We are cruising right along! 🛳️ Hard to believe we are almost at the halfway point of the year! The SIMULIA blog has also been cruising, with 8 articles published in May. Check out all the great content published, including the latest structures enhancements, the Medtronic and Rosenberger customer stories, the Simulation for Defense series and more!  

Here's what was published in May: 

	Structures Simulation Enhancements in the R2026x Release Discover an overview of the recent enhancements within the Abaqus solvers new features from the latest 2026x releases. 📖 Read the full blog
	Why Quantum Hardware Will Be Designed in Simulation First Learn about the critical role of simulation-led engineering in advancing quantum computing beyond laboratory prototypes and how Dassault Systèmes’ MODSIM approach integrates modeling and simulation into the design process, enabling engineers to tackle complex, multiphysics challenges virtually. By adopting this methodology, the industry can accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and pave the way for scalable, practical quantum systems. 📖 Read the full blog
	Simulating Precision: How Medtronic Engineers Advance Heart Valve Innovation We had the opportunity to interview David Martin, Senior Principal Engineer at Medtronic, at the 2025 SIMULIA EuroNorth Regional User Meeting (RUM) about his presentation: Role of Modelling & Simulation Tools in the Development of Transcatheter Heart Valve Devices at Medtronic | EURONORTH RUM 2025. Hear how Medtronic is using SIMULIA Abaqus’ structural simulation to aid in the development of live-saving transcatheter heart valves.  📖 Read the full blog
	From Particles on a Grid to the Wind Tunnel’s Digital Rival: The Rise of LBM in Defense Aviation Learn how the Lattice-Boltzmann method became a CFD powerhouse — and how pushing it beyond its original limits is changing the way military aircraft are developed. 📖 Read the full blog
	Proven at Altitude: How PowerFLOW Earned the Aerospace and Defense Industry’s Trust Validation is the currency of aerospace engineering. Through the AIAA High-Lift Prediction Workshop series and a 15-year NASA partnership on airframe noise, Exa’s high-speed LBM solvers proved they could handle the flows that traditional CFD cannot. 📖 Read the full blog
	Rosenberger Optimizes Products and Processes with SIMULIA SIMULIA had the privilege of interviewing Michael Wollitzer of Rosenberger during the EuroCentral 2025 SIMULIA Regional User Meeting about his presentation: Efficient development by virtual prototyping: A connector manufacturer’s view. 📖 Read the full blog
	Beyond the Center of the Flight Envelope: LBM-based Fluid Simulations for the Defense Industry From supersonic cavity acoustics to multi-physics drone optimization, learn how PowerFLOW addresses the simulation challenges unique to military aircraft — and why the extreme requirements of the defense industry make it an ideal fit for LBM. 📖 Read the full blog
	Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces and the Future of Satellite Communication Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, or RIS, sit at one of the most interesting intersections in modern wireless engineering. They draw on metamaterials, electromagnetic (EM) design, signal processing and high-performance computing, all in service of a deceptively simple idea. You can take a flat, low-power panel and make it behave like a steerable antenna. That promise is what makes RIS so relevant to satellite communication. Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations are now real, ground terminals are being asked to do more in smaller packages, and 6G is starting to take shape on the horizon. RIS is moving from research papers into practical antenna systems and simulation is the bridge that gets it there. To explore where the technology stands today, Jonathan Oakley, Director of High-Tech Industry Enablement at Dassault Systèmes, sat down with Rodrigo Enjiu, Global High-Tech Industry Senior Specialist at Dassault Systèmes, to talk through the physics, the simulation workflow, and what comes next. 📖 Read the full blog