Digital Twins & Operational Agility

Enabling a smarter, safer force

When complexity increases, agility wins. In today’s dynamic defence landscape, digital twins are no longer experimental — they are essential enablers of mission readiness, logistics resilience, and real-time insight.

At Sopra Steria, we don’t just create digital replicas of systems. We deliver dynamic, connected models that simulate, test, and improve operations — across the physical and digital spectrum. For the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, digital twins unlock new levels of preparedness, decision support, and lifecycle control across domains.

We don’t simulate for the sake of simulation. We simulate to optimise, adapt and act — faster, smarter, and with full sovereignty.

What is a Defence Digital Twin?

A digital twin is a live, evolving model of an asset, system, or operation — continuously updated with real-world data. It allows decision-makers to test scenarios, forecast outcomes, and improve performance without putting assets or lives at risk.

At Sopra Steria, our digital twins support:

Operational planning & rehearsal
Logistics chain modelling & optimisation
Predictive maintenance & readiness tracking
Training environment generation
Force structure and mobility testing

Why it matters to the Netherlands MoD

As the Dutch Armed Forces modernise their platforms and operational concepts, complexity rises: joint-force coordination, multi-domain environments, extended logistics, aging assets, and evolving threats.

Digital twins offer critical capabilities to:

Simulate mission scenarios before deployment

Anticipate failure points across fleets and assets

Improve safety and reduce cost across planning and execution

Enable commanders to make faster, data-driven decisions

Stress-test logistics and support chains

Our approach: Data-driven, modular, defence-ready

Built for real-world use, not just modelling
We tailor our twins to operational needs — not lab specs. Our teams co-design models with frontline users, ensuring relevance, usability, and mission fit.

Connected to live data
A digital twin is only as good as the data it uses. We integrate IoT, ERP, asset telemetry, and C2 systems to keep your twin current, relevant, and valuable.

Simulate across the lifecycle
From procurement to decommissioning, our twins support analysis at every stage: acquisition impact, readiness planning, MRO optimisation, and beyond.

Secure, sovereign by design
We design simulation and twin environments that respect data sensitivity, security clearance, and Dutch/EU regulatory frameworks.

Where Digital Twins add immediate value

Joint training & simulation: Build secure, flexible rehearsal environments for multi-unit and coalition exercises
Logistics resilience: Simulate parts flow, depot capacity, and contingency routing for high-readiness support
Fleet modernisation: Model the lifecycle cost, availability and impact of new platforms
Base infrastructure planning: Use spatial twins to plan facility upgrades, power systems, and defence mobility
Operational forecasting: Simulate mission outcomes using real-world force data and historical scenario inputs

Sopra Steria recognised as a “Leader” in Cyber Resiliency Services by global analyst firm NelsonHall

We bring defence simulation to life

Sopra Steria’s strength lies in our ability to integrate simulation into live operations. We don’t deliver tools in isolation. We deliver end-to-end simulation ecosystems that connect:

Command systems and digital backbones
Logistics and ERP environments
Geospatial, mobility and weather data
Cyber resilience scenarios and threat models

We have delivered digital twin ecosystems to support predictive maintenance in fleet systems, joint operational planning tools for European agencies, and simulated testing environments for critical system modernisation — all built to scale securely, and serve real mission needs.

Prepare, predict, prevail — with Digital Twins

In today’s environment, the ability to rehearse, adapt and respond quickly is a decisive advantage. Sopra Steria helps MOD NL gain that edge — through simulation that informs every decision, and digital twins that mirror the complexity of the mission.

Let’s build systems that think ahead — so your force can move forward with clarity and control.

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