Have you heard about LaunchPad?
It’s a new offering that provides Airmen and Guardians with free, easy, and secure access to cloud-based tools so you can take a digital-first approach to your work.
Efficiently interact with data
Collaborate with colleagues
Deliver leading- edge capabilities
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Our rapidly growing user community
$50MM+
cost avoidance for the enterprise
650+
active users
175+
three-letter organizations represented
125+
project spaces created
Last updated March 2024
I encourage all of you to roll up your sleeves and explore how LaunchPad can positively impact your work. I think you’ll find that it can save a significant amount of time and effort, cutting out some of the frustration you may have previously been experiencing and making your job more fulfilling. More broadly, you’ll notice how LaunchPad aids in your execution of the DMM strategies in each and every program office as well as day-to-day decision making.”
An ever-expanding software library
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Requirements Management
Data
Analysis
What early adopters have to say
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How you can get involved
Check out our detailed guide for users
We’ve created a go-to resource to help you get up to speed on all that LaunchPad has to offer. Read about the platform’s origins, onboarding process, guidance related to specific tools, and answers to common questions.
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Explore our training resources
- SysML Distilled by Lenny Delligatti
- PDF: No Magic SysML Quick Reference Guide (authorized for IL4 with password)
- Book: A Practical Guide to SysML by Sanford Friedenthal, Alan Moore, et al.
- MBSE Execution YouTube Channel
- CATIA MBSE YouTube Channel
- Tips and Tricks for Smarter Modeling (~50 mins)
- Demystifying Digital Acquisitions—MBSE (~6 mins)
- Systems Modeling Language (SysML) Diagram Overview (~13 mins; authorized for IL4 with password)
- Using SysML for Requirements Management (~50 mins; authorized for IL4 with password)
- SysML Video Playlist (authorized for IL4 with password)
- Delligatti Associates OCSMP Accelerator™ SysML Training Course (up to 48 hours)
- Models, Simulations, and Digital Engineering—CLE 084 (~5 hours)
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)—CENG 001 (~21 hours)
- Applied MBSE Using SysML—WKSP 0696 (~16 hours; online)
- SysML Immersion, Part I—WSE 030 (~16 hours; online)
- SysML Immersion, Part II—WSE 030 (~16 hours; online)
- Architecture and Systems Engineering—Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems (~30 hours; online)
- Foundations of MBSE—APPEL—vMBSE1 (~8 hours; online)
- DASO Teams Information: Provided by the DASO team in AFLCMC/EB and taught by Enola Tech using Dassault materials, this course provides an intermediate level of SysML and Cameo training on how to build various types of SysML diagrams. With hands-on workshops, it’s a fit for professionals who need to build models and have minimal prior familiarity with Cameo.
- IBM Rational DOORS Getting Started (password protected)
- DOORS Training from AFLCMC/HNCEE (password protected)
- Doors Next Generation Tutorial
- DOORS 101—The Basic of Doors (~90 mins)
- DOORS 101—An Introduction to DOORS 9.6 (~60 mins)
- DOORS Next—Full Tutorial Getting Started with IBM Engineering Requirements Management Quick Start (~60 mins)
- IBM DOORS Next Tutorial for Beginners (~40 mins)
- DNG 101—Overview and Demonstration of DOORS Next Generation (~75 mins)
- MATLAB Integration with SysML Software—Cameo and Magic System of Systems Architect (~30 mins; authorized for IL4 with password)
- The Complete MATLAB Course: Beginner to Advanced (4+ hours)
Learn more about the platform’s origins
Recognizing the barriers faced by programs attempting to access essential tools like Cameo, TeamWork Cloud, and DOORS, LaunchPad emerged as a cost-effective, cloud-based solution, removing silos and promoting collaboration.
It began as a sandbox with very limited funding; it was initially conceived as a place where digital doers could “park” while they built their own solutions. The DTO soon realized how inefficient that approach would be in the long run. Rather than providing capabilities and having programs pay, the team went a step further and set its sights on removing all of the barriers Airmen and Guardians were experiencing on the path to going digital.
By proactively sharing input with the DTO, DAF digital doers helped refine the LaunchPad concept. That led to a decision made by AFMC Commander General Richardson to fund the platform, closing the gaps we currently have in our tool access.
Find answers to common questions
IL-6 is now available for use. Onboarding to IL-6 is a gradual process because we’re only onboarding groups by program office.
The DTO is working with various partners across the DAF, including AFIT and DAU, to offer training for each individual tool, and we plan to offer badges for completion using Badger. We’ll be looking to the user community for input on what classes you’d like to take and any recommendations you have. We anticipate most of our training offerings will be free. Recommended training will be available on the LaunchPad Teams site starting in January 2024.
Our plan in FY25 and beyond is to start connecting with other environments. We realize the larger enterprise needs more than a single environment; LaunchPad alone won’t solve all of our problems. We’ll be working with PLM starting in January 2024 to map out what a PLM-LaunchPad integration would look like.