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Sam Gerene, RHEA
Group’s Senior System
Engineer, during his
presentation on the
MARVL project at
SECESA 2016.
environments. On Wednesday, October 5, Sam Gerene, RHEA Mr. Gerene addressed the deployment enhancement and
Group’s Senior System Engineer, showcased the Model bAsed exploitation of ESA’s open concurrent design tool (OCDT).
Requirements Verification Lifecycle (MARVL) project. MARVL OCDT is a client/server software package developed under
improves the processes and the related information exchange an ESA contract that enables efficient multi-disciplinary
between the customer and the supplier by managing many concurrent engineering of space systems in the early lifecycle
forms of information. phases. RHEA Group engineers are deploying, enhancing,
CDP4™ Beta release and exploiting this second-generation concurrent engineering
One of the highlights of the conference was the release of software package.
the CDP4 beta version. Mr. Gerene demonstrated the new
features of the concurrent design software during the “Next
Generation Concurrent Design and Engineering” session.
CDP4 implements ECSS-TM-10-25A and features a new web
application, implicit and explicit modeling, review support,
graphic modeling, and reporting.
The Concurrent Design Platform CDP allows engineers to
interact and share engineering and design data in near real-
SECESA 2016 attracted more than
150 experts and industry leaders
from the leading European primes
and space agencies, as well as
NASA, JAXA, and the Chinese
National Space Center.
time. The software provides the required integrated and
modeling capabilities to support the multidisciplinary team in The Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications
the implementation and successful completion of complex (CERA) journal will dedicate its next edition to the best papers
engineering processes. presented at SECESA 2016. The next SECESA edition will
Open concurrent design tool enhancement and
exploitation take place at University Strathclyde in Glasgow, United
Kingdom.
The conference also covered other topics, including system
and concurrent engineering methodologies, infrastructure,
tools, models, and applications. On Thursday, October 6,
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