Model-Based Acquisition of Maritime Systems using Mission Engineering
Overview
This webinar will explore a collaborative approach to acquisition that emphasizes a mission-based capability strategy beginning in the proposal phase of a program. By leveraging model-based acquisition and digital engineering, stakeholders can align on structures and interfaces, facilitate early validation and verification, and lay the foundation for a robust digital engineering approach. This method encourages broader industry innovation by enabling contractors to collaborate on requirements definition—ultimately ensuring that acquisitions meet mission needs and support ongoing capability development without stifling innovation.
To illustrate this concept, we will use the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) element of the mission as a case study. Starting with an operational area and a notional submerged cargo search mission, high-level capabilities of a desired system are generated. From this, vendors can perform internal designs using high-fidelity, multidomain models. Simplified models can then be shared with the customer and fed back into the mission engineering framework to inform procurement decisions.
Highlights
- Run mission trades that consider the use of underwater vehicles
- Perform system-level tradeoffs and build models of varying degrees of fidelity
- Use data-driven decision making to inform acquisition
About the Presenter
Michael Rudolph has been an Aerospace and Defense Industry Manager at MathWorks since 2019. In his role, he works with engineering leadership throughout the industry to understand ongoing and emerging technology trends from autonomous systems to multifunction RF systems. Before joining MathWorks, he spent a decade at Raytheon BBN Technologies performing interdisciplinary research on various sensor and RF systems for DoD customers like Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He holds bachelor’s and master's degrees in engineering from Penn State University, and an MBA from University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.
Carlos Osorio is an Aerospace and Defense Principal Application Engineer at MathWorks. Carlos received a B.S. from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and an M.S. from the University of California at Berkeley, both in Mechanical Engineering. He specializes in Automatic Control Systems, Robotics, and Vehicle Dynamics. Before joining The MathWorks in October of 2007, he worked in the automotive industry in the Advanced Chassis Technology Division first at Ford Motor Company and later at Visteon Corporation, where he was involved in the development and implementation of prototype electronic active and semi-active suspensions as well as steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire systems for passenger vehicles. At MathWorks Carlos primarily works with Aerospace and Defense customers and focuses on mechanical and electrical/electronic systems and advanced control applications.
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