Aerospace systems engineering

A mission-driven systems engineering approach is needed to prevent costs and delays that come from late-discovered issues. This approach requires that you start with the product's end-use mission in mind, as well as intended variants. A mission-driven systems engineering approach leverages an integrated, holistic process for continuous integration, verification and optimization of systems design across mechanical, electrical, electronic and software domains to meet operational, functional, performance and physical requirements. It also requires seamless collaboration across all domains spanning the entire product lifecycle, beginning with mission definition, continuing through design verification and validation, digital manufacturing, manufacturing operations and product operation and sustainment. Finally, powerful multidomain simulation is needed to achieve robust interface management for early mitigation of technical risk.

Resolving product defects that are discovered after initial prototypes become available can consume half or more of your program's time, effort and costs. These issues usually stem from siloed development and/or disconnected data, tools and processes. Adoption of a mission-driven systems engineering approach helps mitigate risk by taking systems engineering beyond an individual domain or part and optimizing across the entire product and lifecycle.

Our solutions for aerospace and defense systems engineering can accelerate your aircraft and spacecraft development processes by establishing integrated, holistic processes for continuous integration, verification and optimization of system design across the complete product. By starting with the end mission in mind and integrating early, you can avoid the late discovery of issues that leads to increased costs and unacceptable delivery delays.

Implementing a holistic, integrated process for aerospace systems engineering enables continuous optimization of systems design across the complete product and lifecycle, rather than isolated systems of individual parts. When you manage the design at the interface boundaries, you get a robust exchange of detailed architectural information with internal teams and external suppliers.

Seamless collaboration is a requirement for our mission-driven approach to aerospace systems engineering. This can help you leverage a comprehensive digital twin to enable early and easy collaboration. Collaborating across domains internally and externally allows for an increase in quality and a decrease in effort to mitigate risks early. It also reduces the cost of change and keeps program deliveries on time.

Our mission-driven approach to aerospace systems engineering enables aerospace and defense companies to take systems optimization beyond an individual domain or part. The ability to optimize aerospace systems engineering across the full product and lifecycle is only possible with the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software solutions.