Risk Reduction

The CoTs Paper-to-Product Development Cycle is modeled after the approach used to create the first successful airplane by the Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1903.  The Wright brothers took a systems approach to design, along with prototyping everything they could which included building their own wind tunnel to test airfoil designs.  Our Paper-to-Product Development Cycle is centered about our state-of-the-art modeling & simulation capability.  We have built the most advanced six degree-of-freedom (6DOF) hydrodynamic simulator for undersea systems.  You can learn more about our modeling & simulation capability here (link to that section). 

Know Answers to “What-If” Questions Before At-Sea Testing 

Predict failure modes in worst-case or rigorous flight conditions, including: 

• Porpoise & plunge while snorkeling in high sea states  
• Motion steadiness exceeding sensor requirements 

Quantify “Get-Home Capability” in event of multiple failures occurring simultaneously or sequentially in flight  

Simulate failure responses through simulation-based testing to quantify the effects of the failure and identify effective responses, for example: 

• Flooding of Ballast Tank 
• Depth Sensor Failure 
• Fin Actuator Failure 

Reduce scheduling & cost ambiguity by leveraging our simulation-based design approach in development & testing phases 

Determine impact of design modifications in simulation rather than costly at-sea tests