Research Progress and Prospects of Intelligent Digital Equipment

Abstract

In response to the development trend of unmanned and intelligent weapons and equipment for the future, intelligent digital equipment, as a “digital brain”, can be deeply integrated into various links such as equipment development and upgrading, experimental verification, and operational support, to lead to leapfrog development of the operational support for future intelligent equipment. First, intelligent digital equipment allows the physical equipment to make adaptive adjustments and boost operational efficiency during combat. Second, it helps the equipment build a capability of perceiving its status and thus improves the operational readiness of equipment in normal times. Third, it allows equipment fault isolation for diagnosis and thus improves the completion rate of missions in combat. Fourth, it provides intelligent guidance for operation training and enhances the efficiency of use and training. Fifth, it achieves online upgrading and verification of functionalities, and changes and upgrades the maintenance mode. This paper introduces the concept of digital equipment and the research outcomes concerning digital twin around the world from 2010 to 2020, and reviews the research progress in the United States and China. It presents the problems faced by the research, and puts forward solutions and research prospects.