The company will use an $80 million award to deliver an integrated digital and physical advanced manufacturing environment at the Anniston Army Depot.
ARLINGTON, Va.—Aided by an $80 million award from the Army Contracting Command, Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), Inc., will convert a World War II era facility into a modern 21st Century advanced manufacturing hub. Siemens will use the funding to deliver an integrated digital and physical advanced manufacturing environment at the Anniston Army Depot, enhancing the U.S. Army’s controlled production of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) electric motor stator assemblies, the company said in a release.
Under the terms of the 12-month performance period, Siemens will use a holistic approach spanning the digital to the physical. The company will do so using a “born digital” approach, providing an integrated digital production environment driven by process-rich digital twins. The approach will directly inform and validate the commissioning of optimal stator assembly production lines with digitally connected advanced manufacturing elements, all before a single bolt is turned, the company said.
According to SGT, a flexible and modular advanced manufacturing environment also requires inherent safety, power, and energy resiliency for safe and secure operations. The SGT team is reported to bring extensive experience across a wide range of Army infrastructure modernization projects, including fire and life safety systems, on-site energy generation, energy storage, and distributed power and interconnection technologies.
“This project really is emblematic of a whole of Siemens approach to meet an urgent Army priority,” said John Ustica, president and CEO, Siemens Government Technologies, in the release. “The ability for the Army to control its own production and manufacturing environment, leveraging AI-driven digital twins and a digital first mindset, will accelerate their organic expertise and innovation for next generation unmanned aircraft system development and sustainment.”
Siemens Government Technologies is the wholly owned, cleared U.S. subsidiary of Siemens Corporation. Its stated mission is to “deliver innovative solutions to federal customers for their critical missions of national consequence.”