China Aerospace Systems Engineering Method in the Digital Age

doi:10.3901/JME.2024.14.206

Abstract

Abstract: The method of China aerospace system engineering is an important magic weapon to support the success of China’s aerospace industry by scientifically organizing and managing the whole process of model product development and the management elements involved around the overall optimal goal of model product development. In the digital age, facing the new requirements and challenges of the construction of a powerful space country and the development of high quality, it is studied and constructed the theoretical and methodological system of space system engineering in the digital age. Based on the discussion of the formation, development and basic methods of aerospace system engineering, the concept, characteristics and overall framework of China aerospace system engineering in the digital era are put forward, and its transformation is systematically analyzed and summarized. With the help of the new generation of information technology, documents will be replaced by models as the important carrier for technical status control and quality management. The efficiency of development and management will be improved through efficient online collaboration. Fine management and scientific decision-making will be realized through data-driven, and organizational management tends to be flat, integrated, agile and collaborative. Profound transformation will take place in organizational management, enabling tools, research and development models, quality management, decision-making methods, supply chain management and so on. The above theoretical and methodological system, combined with the exploration and practice of major aerospace missions, provides theoretical and methodological support for the improvement of model engineering management level and scientific research production capacity.

Key words: digital age, China aerospace systems engineering, digital transformation, research and development model innovation, management innovation

CLC Number:

WANG Guoqing, XIONG Huan, HOU Junjie. China Aerospace Systems Engineering Method in the Digital Age[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2024, 60(14): 206-214.

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