Digital Beamforming Design: From Requirements to Mission Modeling

Overview

Mission success depends on more than accurate simulations. Engineers need to understand how requirements, design decisions, and mission performance are connected – and use that insight to make better engineering decisions. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to establish a strong foundation for digital beamforming design by connecting early-stage engineering activities into a unified, repeatable, and traceable workflow.

Using a practical UAV antenna design example, we’ll walk through how to define system requirements, build architecture, and model mission scenarios to evaluate performance in the context of an operational mission. You’ll see how early-stage simulation enables informed decision-making, supports traceability, and sets the stage for downstream optimization and validation. By aligning systems engineering and simulation from the start, teams can reduce rework, accelerate development timelines, and improve confidence in design outcomes.

This session is the first in a two-part series and focuses on critical upfront activities that determine downstream success. Whether you are defining requirements, building system models, or evaluating early design concepts, this webinar will provide actionable insight into how to connect your workflows and improve efficiency across the engineering lifecycle. 

What Attendees Will Learn

• How to align MBSE requirements traceability and system architectures with engineering simulation
• Connecting data, processes, and systems via PLM and SPDM to create a digital thread
• Mission modeling and performance-driven design evaluation
• How to use simulation for early-stage design decisions

Who Should Attend

• Systems engineers who need to connect requirements, architecture, and multi-discipline simulations to improve design alignment and traceability
• RF/communications engineers who need to understand how mission context and early system models influence antenna design decisions
• Engineering program managers who need to gain visibility into how connected workflows reduce risk, accelerate timelines, and improve cross-team collaboration

Speakers

• Kyle Kochel, Applications Engineering, Staff Engineer, Ansys part of Synopsys
• Mehru Singh, Enterprise Solutions Architect, Ansys part of Synopsys