Build it right. Prove it right.
The full-scope digital twin, built from your own engineering data
Most twins stop at a 3D model. Ours covers everything between the physical system and its digital copy: requirements, CAD, models, simulation, controls, test evidence and telemetry. We design it with DEAL and run it in Convene.
One project holds
- Requirements
- SysML v2 models
- CAD
- ECAD and harnesses
- Software
- Simulation
- Test results
- Live telemetry
- Documents
Media
What is Convene?
Convene is software for engineering teams that build complex machines. It keeps everything a program knows about its system in one place and runs a digital twin from it.
What is Convene? · 5 min
Where engineering programs lose time today, what Convene is, what DEAL is, and why a digital twin should cover the whole life of a system.
A tour of the twin · 13 min
The longer version. It walks through each workspace on an example drone project, from the first requirement to the last flight.
A digital twin is a working virtual copy of a real system. Engineers use it to try changes, rehearse operations and spot problems before anything physical is at risk. Many twins are little more than a 3D picture. We think a twin should include the requirements, the designs, the simulations, the controls and the test evidence too. That is what we mean by full scope.
The films use an example project that ships with Convene. For press and partner questions, write to us.
How it works
Connect, trace, use
When data lives in separate tools, nobody can answer a question that crosses them. Convene keeps it in one versioned project and turns the links between pieces into work you can use.
- 01
Connect
Put requirements, models, CAD and ECAD, software, test results, telemetry and documents in one project. Each project is a Git repository, so every change has an author, a date and a way back.
- 02
Trace
Link what you connected. A requirement points to the design that satisfies it and the test that verifies it, and the link follows through to operation. When someone asks why a part exists, the answer is one click away.
- 03
Use
Run a digital twin from the same data. Generate the program documents, watch live telemetry, see which requirements still lack evidence, and plan missions that fly through safety-gated command and control.
Recognition
Recognized for twin work
Convene supports digital twin projects. One of the teams it supported was honored in a NASA challenge.
August 2026
Most Innovative, Digital Twin track
NASA LunaRecycle Challenge, Phase 2. Penn State's RECLAIM team took the title in the digital twin track, and Convene supported the team's digital twin.
The award went to the RECLAIM team. Convene Systems was not named in NASA's announcement.
Where Convene comes from
Convene began as doctoral research at Penn State into how a digital twin should be designed. DEAL, the method that came out of that research, is how we design every twin.
Product lines
For defense programs now, for small teams next
One platform, packaged for two audiences.
DOW products
For Department of War programs and the industry teams that support them. Program deliverables come straight from the data, the digital thread spans every discipline, and the whole thing keeps working at the edge with no connection. It also includes vendor-neutral UAS test and command and control, and a dedicated, isolated instance for each organization.
Small Business products
We are still building these. If you tell us what your business needs, we will tell you when there is something to try.
Where it runs
In the cloud, on the desk, in the field
The same projects open on every device. Each one keeps its own copy and works offline, then syncs with your Cloud instance when it can.
Cloud instance
Your organization gets its own instance, with its own cloud project and data. It is where your teams share the current version.
Convene Local (Windows and Linux)
A desktop application that works with no connection. Every change is saved as a Git commit, and teammates on the same network can share projects.
Convene Mobile (Android)
The same workspaces on an Android tablet, for the lab and the field. It keeps its own offline copy and syncs the same way.
Security
Kept apart, kept local, kept safe
We designed these in from the start rather than adding them later.
Isolated instances
Every organization runs in a separate cloud project. Your data, users and access rules are not shared with anyone else.
Local-first
Projects live on your own devices and work offline. Sync will not overwrite changes it has not seen.
Safety-gated control
Vehicle control stays on the local network. It needs operator acknowledgements and arming confirmed by the vehicle, and the pilot can always take over.
Start with one data source
Tell us about your program or team, or sign in to your Convene instance.