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 | |
| 20260714-DPP Task Form | 14/Jul/2026 | |
| 20260714-Digital Product Passport Call to Action | 14/Jul/2026 | |
| 20260623-Digital Product Passport (DPP) Article | 23/Jun/2026 | |
| 20260617-MOD & Team Defence Hydrogen Conference Context Paper | 17/Jun/2026 | |
| 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.
The Sovereign Maker Mandate: Cross-Sector Innovation for a Resilient CAF
Driving sustainable Defence supply chains through collaboration. Relying on a brittle web of global supply chains invites disruption from adversaries who know that stopping an army simply requires cutting its fuel lines. In an era of contested logistics, accelerating...
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 second Uncrewed Systems Network (USN) Workstream
The second Uncrewed Systems Network (USN) Workstream, Technology, takes place on Friday 4th September 2026. This workstream explores the critical technologies that enable effective, scalable and resilient uncrewed systems. Discussions will address some of the sector's...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
Article 1: Constant Competition – Why Logistics Has Become a Battlespace
Use the link to view Article 1: Constant Competition – Why Logistics Has Become a Battlespace
Event Brief: Sovereign Maker Mandate & Cross-Sector Innovation
Use this link to view the Event Brief: Sovereign Maker Mandate & Cross-Sector Innovation
Defence Information Conference Newsletter 2026
Use this link to view the Defence Information Conference 2026 Newsletter
