The US Navy is looking to leverage advances in Digital Twin technology to enhance its Ready, Relevant Training (RRL) program, which will be computer based and occur pier side and at points in a sailors career when various skills are needed. To make a Digital Twin an effective part of RRL maintenance training, training content must be infused with 1) real-world operational data from actual ship conditions, equipment conditions and sailor performed actions, as well as with 2) training data capturing sailor experience level, qualification level, and performance, and 3) training workflows and content integration. The focus of this project will be to develop a system architecture and demonstration of Digital Twin technology for RRL training. Beacon proposes to leverage its eLogBook and SEAS systems and use its digital maintenance system eTagOut as the specific example of how this can work. Beacon is an authoritative data source for an as-operating shipboard digital twin based upon its shipboard components of GENISYS, eLogBook and SEAS. (The Shipboard Energy Assessment System). eTagOut is already installed on multiple ships, infused with real-world data, and integrated to the ships model. By leveraging this deployed system, Beacon can enable a robust RRL training platform for sailors.
Benefit: There are several benefits of this system. First, it provides an enhanced RRL training environment which incorporates actual maintenance performance data from remote, real world operations. Second, it will increase mission readiness by enabling maintainers to be more effective and efficient. Third, it will provide for more consistent maintenance practices across the Navy and produce maintainers that are experienced in operational maintenance before they leave the schoolhouse. Last, it will also capture and provide a new dataset for future education and training learning initiatives. The technology has applications in any industrial maintenance organization in the DoD and commercial sector.
Keywords: Ready, Ready, Relevant Training (RRL), learning, Point of Performance Training, schoolhouse, Mission Readiness, maintenance, Digital twin
