A&D products are complex, have long service lives, and must function in a wide range of harsh and demanding environments. Driven by today’s development challenges and the DOD initiative, A&D companies are moving to modern, agile approaches offering greater flexibility and more responsiveness as mission scope and market demands change.By leveraging comprehensive digital twin and digital thread, a company can transform how it operates, collaborates, and shares information across the product development process. Once an agile development process is in place, backed by a digitalized enterprise, development teams can work in smaller, more parallel phases. Complex problems, approaches with no clear solution, and changing product requirements can be embraced and successfully engineered. Teams can work together with greater flexibility and be more responsive as market demands change. Read more at http://magazine.aerospacemanufacturinganddesign.com/article/november-december-2021/sprint-to-the-finish.aspx