Today's systems are becoming more and more complex. Traditional document-centric engineering approaches are inherently “lossy”, labor-intensive, and do not scale well to accurately represent these large, complex cyber-physical systems. Transforming to Digital Engineering (DE) methodologies allows us to digitally generate, curate, and share computable data. We can then exploit this data to visualize and test myriad mission scenarios to get operational truths that improve mission success and adapt in days, not months.  

This panel is designed to help those starting their digital engineering transformation journey, already implementing digital engineering, or simply interested in learning more about digital engineering and best practices in action. Hear from practitioners across the DoD who provide tangible DE examples from theory to implementation to success.  

Each of our panelists will discuss their digital engineering journey highlighting challenges, successes and their road forward. The panelists will provide representative demonstrations illustrating their approaches to digital engineering and are prepared to take on all questions to provide you with ideas and lessons learned to facilitate your digital engineering initiatives in whatever phase you are in. Recognizing the breadth and challenges of navigating the digital landscape, some key topics discussed will include: 

• The challenges and benefits of a common digital engineering platform and how that can be leveraged to accelerate digital engineering objectives 

• Cultural and other barriers faced to institutionalize DE; including understanding how industry and government organizations meet the staffing needs 

• Understanding the “long tail” of the return on investment; how models are used to reduce defects, recognize obsolescence before it impacts the warfighter and ultimately improve readiness 

•  How intellectual property and data rights are managed; how to get disparate system information that is “owned” by other organizations