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A key subset of Digital Engineering is Model-Based Product Support (MBPS), which is being increasingly recognised as a critical approach in the defence sector for ensuring the sustained performance, reliability, and efficiency of military systems and equipment.
As defence technologies become more complex and interdependent, traditional methods of product support – which often rely on paper-based manuals and reactive maintenance strategies – are no longer sufficient.
MBPS integrates advanced digital models, simulations, and data analytics into the lifecycle management of defence products, enabling proactive maintenance, quicker problem-solving, and enhanced decision-making. By utilising detailed, real-time data from across a system’s operation, MBPS can predict potential failures, optimise performance, and reduce downtime, leading to significant cost savings and improved mission readiness.
In an environment where system reliability and operational availability are paramount, MBPS ensures that defence assets are maintained in peak condition, delivering superior operational capability and safety.
We have created an end-to-end digital ecosystem using the best-in-class software solutions to provide a seamless service to customers to embrace Digital Engineering and MBPS. Our ecosystem delivers the following functions:
➤ Data Assurance and a single source database – to ensure accurate information is used throughout the ecosystem.
➤ Engineering Suite – tools to improve efficiency and digital connectivity in our services: Through-Life Support, Safety and Environmental, Human Factors and Technical Publications.
➤ Modelling and Analysis Suite – enables an extensive expansion of services to provide certainty of outcomes in support solutions through computational analysis. Enabling the identification of commercial options, sustainment requirements, logistical bottlenecks, cost drivers, and profitability.
➤ (Support) Digital Twin and Visualisation – provision of live outcomes and performance from both the engineering and modelling data into a meaningful representation through a Support Digital Twin and other visualisation techniques.
➤ Tailored Outputs – split into four categories:
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If you would like to find out more about Digital Engineering and our approach to MBPS please contact a member of our team.
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