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12 Sep

Dassault Systemes begins Aerospace and Defense CoE batches

Bengaluru: Global 3D experience major Dassault Systemes on Tuesday announced the commencement of the first and second batch of the Aerospace and Defense Centre of Excellence (CoE) at its '3DEXPERIENCE FORUM 2017' event here. The first two batches will have 50 students undergoing one month-long foundation course. The company is also planning to launch an advanced course of four months on overall Aircraft Design and Development process, Structural Engineering and Equipment Engineering. "India is expected to emerge as the world's third largest aviation market by 2020 and there will be a significant demand for skilled workforce in Aerospace R&D, manufacturing, assembling, maintenance,…

08 Jun

Dassault Systemes to help Indian manufacturing firms go digital

Pune: With 'Make in India' initiative now becoming a global agenda, there is an incredible opportunity for the Indian manufacturing companies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across key verticals to take a giant digital leap, a top executive from Dassault Systèmes has said. With a renewed focus on smart cities and industrial corridors, manufacturing in India too is at the threshold of major reforms. According to reports, India's manufacturing activities in product design, R&D and assembling has the potential to reach $1 trillion by 2025. "Indian manufacturing companies are now catching up with digitisation. But the rate of digitisation is still…

16 Feb

Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited incorporated

Bengaluru: Dassault Reliance Aerospace Limited (DRAL), a joint venture (JV) between Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra)-promoted Reliance Aerostructure Limited (RAL) and Dassault Aviation, which can potentially generate 700 highly-skilled direct jobs and 2,800 indirect jobs in its first phase, has been incorporated, it was announced here on Thursday. Eric Trappier, Chairman of Dassault Aviation France, will be its Chairman and Anil D. Ambani, Chairman of the Reliance Group, will be the Co-Chairman of DRAL, in which RAL will have a 51 per cent shareholding, while Dassault Aviation (DA) will hold 49 per cent. India and France has on September 23, 2016, signed…

14 Feb

Anil Ambani to fly in Rafale fighter at air show

Bengaluru: Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani will fly in French Rafale fighter of Dassault Aviation on Wednesday at the Aero India 2017 expo air show at the Yelahanka IAF base here, said the company on Tuesday. "Ambani will do a sortie in Rafale jet on Wednesday afternoon. He will be in flying overalls, with G suit, flying boots and helmet with oxygen mask for the hour-long flight," said Reliance Group in a statement here. A G-suit is an anti-gravity garment worn by fighter pilots to endure high levels of acceleration force (gravity). The suit inflates and prevents blood from pooling in…

10 Feb

Dassault Aviation to Present New Falcon 8X at Indian Air Show

Saint-Cloud, France: Dassault Aviation will present its Falcon fleet of large cabin, long range business jets alongside its Rafale fighter jet at Aero India, India’s largest airshow. The eleventh edition of this leading event will open on February 14th at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bangalore. The Dassault display will feature the ultra-long range Falcon 8X trijet, as well as the Falcon 2000LXS twin.Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, which entered the market in October, was handed over to an Indian customer last month. The 6,450 nm/11,945 km Falcon 8X is the most comfortable, versatile and economical business jet in its class. It…

07 Feb

Dassault Systemes sets eyes on space exploration, faster transport

Los Angeles: From collaborating with engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for designing a next-generation space exploration device to cut the distance barrier between cities, the global 3D design company Dassault Systemes is busy working on ideas to herald a new era for millennials. According to Gian Paolo Bassi, CEO, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systemes, new space exploration devices will further expand our knowledge about the universe. "We are working closely with JPL engineers to build a space exploration device that will be faster than any other machine of its kind of previous generation and will be able to carry heavier payloads,"…