Shoal Group’s Matthew Wylie presents at MBSE-Enabled Decision Making in Defence Symposium

Shoal Group’s Head of Engineering, Matthew Wylie, featured as a speaker at the MBSE-Enabled Decision Making in Defence Symposium, held last Friday in Canberra. Hosted by Memko, the symposium brought together leading experts in systems engineering to explore the role of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) within the defence industry.

The symposium’s focus was around the utilisation of Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in the defence industry and how it can be a valuable decision-making tool. Matthew Wylie’s presentation, titled ‘A Modular Digital Engineering Approach to Mission Engineering,’ shared Shoal Group’s leading work in the application of SysML (Systems Modelling Language) and UAFML (Unified Architecture Framework Modelling Language) to provide a scalable framework for digital mission engineering. Shoal has been a pioneer in MBSE-enabled Capability Design, and Mission Engineering and Analysis since 2007, with application across all major Defence domains, and their principal Projects and Programs.

Matthew’s presentation highlighted two key application areas of a modular Digital Mission Engineering approach:

1. Defence Mission Engineering Use Cases: Shoal’s digital mission engineering framework has been developed to support key defence mission engineering use cases; including investment decision support, integration and interoperability assurance, C5ISR planning, integration and assessment, and force-in-being realisation and assessment. It applies SysML and UAFML standards with common MBSE tools to provide a metamodel, template and library of reporting scripts to readily capture enterprise architectures, perform mission analysis and present modelled information to decision makers in a structured and consistent manner.
2. Energy Decarbonisation Studies: Extending the mission engineering approach to systems of systems challenges in complex energy decarbonisation projects, Shoal has applied the framework to support studies in mining vehicle decarbonisation and large-scale sustainable fuel production.

Also speaking at the symposium were Katrina Robinson, Senior Digital Engineering Solutions Officer at the Department of Defence, who presented on ‘Mission Engineering for Navy Development,’ and Sam Mancarella, Director of Systems Engineering at MEMKO, who discussed ‘Model-Based Digital Engineering for Multidisciplinary Effector Decision Making.’

“We are pleased with Matthew’s contribution to the MBSE-Enabled Decision Making in Defence Symposium,” said Shaun Wilson, CEO, Shoal Group. “His insights into modular Digital Engineering not only demonstrate Shoal’s leadership in this field but also highlight the broader impact of MBSE on critical decision-making processes across defence.”

Attendees gained valuable insights from systems engineering professionals applying MBSE to decision support and mission engineering applications in various domains, including aerospace and naval development. The event provided a platform for exchanging knowledge and experiences on how MBSE is transforming decision-making processes in defence and key application learnings from other sectors.

Matthew Wylie’s presentation, ‘A Modular Digital Engineering Approach to Mission Engineering,’ is available here.