PLCS DEX to exchange semantic information from ship STEP AP’s

This team of a small software developer, two large Navy shipbuilders, and two experts in ship STEP and PLCS DEX technology propose to develop processes and interface tools to exchange non-geometric product model data between shipbuilders and the Navy. Specifically, in the Phase I program we will 1. Determine the product structure and material property information needed by LEAPS. 2. Create a reference data library that contains this information using the semantics of the Ship STEP AP’s. 3. Define the source systems for this information at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and Electric Boat. 4. Develop a PLCS DEX that contains the reference data 5. Prove the feasibility of the DEX bi-directional data transfer using Eurostep’s share-a-space software tools. In the Phase I Option, we will continue to design the interfaces to LEAPS and the shipbuilder IT systems that will be developed and prototyped in Phase II.