Boeing has formed a new organisation to co-ordinate analysis, modelling and simulation (AMS) capabilities across its Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business. The unit will focus on large-scale system-of-system modelling and simulation of network-centric operations to help understand customer requirements and inform Boeing business decisions, says AMS vice-president Guy Higgins.
AMS will co-ordinate funding across IDS, which has more than $500 million invested and 2,500-3,000 people engaged in modelling and simulation, says Higgins. The goal is to develop and operate a system-of-systems simulation environment that is "truly open", he says, so new Boeing programmes like the US Navy Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft "can develop their model to common standards and bring that model to the simulation without having to develop their own naval system-of-systems environment".
Source: Flight International