Defence Support Digital Twin Community of Practice (DSDTCoP) – Flares Investigation Task

The field of Digital Twins as a whole holds incredible possibilities within the entire defence landscape.

In the case of air countermeasures – specifically flares – the ability for them to provide a decoy is a well-established concept and has been in service in the RAF since the 1960s with the Vulcan bomber. Not only is it relevant for today as a countermeasure, it will also be relevant for the foreseeable future.

Digital simulations and representations of flares systems have the potential to provide the MOD with an improved design, test, evaluation and through life support capability for its countermeasure assets. MOD have selected five topics for the Digital Twin Community of Practice to help them understand new approaches.

Digital Twin Community of Practice – Flares Investigation Task Pages:

1. DSDTCoP – Flare Investigation Task – Safety Trace

2. DSDTCoP – Flare Investigation Task – Environmental Testing

3. DSDTCoP – Flare Investigation Task – Design Of Experiments

4a. DSDTCoP – Flare InvestigationTask – Composition – Combustion Modelling

4b. DSDTCoP – Flare Investigation Task – Dynamics Of Mixing

5. DSDTCoP – Flare Investigation Task – Asset Tracking