Digital Twin Technology for Naval Maintenance Training and Operations

The US Navy is looking to leverage advances in Digital Twin technology to enhance its Ready, Relevant Training (RRL) program, which will be “computer based and occur pier side and at points in a sailor’s career when various skills are needed.” To make a Digital Twin an effective part of RRL maintenance training, training content must be infused with 1) real-world operational data from actual ship conditions, equipment conditions and sailor performed actions, as well as with 2) training data capturing sailor experience level, qualification level, and performance, and 3) training workflows and content integration. The focus of this project will be to develop a system architecture and demonstration of Digital Twin technology for RRL training. Beacon proposes to leverage its eLogBook and SEAS systems and use its digital maintenance system eTagOut as the specific example of how this can work. Beacon is an authoritative data source for an “as-operating” shipboard digital twin based upon its shipboard components of GENISYS, eLogBook and SEAS. (The Shipboard Energy Assessment System). eTagOut is already installed on multiple ships, infused with real-world data, and integrated to the ships model. By leveraging this deployed system, Beacon can enable a robust RRL training platform for sailors.