IPP&E Case Studies, Conference Talks, and Named Deployments — Search Results

Bottom line: no named IPP&E customer deployment found

Despite multiple searches combining "IPP&E" / "Integrated Program Planning and Execution" with major aerospace/defense primes (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman) and with "Realize LIVE" (Siemens' user conference), no public case study, conference session abstract, or press release was found that names a specific customer using IPP&E. This is consistent with IPP&E being a specialized, contractually sensitive capability (DoD program cost/schedule data is often controlled/export-restricted), so customers and Siemens alike may simply not publicize deployments the way they publicize CAD/PLM wins.

What IS publicly documented (general Teamcenter A&D wins, not IPP&E-specific)

• Lockheed Martin Aeronautics: made "a significant investment in Siemens Digital Industries Xcelerator PLM portfolio," focused on "integrated end-to-end processes spanning from engineering and manufacturing through the full product lifecycle." The Engineering.com article covering this win was checked directly and does not mention IPP&E, EVM, or a program-management module by name — the coverage is about the broader Xcelerator/Teamcenter/NX/Simcenter/Capital portfolio. Source: Engineering.com — The Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Win.
• Northrop Grumman: uses the Xcelerator portfolio and reportedly "automated its design space exploration process, reducing analysis time by 30-50%" — an engineering/analysis win, not a program-management/EVM one. No IPP&E mention found.
• Boeing Defense, Space and Security: signed a 10-year PLM software agreement with Siemens — general PLM, no IPP&E mention found.

None of these three confirm IPP&E usage specifically; they confirm the companies are large Teamcenter/Xcelerator customers in general, which is suggestive but not evidence of IPP&E adoption.

Realize LIVE conference

Realize LIVE (Siemens' user conference, Americas and Europe editions) has an aerospace & defense track and Teamcenter-specific sessions, per the event site (events.sw.siemens.com). No session title, abstract, or recap blog post specifically covering IPP&E, EVM, or DCMA-related content was found in this research pass. Realize LIVE 2026 session catalogs were not deeply crawled (the events site did not yield session-level detail through search); a follow-up pass directly browsing the Realize LIVE session catalog (once published) could turn up something this search missed.

Conclusion

This is one of the thinner results in this research task, as expected for a niche DoD-contract-facing tool. Report honestly: IPP&E has essentially no public-facing case-study or conference-talk footprint as of this research date. The only concrete, named practitioner-facing material found across this whole research task is the Aviation Week Network profile page and the Stottler Henke/Aurora partner page (see companion files), both of which are vendor/partner marketing content rather than independent case studies.