V ertical Take-O? for Model-Based Systems Engineering at KDA It may sound easy, but the challenge is huge: How do you store documentation in long and complex projects in such a way that relevant information is easily accessible over time? Norwegian arms maker Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (KDA) is using both PLM and a summer student project to ?nd the answer. We are going to test how it ?ies now," says one of the 20 engineering students participating in Kongsberg Defence Aerospace's annual project “Local Hawk.” He is one of hundreds of students who applied to participate in the seven-week project. He is holding a small-scale plane that his team has designed to execute vertical take-o?s. It is a sunny day on a ?eld outside Oslo. There is excitement in the air. How will it perform? For the

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