NASA Partnering with Lockheed and Dassault Systemes to Develop Orion’s Command Module
Orion, America’s next-generation space exploration project, is part of the Constellation program to explore the solar system. The Lockheed Martin Corp. unit and NASA are partnering in human-factors simulations to develop Orion’s command module. Lockheed Martin’s Orion contracts are valued at about $4 billion. LMSSC project managers say that simulations for “what-if” scenarios and tradeoff studies help build working relationships and credibility that are critical for any sort of successful government and industry collaboration. The simulation software is DELMIA DPM (Digital Process for Manufacturing) and V5 Human for ergonomic analyses. Read more…
