, the aerospace and defense industry presents itself as a prime target that could benefit from authoritative automation’s transformative capabilities.

In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of the A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, dives deep into how digital transformation has already improved aerospace programs, why the A&D industry needs authoritative automation, and how the industry can build confidence and expertise in the implementation of automation technologies.

In this episode, you will learn:

Connect with Todd Tuthill:

• LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

• LinkedIn

Resources:

• Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

Automation in the context of digital transformation maturity starts with “automating the mundane,” delegating dull, repetitive tasks that take up engineers’ time to computers and machines. Of course, that is not all automation can do. With enough time and investment, aerospace and defense companies (A&D) can begin instituting “authoritative automation” or taking more complex real-world activities and automating them digitally.

In this episode, Todd Tuthill, Vice President of the A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, guides listeners on what authoritative automation entails, how it differs from the automation discussed in previous episodes, and what authoritative automation looks like in a relatable, non-A&D setting.

In this episode, you will learn:



Connect with Todd Tuthill:

●     LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

●     LinkedIn

Resources:

●     Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

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Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

The aerospace and defense (A&D) industry often suffers from numerous mundane tasks that redirect most engineers’ time away from the engineering and critical thinking they were trained to do. To multiply the impact of their engineers, companies can automate these mundane tasks and get their engineers back on track. Successful implementation, however, may prove tricky for those who do not know what to watch out for.

Join Todd Tuthill, Vice President of the A&D Industry for Siemens Digital Industries Software, as he continues his discussion from the last episode on automating the mundane. In this episode, Todd talks about how companies can successfully automate their engineering processes and how that would not only require a technological shift, but also a cultural one.

In this episode, you will learn:

·      How automation can help companies meet deadlines on time

·      Where in an organization is a good place to start implementing automation

·      Pitfalls to avoid when implementing automation

·      The importance of building a culture that will accept new ways of engineering

·      A hint of what comes after automating the mundane

Connect with Todd Tuthill:

●     LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

●     LinkedIn

Resources:

●     Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

The majority of aerospace and defense (A&D) companies have been making great progress in their journeys toward digital transformation maturity, establishing systems for configuring and connecting data. When companies complete those steps, though, what comes next? How can companies make their data work for them?

This episode of Talking Aerospace Today begins a deep dive into the third level of digital transformation maturity: automation. Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D at Siemens Digital Industries Software, explores what automation entails with examples from both inside and outside the A&D industry and how companies can begin its implementation by automating mundane processes.

In this episode, you will learn:

·      Where most of the A&D industry is in digital transformation maturity

·      What automation means in terms of digital transformation

·      Which mundane engineering tasks could be automated with digital transformation

·      The benefits automation could bring to engineering processes

·      What automation looks like in a real example from the A&D industry

Connect with Todd Tuthill:

●     LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

●     LinkedIn

Resources:

●     Siemens Aerospace & Defense website

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the aerospace and defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.

Digital transformation is well underway in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, with companies exploring ways to increase the connectivity and traceability of their data. To ensure the industry fully capitalizes on its present growth, however, companies will need to go further and find ways to connect data and make the data work for them. They need to mature their digital transformations.

The first episode of this new series on digital transformation maturity outlined why such measures need to be taken. Todd Tuthill, Vice President of A&D for Siemens Digital Industries Software, uses this episode to outline the five levels required to achieve that maturity: configuration, connection, automation, generative design, and closed-loop optimization. These steps will be the subjects of more in-depth discussions in future episodes of Talking Aerospace Today, so stay tuned for even more insights.

In this episode, you will learn:

Connect with Todd Tuthill:

●     LinkedIn

Connect with Patty Russo:

●     LinkedIn

Resources:

●     Siemens Aerospace & Defense website