.png?width=133&height=43&name=Logo%20(4).png "Logo (8)"){kind=small}
September 2026 Phoenix, Arizona
Anark was a proud sponsor of GPDIS 2026 and have been supporting this important Aerospace & Defense community since it's inception in 2014. This year's summit examined the role of AI in advancing standards-based interoperability within enterprise digital ecosystems. That theme sits directly on top of the work Anark has been doing to connect trusted engineering data to the people who need to act on it.
For an Anark summery of the event, please have a look at:
GPDIS 2026 Summary: Standards and the Product Data AI Has to Trust
First look at Anark Collaborate 5 Raptor
GPDIS attendees were able to get an early preview of Anark Collaborate 5 Raptor ahead of its official launch on September 30 at 1PM ET. Fast. Precise. Powerful. Raptor represents the next generation of model-based collaboration.
We talked with many attendees on how Raptor extends trusted engineering product data into the workflows where manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and partners need to review, understand, and act on complex product information. Attendees were able to see 3D CAD, MBD Content with PMI, GD&T, BOM, drawing, and document content delivered in the browser, with review and problem resolution happening directly in product context. Our team walked attendees through what is coming and answered questions. This also tied into the Anark presentation at the event titled:
Persistent IDs and Model-Based Collaboration for the Digital Thread.
Cross-domain manufacturing collaboration in aerospace and defense still relies on disconnected tools, including email, screenshots, and PowerPoint markups. The result is costly delay between design, manufacturing, and quality teams. Persistent Identifiers and other standards-based structured information can address this by assigning stable, unique identifiers to part features. Those identifiers remain linked across every domain, revision, and stakeholder throughout the product lifecycle.
As related, the DDP/CASCaRA framework, developed by prostep ivip and submitted to the OMG as an emerging global standard, represents a parallel effort with closely aligned intent. It was built to ensure consistency in how model-based engineering data is shared across organizational boundaries, and it treats product data as an interconnected knowledge graph.
Persistent identifiers and standards-based structure are what make model-based collaboration hold together across organizational boundaries. Raptor is where that structure becomes usable, giving manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and partners a way to work from authoritative product data without leaving product context.
If you were not at GPDIS or missed running into Anark, Please join us September 30 at 1PM ET for the Anark Collaborate 5 Raptor launch event.
