ABSTRACT

Digital transformation – the pervasive incorporation of digital technology into virtually every process and system – is arguably the greatest force of change within the naval engineering community. Digital innovation is disrupting traditional ship design paradigms and giving rise to new ways of modernising and sustaining a future integrated force structure. This paper highlights digital transformation as a core strategic initiative that is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defense Digital Engineering Strategy. Recognising the need to expand the U.S. Navy’s advantage over its competitors, this paper identifies foundational elements required to transform current engineering design and development processes. Next, a multi-factor framework is introduced to align traditional processes employed for physical system design and development with a new digital paradigm in recognition of the highly integrated nature of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). Finally, discussion will focus on efforts underway to leverage advanced computational models and highlight the digital engineering use case for Naval Power and Energy Systems (NPES).

摘要

数字化转型——将数字技术广泛融入几乎每一个流程和系统——可以说是海军工程界最大的变革力量。数字创新正在颠覆传统的船舶设计范式，并催生了现代化和维持未来综合部队结构的新方法。本白皮书强调数字化转型是与美国国防部数字工程战略相一致的核心战略举措。认识到需要扩大美国海军相对于其竞争对手的优势，本文确定了转变当前工程设计和开发流程所需的基本要素。下一个，引入了一个多因素框架，以将用于物理系统设计和开发的传统流程与新的数字范式结合起来，以识别基于模型的系统工程 (MBSE) 的高度集成特性。最后，讨论将侧重于利用高级计算模型正在进行的工作，并强调海军动力和能源系统 (NPES) 的数字工程用例。