Whole-of-System Analytical Framework presented to Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane
Despina Tramoundanis of the DSTO Weapons Systems Division today presented the Whole-of-System Analytical Framework (WSAF) to the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane. Her paper, Adapting to Accelerated Acquisition: WSAF in LAND 19 Phase 7, describes how the WSAF, which is an implementation of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles and the Defence Architectural Framework (DAF), was used to support preliminary definition of the Australian Army’s future Ground-Based Air and Missile Defence (GBAMD) capability under Project LAND 19-7.
This initial design work, performed by the Aerospace Concepts MBSE team in Adelaide, saw development of an integrated model of the planned capability encompassing operational scenarios, user needs, constraints, a solution concept and high-level formal requirements. Claimed benefits of this approach include improved robustness and traceability to capability needs and client requirements and their retention for future reuse and enhancement.
The ability for reuse inherent in the model-based approach to systems engineering was demonstrated when the WSAF model of the GBAMD capability was used to generate an operational concept and statement of requirements for the Army’s new Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) capability in less than three weeks. The C-RAM capability, based around Saab’s Giraffe AMB radar, will shortly enter operational service protecting Coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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