UK fusion program awards £30m digital twin contract to Dassault Systèmes
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Oscar Hornstein
Summary
UK Fusion Energy Ltd (UKFE) has awarded a £30m contract to French software company Dassault Systèmes to support the UK's STEP fusion energy program. STEP aims to design and build the world's first prototype fusion power plant by 2040. Dassault will provide its 3DEXPERIENCE digital twin platform to assist engineering teams working on the project.
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· 3 pulledUKFE was created by the government to carry out the UK's flagship fusion energy programme STEP, which aims to design and build the world's first prototype fusion power plant by 2040.
UKFE has recruited Dassault, which will deploy its digital twin platform to support the engineering teams.
Dassault will provide its 3DEXPERIENCE platform, a digital engineering tool
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