Transformation of Industry Management in the Rocket and Space Industry Based on Digital Technologies
Abstract
In the article discusses the main aspects, trends and approaches to the digital transformation of enterprises in the rocket and space industry of foreign countries. The main initiatives in the field of digitalization of production and management processes at foreign enterprises of the rocket and space industry and the approaches and methods used in them to study digital technologies, and assess the prospects for their implementation are considered. The article compares the main approaches of international space agencies to management practice. Based on the study of cases of digital transformation, methods for improving management efficiency at enterprises of the rocket and space industry through the introduction of end-to-end digital technologies are considered, and an assessment of the barriers and risks, that arise in this case. It is concluded, that in the rocket and space industry abroad are gaining strength digital technologies developed on the basis of the synthesis of ontologies, MBSE and AI. Moreover, this trend arose simultaneously to solve the problems of both accelerating the production of spacecraft and rockets for the formation of multi-satellite constellations, and also for designing advanced systems for the lunar and Martian programs. The article also considers the possibility of using the Model for analyzing the behavioral complexity of tenseed sociotechnical systems to reduce some risks.
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