Adoption of Digital Twin Within the Department of the Navy

Abstract

Digital twins have the potential to support the decision-makers that design, build, operate, and maintain the platforms that the Department of the Navy (DON) relies upon to conduct naval operations. However, the thin body of knowledge on digital twins presents a challenge for the DON as the range of applications and risks associated with onboarding digital twins are still unclear. This thesis conducts a qualitative technology assessment to determine the effects that adopting digital twins has on the DON's enterprise architecture. Analysis of an enterprise-wide adoption identifies opportunities and risks of digital twins within the context of the DON's strategy, processes, people, technology, cyber security, and risk management. The business value provided by digital twins is principally dependent upon the aggregate risk value of the physical platform and the fidelity and frequency of the digital twins synchronizations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1184688

Entities

People

  • Morgan B. White
  • Steven M. Ellington

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Data Analysis
  • Digital Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Transportation
  • Model Based Systems Engineering
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Reliability
  • Risk Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Wind Turbines

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Organizational Psychology.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Quantum