Digital Twin
Description
A connected data representation of an entity, such as a physical asset, a process or system throughout its lifecycle
Aspiration/Vision
Available across design support chain to service providers. Data sufficient and accessible to support services e.g. Synthetic environment for support Frictionless access at appropriate authorisation An ecosystem of digital twins across the Defence estate and platforms which enable timely and useful decision, design and capability support.
First Steps/Building Blocks
Commitment to achievement of aspiration Current maturity against agreed framework, what aspects are already in use? Capability growth priorities for collective action.
Digital Twin Documents
| Title | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Team Defence – RAF Aircraft Digital Safety Trace White Paper | 04/Jul/2025 | |
| API 4 RAS paper | 12/Apr/2023 | |
| 20250922-Team Defence-Project Mercury | 19/Sep/2025 | |
| 20250618-Hydrogen Conference Briefing Note-June 2025 | 11/Jun/2025 | |
| 20250618 MOD Hydrogen Event Agenda – June 2025 | 11/Jun/2025 | |
| 20250618 – Spadeadam Research & Development Booklet – June 2025 | 11/Jun/2025 | |
| 20230719 – Team-Defence-MOD-Digital-Twin-White-Paper | 19/Jul/2023 | |
| 20230719 – Team Defence – Digital Twin Community of Practice Paper | 19/Jul/2023 | |
| 20230719 – Digital-Twin-Implementation-Roadmap-and-Development-Framework-White-Paper | 19/Jul/2023 | |
| 20230719 – API-Strategy-Whitepaper-for-RAS_v4 | 19/Jul/2023 | |
| 20221123 – Digital Models Shadows Twins Townhall – Nov 22 | 23/Dec/2022 | |
| 20220720-Team Defence – Digital Twin Community of Practice Paper | 20/Jul/2022 | |
| 20220524-DE&S Digital Engineering Transformation Strategy-V1.0 | 24/May/2022 |
Events
Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TD-Info and other organisations.
Adaptive Capacity Alliance Inaugural meeting
The Adaptive Capacity Vision What: Harness industrial capacity to complement and mitigate shortfalls in organic SB capabilities to enable military deployments at pace and scale. Deliver immediate readiness in Years 0-3. Support transformative initiatives for Years...
Standards Coordination WG
The Mission of the Standards Coordination working group is to coordinate, for the UK, the MOD and Industry representation in the identification, development, deployment and maintenance of a coherent set of standards to meet the needs of UK Defence from this global...
The Integrated Force: Establishing Base Camp IWG Meeting
The Integrated Force: Establishing Base Camp An Industry/MOD Integration Working Group event to be held at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham: Wednesday 13th May 2026 1030-1630, to hear from MOD on: Defence Reform – new organisation in place on 1 April 2026...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Digital Engineering Conference 2026 Newsletter
Use this link to view the Digital Engineering Conference 2026 Newsletter
CRM Snack Series 2025 Summary
Use this link to view the CRM Snack Series 2025 Summary
Defence Round Table Article
Use this link to view the Defence Round Table Article
