ARMY AL&T


DIGITAL ENGINEERING LEARNING CURVE


PEO GCS receives training on emerging digital design ef forts and the digital acquisition strategy in the XM30 combat vehicle program.


by Macam Dattathreya, Ph.D., Col. Jeffery W. Jurand and Steven A. Dawson


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he XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, developed to replace the aging M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, is the first ground vehicle to fully adopt modern digi- tal engineering tools and processes to design, test through simulation and iterate a full vehicle design before building prototypes. Tis model-based approach is heavily


reliant on the workforce understanding the systems modeling language and applying the princi- ples of the Ground Combat Systems common infrastructure architecture (GCIA)—the modular open-systems approach (MOSA) standard for the Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS).


To train the workforce, the assistant PEO for systems engineering and integration (APEO SEI), in collaboration with Project Manager XM30 Combat Vehicle (PM XM30), spearheaded on-the- job training for the XM30 team. Te curriculum was specifically designed to train team members on how to read digital system architecture contract deliverables to ensure that contractors are meeting MOSA and GCIA requirements.


To be successful, the workforce must align training efforts with the emerging digital engi- neering and MOSA trends for the XM30 program. Using government-led micro instructional sessions—a teaching technique that involves breaking down lessons into smaller, more manage- able parts—enables the XM30 workforce to read and understand digital system architecture contract deliverables. Tere have been 14 training sessions conducted across three cohorts so far, resulting in 25 trained employees. Te success of this training approach has spurred the addition of more cohorts and at least 10 more sessions through the end of fiscal year 2023.


THE NEED FOR A DIGITAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE Developing a digital acquisition workforce is key to meeting two goals: complying with the new law requiring a modular open-system approach in major defense acquisition programs and DOD’s drive toward digital engineering within acquisition. Using a formalized, model-based


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