000007677 001__ 7677 000007677 005__ 20240531164759.0 000007677 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-818X.2020.035 000007677 035__ $$a4486947 000007677 037__ $$aGENERAL 000007677 245__ $$aDigital Engineering: Expanding the Advantage 000007677 269__ $$a2020-10-05 000007677 336__ $$aConference Proceedings 000007677 520__ $$aDigital transformation—the pervasive incorporation of digital technology into virtually every process and system—is arguably the greatest force of change within the naval engineering community. Digital innovation is disrupting traditional ship design paradigms and giving rise to new ways of modernizing and sustaining a future integrated force structure. This paper highlights digital transformation as a core strategic initiative that is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defense Digital Engineering Strategy. Recognizing the highly integrated nature of Model Based Systems Engineering, this paper will introduce a multi-factor framework developed by Scheurer (2018) to align traditional processes employed for physical system design and development with a new digital paradigm. Next, foundational elements required to evolve current engineering design and development processes, from event and document-based approaches to a model-based approach will be addressed. Finally, discussion will focus on efforts underway to leverage cutting-edge physics-based computational models to transform ship concept, design, and development processes through investment in high performance computing systems. 000007677 542__ $$fCC-BY-4.0 000007677 6531_ $$aShipbuilding and technology 000007677 6531_ $$aintegrating disruptive systems 000007677 6531_ $$athe engineer at the heart of the system 000007677 7001_ $$aSturtevant, GH$$uUnited States Department of Navy 000007677 7001_ $$aVoth, JM$$uHerren Associates, Inc., US 000007677 7001_ $$aLowe, AM$$uHerren Associates, Inc., US 000007677 7001_ $$aSharp, DA$$uHerren Associates, Inc., US 000007677 7001_ $$aKline, HA$$uVTG Defense, Inc., US 000007677 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of INEC 000007677 773__ $$jINEC 2020 000007677 789__ $$whttps://zenodo.org/record/4486947$$2URL$$eIsIdenticalTo 000007677 85641 $$uhttps://www.imarest.org/events/inec-2020$$yConference website 000007677 8564_ $$9996e5263-08f7-4212-bed1-2a61111bc853$$s3056333$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7677/files/INEC_2020_Paper_50.pdf