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Shoal Aerospace and Risk Capability
Shoal’s Aerospace and Risk Capability (SHARC) is a set of tools that enables modelling of complex aerospace systems, and their failure modes. The tools allow Shoal to support clients in…
The safe return of Hayabusa2’s sample capsule
Background Australia was part of a milestone in space discovery when the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Hayabusa2 mission returned the first ever sub surface asteroid samples to Earth in…
CHORUS Project: MBSE reduces risk and increases success in developing complex cross-disciplinary designs
Background High data rate communications to and from small aperture satellite earth terminals are reaching the limits of Radio Frequency (RF) technology. Furthermore, current generation military communications are vulnerable to…
DSTG – A metrics framework for disaggregated software development
Background Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) is the Australian Government’s lead agency dedicated to providing science and technology support for the country’s defence and security needs. Problem Modern software…
DSTG – Supporting ADF operations on home soil
Joint Task Force (JTF) 629 was stood up shortly after Australia’s catastrophic 2020 bushfires. Responsible for all the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) domestic operations, JTF 629 assists with high-risk weather…
MBSE for complex rail transport systems
Transport for New South Wales’ (TfNSW) Digital Systems Program (DSP) will transform Sydney’s rail network to create high capacity ‘turn up and go’ services to meet growing demand. It will…
Defence – Systems engineering support to a defence industry prime
BACKGROUND Pacific Aerospace Consulting (PAC) is the prime contractor supporting the JP2089 Phase 2A Initial Common Support Infrastructure (ICSI) for Tactical Data Links (TDL) delivered under the Multi-Tactical Data Link…
Navy – Mapping complexity to attain materiel seaworthiness compliance
BACKGROUND The Rizzo Report published findings as a result of an investigation into the seaworthiness of naval vessels. Amongst the recommendations to ensure appropriate management of the repair and maintenance…
Army – LAND 154 seamless integration with capability design
BACKGROUND The use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs, or roadside bombs) by insurgents continues to represent a major threat to conventional Defence forces around the world. Part of the reason…
Digital Systems – Understanding the risk and impact on Sydney’s rail network, operators and customers
PROBLEM Transport for NSW (TfNSW) develops and delivers an integrated transport system including roads, rail, ferries, light rail and point to point transport, as well as the planning, policy, systems…
Navy – 3D models of maritime platforms from UAV data
PROBLEM Joint Survivability Tactics Validation Unit (JSTVU) uses methods such as trials and modelling & simulation to assess the survivability tactics of platforms across Navy, Army, and Airforce. To assess…
Designing an Antarctic broadband capability
PROBLEM The Australian Space Research Program (ASRP) was an Australian Government research initiative. It provided $40 million over four years, through a competitive merit-based grants program, to support space-related research,…