Ply management subcontract

Ply management subcontract

Keywords: Sikorsky, Helicopters, CAD, Composites

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, of Stratford, Connecticut, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, has named Composite Design Technologies,Waltham, Massachusetts, as the management subcontractor on a major government technology program. "The primary goal of the US Army's Rotary Wing Structures Technology Demonstration (RWSTD) is to make military helicopters more affordable", says Bruce Kay, program manager for Sikorsky. "CDT's assignment will be to enhance their existing composite design software package, call FiberSIM, to provide a tighter link to computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools and incorporate design rule checking that will streamline the composite design process."

RWSTD is a co-operative agreement between the US Army and Sikorsky to reduce recurring and nonrecurring costs on military helicopters. As part of the project, Sikorsky will redesign a portion of the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter to demonstrate the technology developed during the project.