From Operational Context to System Definition: Mission Engineering Basics for Systems Designers

Abstract:

Designers of complex systems-of-systems often practice mission engineering to understand the usages, interactions, and interdependencies among constituent systems. Explore how to utilize essential mission engineering concepts in GENESYS with an example from the aerospace industry. The system designers and system users often speak in quite different languages. The designers often lack a contextual understanding of how their operational requirements originate. The users often find it difficult to express their needs accurately and realistically. Mission engineering helps bridge this gap. We will use a sample model of a fighter aircraft architecture to consider things from the enterprise perspective:

• Answer what the system tries to achieve, why, and how well.
• Eliminate costly, complex, and unnecessary features in favor of simple yet high-value capabilities.
• Identify and address possible entangled social and technical challenges.

This webinar will examine how complex systems-of-systems require the designer’s participation in mission engineering to understand the usages, interactions, and interdependencies among constituent systems. You’ll learn how to get started in mission engineering using an example from the aerospace/defense industry.

What will you learn?

You will learn about getting started with mission engineering by applying some important and useful concepts from a systems engineering perspective, such as:

• Doctrinal missions
• Military-industrial complex capabilities
• Operational tasks and activities
• Traceability to assessment measures
• Considerations for system implementation

Who should attend: 

Designers of complex systems, Government program managers, Customer procurement specs owners

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Presenter:

Daniel Nguyen – Principal Product Manager in Product Strategy at Zuken Vitech

Daniel Nguyen is a Principal Systems Engineer at Zuken Vitech, leading the product strategy team responsible for architecting improvements to Zuken Vitech tools. Nguyen holds a B.S. in aerospace engineering from UCLA and an M.E. in systems engineering from Stevens. Nguyen has a professional background in military aircraft architecture and integration.