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

TitleDateLink
Team Defence – RAF Aircraft Digital Safety Trace White Paper04/Jul/2025
API 4 RAS paper12/Apr/2023
20250922-Team Defence-Project Mercury19/Sep/2025
20250618-Hydrogen Conference Briefing Note-June 202511/Jun/2025
20250618 MOD Hydrogen Event Agenda – June 202511/Jun/2025
20250618 – Spadeadam Research & Development Booklet – June 202511/Jun/2025
20230719 – Team-Defence-MOD-Digital-Twin-White-Paper19/Jul/2023
20230719 – Team Defence – Digital Twin Community of Practice Paper19/Jul/2023
20230719 – Digital-Twin-Implementation-Roadmap-and-Development-Framework-White-Paper19/Jul/2023
20230719 – API-Strategy-Whitepaper-for-RAS_v419/Jul/2023
20221123 – Digital Models Shadows Twins Townhall – Nov 2223/Dec/2022
20220720-Team Defence – Digital Twin Community of Practice Paper20/Jul/2022
20220524-DE&S Digital Engineering Transformation Strategy-V1.024/May/2022

Events

Information on all sector-relevant events, run by TD-Info and other organisations.

Industry Customer Engagement Forum (ICEF)

The ICEF fulfils two roles: it represents the interests of industry consumers of MOD information and, secondly, acts as an advisory change management board for those users of MOD products and services operating outside the MOD estate. Organisationally, the ICEF is...

TD-Info Town Hall Meeting

The TD-Info town halls provide an opportunity for our community, both MoD and Industry to meet and discuss the topics du jour. The September townhall will allow our 1* Exec team to brief on their activities(See below) in the round as they link to our 3* Board’s areas...

News

News and blogs to keep you in the know. 

Launch of the Professional Development Working Group

The PDWG includes the Capability, People and Skills areas within MOD, Industry, Academia and Professional Institutes researching and designing the future skills landscape for the defence sector. Its Purpose is to provide evidenced analysis and assessment to inform...

TEAM DEFENCE INFORMATION BULLETIN – August 2022

Introduction from our Managing Director, Phil Williams Dear TD-Info World, As we head towards the summer break, there has been a lot of activity in the TD-Info space this past month and I hope the rest of the newsletter will give you a flavour of what has been going...