Whole Life Cost Saving

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Whole Life Cost Saving

• Cut costs not ships

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Presentation outline-

• The problem
• The background
• Recommended themes
• Opportunity
• What to do next
• Questions

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Where does all the money go ?
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Where can we look for savings-
Inspection Setting to work Trials
Ship build Equipments Components
Crew
Repairs Handling Support
Techniques Maintenance
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Where should we not go-

• Dont redesign whole ships or ship numbers.
• Remember Naval manpower is a structure.
• This is about technology, not procurement
  policy.
• Risk money

• The Treasury still rules ! (as do its rules).
  Spend to save, will be difficult.
• Warships weapons are safety critical items
  software.
• Remember the original share of WLC.

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We have been looking !
Maritime Coherency Studies
Platform Characteristics
most maintenance spares
costs are effected by original
procurement decisions
Cost Effective
Combat System
Combat system
Modularisation
Procurement Options
Stern Flaps
Drudgery
countermeasures
Energy
General Optimised
Combat System
Management
Naval
Crewing studies
Infrastructure
Modularisation
studies
Base
Spares
Fuel
Dockyard
Technologies for
Podded
Operational
maintenance
Minimal NBCD crews
Drives
manpower
Damage control
for HV systems
Upkeep
Power system
earthing
Platform UPC
Combat
Aluminium for
shielding
System UPC
warship construction
Energy
Management
Underwater
studies
engineering
FSC Propulsion
Aux concepts
Collective
Cost Effective
Protection
Podded
Combat System
Combat system
Studies
Drives
Modularisation
Procurement Options
General Optimised
Crewing studies
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Suggested themes-

• We have done a re-examination of the best
  potential areas for savings
• Based on both industry and MoD inputs
• Extracted 6 areas from top 10, to make those most
  suited to CDE funded study
• Reduce facility dependence, particularly docks
  and dockyards
• Develop the ability to replace equipments by
  Plug and play
• Reduce through life cost of fluid systems (in
  order -hydraulic, chilled water, seawater, any
  pipe or fluid system )
• Better metal preservation (paint, stainless
  steel, composites, coatings ??)
• Improved Configuration Control/Inventory
  Management via electronic remote sensing to
  improve maintenance preparation, in-service
  support and general spares / support costs
  through lack of equipment state knowledge
• System Integration (Commission, Alignment,
  Calibration) through Tele-Engineering

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Reduce facility dependence, particularly docks
and dockyards

• This would examine how vessels could be designed
  to reduce their tradition dependence on fixed
  facilities.
• In particular this would aim to facilitate
  support and maintenance in-theatre or in
  commercial facilities.
• The specific area to minimise is dedicated docks,
  dockyards and the cost of sustaining the
  availability of these facilities and staff.
• The work would develop and demonstrate technology
  solutions.

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Develop the ability to replace equipments by
Plug and play,

• The problems in the IT environment of short
  equipment lives and early obsolescence are well
  recognised. With the increasing speed of
  technology development in general marine systems
  and the increasing integration of computer
  control into all systems, this problem is
  spreading.
• It is considered in an increasing COTS
  environment impossible to resist, and best to
  anticipate this.
• This work would look at the differing expected
  lives of the various components of a ship. Armed
  with this the study would address would to make
  those needing update most easily quickly
  replaced.
• This would address mounting, access, interfacing,
  services and function.
• Design and technology options to ease these
  changes would be demonstrated.

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Reduce through life cost of fluid systems

• Fluid systems have been identified as bringing
  particularly high through life maintenance
  problems, particularly in their pipework and
  hoses.
• This would identify and develop alternatives to
  fluid systems for cooling and energy
  distribution.
• In order of importance -hydraulic, chilled
  water, seawater, any pipe or fluid system )
• Where this was not possible the maintenance and
  replacement problems of fluid systems should be
  addressed to minimise their impact.
• Such systems would be built and in demonstrations
  to show the feasibility of these alternative
  solutions

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Better metal preservation (paint, stainless
steel, composites, coatings ??)

• The aim is to reduce refit and maintenance
  periods length, scaffolding, access coating
  removal, inspection, cleaning back and
  replacement
• There is a very high time and costs associated
  with inspecting, repairing, replacing or
  recoating ships and submarine hulls and both
  interior exterior structures
• This has been identified as a significant driver
  in the length, complexity and cost of maintenance
  or refit periods.
• What is sought is coating or materials that can
  eliminate the then to address the coating or base
  material at all during as much of a platforms
  life as possible.
• The demonstration would need to show the
  compatibility of the materials with not only the
  marine environment but also all associated
  military requirements of fire, signature,
  explosion etc.

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Improved Configuration Control / Inventory
Management via electronic remote sensing

• Commercial vessel refit and maintenance is
  considered to be far quicker and efficient than
  military vessels due to a better knowledge of
  what is required in advance.
• Much of this is due to the simplicity of these
  vessels and reduced equipment density. To
  compensate it is proposed that remote or
  automated equipment state monitoring for all
  items in every compartment of a warship would
  dramatically improve the position.
• It is suggested this could be achieved by
  monitors optically, RF or via power supply
  interface.
• Such a system would identify the contents of a
  compartment, condition of equipments and
  necessary maintenance.
• The demonstration would address in a
  representative environment, the communication
  medium, software and embedded intelligence in
  components.

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System Integration through Tele-Engineering
(Commission, Alignment, Calibration)

• In complex weapon and IT systems such as warships
  the integration, setting to work, commissioning,
  alignment, calibration can take almost as long as
  the basic hull build period.
• Similar time is also required after maintenance
  periods, the aim is to reduce both.
• The technology and techniques sort are intended
  to demonstrate the ability to do this work remote
  from the vessel, either prior to equipment
  installation, or by for efficient stimulation and
  manipulation from remote specialist facilities.

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What do we want-

• Proposals for studies that will demonstrate a
  technology, which has the potential to save whole
  life costs
• Budget available 400k
• Projects to be funded 4 to 10
• First proposal assessment will be in the third
  week of September
• If we have a enough innovative proposals by this
  date we will not run a further assessment
  specific to this call. We will however assess any
  proposals received after this date through the
  normal CDE monthly cycle

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What to do next

• All proposal must be sent to the Centre for
  Defence Enterprise via the Portal
• Please read the guidance on the Submitting a
  proposal section on the Centre for Defence
  Enterprise Website.
• Important!
• When submitting a a proposal please prefix your
  proposal title AND proposal description with
  Maritime Theme X
• Where X is the theme number that your proposal
  relates to
• See the example below for a proposal for Maritime
  theme 2, Developing the ability to replace
  equipments by Plug and play

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Questions

• For further guidance please visit the Centre for
  Defence Enterprise Website
• Or contact the Centre for Defence Enterprise
• Telephone [phone]
• Address Centre for Defence Enterprise, Start
  Electron, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Science
  and Innovation Campus, Harwell, Oxfordshire,
  OX11 0QR
• Email science-enterprise_at_mod.uk