Aegis Combat System ‘Virtual Twin’ Pilot Program Could Lead to Fielding Faster Upgrades
By: Megan Eckstein
December 6, 2017 3:29 PM
The Navy will deploy a “virtual twin†of the Aegis Combat System in February that, if the pilot program proves successful, could one day help the service test new Aegis upgrades or add-ons on a cruiser or destroyer at-sea without interfering with that ship’s actual combat system and ability to operate.
The virtual twin is the entire set of code that makes up the Aegis Combat System Baseline 9 housed within a few computer servers that takes up much less room than the actual Aegis Combat System on a guided-missile destroyer or cruiser, Aegis Integrated Warfare Systems Major Program Manager Capt. Todd Boehm told USNI News on Dec. 5. This virtual twin is already operating at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren in Virginia, but his office has a three-step crawl-walk-run process planned to get the virtual twin out to sea and test its capabilities, he told USNI News at the American Society of Naval Engineers’ annual Combat Systems Symposium.
https://news.usni.org/2017/12/06/aegis-combat-system-virtual-twin-pilot-program-lead-fielding-faster-upgrades
