Lets Get Digital - Transforming the F35 with Digital Engineering - 20240627

Within the DoD, strategy gets turned into action at the program level. Like many programs in the Department, F-35 Joint Program Office is transforming to a digital engineering approach.  As a part of the F-35 initiatives to embrace digital engineering, the JPO conducts model-driven systems engineering technical reviews (SETR). Starting from the base principles of a systems engineering review, the program office is incorporating the use of digital engineering tools into a cohesive strategy to increase engineering rigor, decrease the administrative burdens, and improve technical outcomes.  This discussion will show how F-35 is using models to generate artifacts as a part of the SETR process, running the technical review out of models, using interconnected tools to evaluate technical health in the lead up to the review, and using models as the enduring source of truth.