Combat Systems Engineering Training

Combat Systems Engineering Training is the first of a two-course series that provides end-to-end training in the concepts and methods of systems engineering for Navy combat systems. This first course focuses on technical definition and management.

Today’s complex combat systems present difficult challenges to develop. Development teams must face the challenges with an arsenal of proven methods. Individual systems are more complex, and systems operate in a much closer relationship, requiring a system-of-systems approach to the overall design. This Combat Systems Engineering Training course covers the latest principles for combat systems engineering in the context of standard development cycles, with realistic practice on how to apply them. In this combat Systems Engineering course, you will learn the latest principles, processes, products, and methods for systems engineering management. This is a practical course, in which students apply the methods to plan real, interacting systems that they will build in Part.

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1. Navy Combat Systems (1:30) – What is a combat system? Different types of combat systems – sensors, situational awareness, command/control, weapons. Overview of systems engineering concepts, management, and methodology. Overview of the life cycle to develop or modify a system. Overview of systems engineering management as related to project management.
2. How do We Work With Complexity? (2:30) – Basic definitions and concepts. Problem-solving approaches; system thinking; how complexity shapes systems and system development.
   • Reductionist and system-level approaches
   • Complexity theory, emergent properties, complex behavior
   • Conceptual development and chunking
   • System thinking principles
3. Systems Engineering Model (2:00) – An underlying process model, compatible with Defense Acquisition University standards, ISO-15288, and the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook, that ties together all the concepts and methods. Overview of the systems engineering model; description of the processes defined in the model.
   • Model Overview
   • Incremental, concurrent processes from Requirements Analysis (stakeholder operational requirements and engineering technical requirements), Functional Analysis and Allocation, System Architecting and Design Synthesis, System Integration, Verification, and Validation.
   • Primary outputs of each systems engineering process
   • Levels of requirements and requirements allocation
   • Design baselines and an overview of configuration management
4. A System Challenge Application (3:30) – Practical application of the systems engineering model against an interesting and entertaining system development. During Part I, small groups plan a set of four interoperating robots to solve a larger problem. This exercise spans both Combat Systems Engineering Part I and Combats Systems Engineering Part II. During this first 3-day course, the exercise includes small group development of operational concepts, system functions, allocation of functions into individual robots, work breakdown structure, and project development plans.
5. Systems Analysis and Control (5:00) – Methods to control system development, relying on both program control and technical control.
   • Work breakdown structure (WBS) concept and details – how to create a WBS; its component parts and structure
   • Configuration management (CM) – four basic activities of CM (configuration identification, configuration control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits), levels of baseline, types of materials in baselines
   • Technical reviews and audits – standard sequence of DoD technical reviews that support DoD-5000 milestones and development. Description of each type of review. Guidance for entry and exit criteria for each review

Combat Systems Engineering Training Course Wrap-Up