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 Defence Quantum Computing Group monthly technical roundtable
The Defence Quantum Computing Group monthly technical roundtable The DQCA monthly technical roundtable providing a trusted forum for two-way exchange between defence partners from government, industry, and national capability. The group will share: Computational...
Team Defence Strategy Group Meeting
A broad Strategy body with 2* representatives from Industry and MOD which interprets the strategic vision and focus areas produced by the 3* Advisory Board. The Strategy Group is responsible for achieving progress against these focus areas delivery through steering...
Executive Group Meeting
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group. This is a...
News
News and blogs to keep you in the know.
MDI Phase 3a Report
The Multi Domain Integration (MDI) working group successfully reached another waypoint in its evolution with the issue of its phase 3a report. The report covered the working group activities during the period from January to July 2022, with conclusions and...
DSF Newsletter September 2022
The Defence Supplier's Forum Newsletter for September 2022.
“Operational Infrastructure and the drive for self-sustainment”
Institute of Royal Engineers Sustainability Conference Programme for the “Operational Infrastructure and the drive for self-sustainment” taking place 26th & 27th September 2022 is firming up with speakers not only from MOD and the Defence sector but including...