Test and evaluation – What are the opportunities to reduce the cost and environmental impacts associated with the test and evaluation of large scale, integrated and complex military systems?
Background
Defence spends around £8 billion annually on the provision of equipment and technological solutions for our Armed Forces. The cost of delivering and maintaining these platforms grows with technical complexity. For military platforms and weapons systems, there are significant technical challenges in driving down the cost of integration and ownership; integrating these systems into a networked environment; addressing a range of difficult targets; and providing the ability to defeat targets under highly constrained rules of engagement. This will drive the need for increased stand-off ranges of our platform and weapons systems which will require developments in our propulsion and airframe designs.
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Unmanned Aerial System Integration & Test Digital Twin
CHANGE OF SCOPE SUMMARY Thales proposes a change of scope in replacing the original UITDT use case – based on an unmanned air system integration and digital twin – with a Complex System Integration and Test Digital Twin ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: THALES UK LIMITED
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the opportunities to reduce cost and environmental impacts associated with test and evaluation of complex military systems through the development of a Complex System Integration and Test Digital Twin.