Alenia Aermacchi is a world leader in the design, production and support of military training aircraft and offers the largest range of products that meet training requirements. Founded in 1913, the company has built over 7,000 aircraft for approximately 40 nations. It is based at Venegono Superiore, (Varese Province, Italy) with facilities that include airfield, extensive structural laboratories and workshops, and wind and water tunnels. It employs approximately 1,850 people. The company has always designed and developed its aircraft autonomously with highly qualified personnel and leading-edge technologies.
Challenge
Alenia Aermacchi wanted to cut the time required for fluid dynamic and acoustic aeronautical simulations.
Solution
New server platform installed. Dell servers powered by Intel® Xeon® processor 5400 series were implemented in its data centre to run its computer aided design applications.
Benefits
The time required to run simulation configurations dropped by 70 per cent, greater computing power enabled more detailed simulations and virtualisation was introduced into the data centre leading greater efficiencies.
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