PITTSBURGH – Ansys has acquired Phoenix Integration, a developer of engineering tools for model-based engineering, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on Ansys' consolidated financial statements in 2021.

Phoenix Integration's ModelCenter is a vendor-neutral software platform that empowers engineers to create and automate multi-tool workflows. ModelCenter MBSE bridges the gap between engineering analysis and the systems model.

The software is particularly relevant to the aerospace and defense sector. Long-term customers include Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, SAIC, Raytheon, NASA, the US Air Force and the US Navy. Phoenix Integration is also a longtime partner of Analytical Graphics, which Ansys acquired in 2020.

"Companies across industries are benefitting from process integration and MBSE through improved communications, increased product quality and heightened productivity across their engineering teams," said Shane Emswiler, senior vice president of Ansys. "Acquiring market leader Phoenix Integration will complement our acquisition of Dynardo in the process integration and design optimization space, and expand our capabilities, providing customers with strong MBE and MBSE offerings to further our pervasive engineering strategy. I am excited for Phoenix Integration to join the Ansys team."

"Phoenix Integration has seen firsthand the benefits that engineering simulation and MBE have in transforming the product development process," said Jane Trenaman, president and CEO of Phoenix Integration. "We are looking forward to joining forces with Ansys to help our existing customers benefit from expanded access to physics-based simulation within their model-based engineering workflows, and we are excited to see the ModelCenter platform provide increased value to the Ansys community."