A revised innovative solution for the Type 45 Destroyers' Combat System will reduce development risks, while delivering a more capable system with lower through life costs. The new architecture refines the design for the ships PAAMS (Principal Anti-Air Missile System) and Combat Management System and how the systems inter operate to achieve these significant gains.
A joint team including Alenia Marconi Systems' Integrated Systems Division (ISD), together with the DPA, BAE Systems Prime Contract Office, MBDA's UKAMS Office and BAE Systems CARS group has developed the revised architecture. Working as an integrated team the group developed the solution through a series of workshops investigating possible enhancements to the existing architecture. The DPA were involved in this process and provided strong support and encouragement for innovative ideas and results. The solution produced by system designers from the participating companies was developed from a radical "out of the box" idea raised during the workshops.
The original task set for the systems designers was to investigate the scope for console commonality across different systems. A key factor in achieving the best solution was to provide the systems engineers with the flexibility to deliver the most effective overall solution without affecting overall costs and in service dates. The benefits of the revised architecture include reduced overall program integration risk as well as producing a system that is more capable, easier to use with lower through life costs, at no extra cost to the customer.
Peter Czerniewski, Type 45 PCO Program Director Combat System stated: "A large part of the credit for this innovation must go to AMS/CARS - indeed, it is only because of AMS/CARS unique position within both programs, that the innovation was possible at all."
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