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CLEP's february Lunch n' Learn webinar will be February 28, Noon - 1:30PM EST. The topic is "Model-based Integrated Product Support Test & Evaluation " Our presenter will be Mr. Allan Goody.
Our Guest Speaker
Allan Goody is a retired United Kingdom Royal Air Force Air Commodore engineer officer. He is a senior professional in engineering, logistics, training, programme and change management.
Allan has wide experience of acquisition in the UK Ministry of Defence from all 3 perspectives of Capability Requirements, DE&S Project Team and in the Front Line Commands. He is an accredited UK Cabinet Office Gateway Review Team Leader for High Risk projects, an Ancien of the NATO Defence College Senior Course, a graduate of the Defence Strategic Leadership Programme at the Defence Academy & Cranfield University, the RAF Staff College, and holds both a Master’s Degree from Kings College, London and an aeronautical engineering degree from Imperial College, London.
Allan’s last military appointment was the MOD 1* Director Training Capability responsible for the transformation of individual training of all 3 Services including sponsorship of the Defence Training Review Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Previously, he was the MOD Deputy Team Leader and Chief Engineer for the Nimrod MRA4 programme where he managed the aircraft design, development and flight trials, support and training procurement programmes. In this role, he worked within BAE SYSTEMS at Warton for 4 years to define the future Support Solution and contractual arrangements including with the major suppliers.
Operationally, Allan was Officer Commanding Engineering & Supply Wing at RAF Leuchars (Tornado F3 main operating base) and held Combat Air engineering appointments on fighter squadrons and at Station, Group and Command levels.
After retiring from the RAF, Allan returned to his professional roots of designing and managing Support solutions where he has 34 years’ experience since introducing ILS into the UK as the ILS Manager for all future RAF aircraft in 1989. Allan has directed numerous projects in the UK, Sweden, Finland and Japan. For 10 years, he was the Independent Technical Adviser to the lending banks for the UK Military Flying Training System Fixed Wing service provision contract which is being delivered as a PFI. With other Support experts, Allan is currently leading the creation of a UK Chapter of CLEP with support from UK MOD.
Allan was appointed Managing Director of TFD Europe on 1 May 2017 and President of TFD Global upon acquisition of TFD by Andromeda Systems Inc on 17 Nov 2022.
Synopsis
Product support and logistic support modelling & analysis have been used extensively on military systems for more than 40 years to improve their Supportability, increase usage and availability, and minimise life cycle costs. The techniques have been applied across the 3 stages of IPS:
- Design For Support
- Design The Support
- Support The Design.
The presumption has been that appropriate application of correct Processes (such as through MILSTD-1388-1A, DEFSTAN 00-60 or TA STD 0017A) will ensure that the delivered system (the Support Product) will meet desired usage, availability and cost targets.
In the military environment, the Support Product (all the Support arrangements and underlying data) is rarely ever fully tested, end-to-end in realistic scenarios. It has been normal for systems to enter service with the first operating units to experience and endure shortfalls for years and sometimes decades. Current IPS Test & Evaluation (T&E) processes frequently fail to demonstrate that the required operational performance can be sustained at an affordable cost. In short, they fail to prove the Supportability Case while trusting that the OEM will meet their claims.
In complete contrast, airlines contract for guaranteed minimum on-time dispatch rates, component reliabilities, and operating and support costs. To manage commercial risks, significant test flying and route proving is needed to generate robust evidence to prove with evidence to satisfy the end user that the system will perform as claimed before placing contracts and entry into service.
Historically, there were no practical means to conduct comprehensive end-to-end Test & Evaluation of IPS for military systems. Trials often use early, pre-production equipment in limited, non-representative ways that provide only limited evidence of Support performance. Stand-alone tests can confirm specific Support activities such as maintenance procedures or tool use, but holistic end-to-end testing of the complete Support package and arrangements can be prohibitively expensive and lengthy. There are some notable and successful examples which the presentation will describe.
The introduction of Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) including IPS now offers the means to avoid this systemic omission by simulating the system under many core and possible operating scenarios. The results from the simulations will provide demonstrable end-to-end T&E evidence to prove the Supportability Case and affordability, or at least identify the necessary remedial action. The presentation will describe the necessary IPS T&E process and how they can be applied.
Free
As always, CLEP's monthly Lunch n' Learn webinars are free to the public. CLEP members can access our archives of past webinars through the members-only portion of our website. |
