How digital twins keep Navy ahead on ship maintenance -- Defense Systems

With a digital twin of a ship, the Navy can conduct shipboard repairs and maintenance while at sea, ensuring the readiness of combat systems without the need to dock.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Port Hueneme, Calif., has been working with Aerial Alchemy, an unmanned aerial systems company, to research ways to use digital twins and UAS for this purpose. A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement signed in June 2018 laid out the specifics, and the company produced a digital twin of the research vessel “Independence.”