Missiles

Includes underwater 'missiles', ie. torpedoes

 
Key Project Drivers
  • One shot devices.
  • Autonomous control, and need for 'intelligence'.
  • Safety 'on the ground'.
  • Integration and interoperability with other systems
  • Upgradeability
  
What Goes (or might go) Wrong
  • Small and subtle errors lead to failure to achieve purpose
  • Fail to start when needed.
  • Fail during or after launch.
  • Higher than planned for development (and testing) costs.
     

Key Systems Engineering or Project Management Techniques

  • Operational and Performance analysis

  • Modeling

  • Reliability analysis

  • Software Engineering

  • Test and Acceptance

  

Case Studies

  • US Ballistic Missile Defence
  • Javelin portable anti-armour weapon system
  • Patriot Missile development
  • Proposals for (US) Mk48 ADCAP torpedo enhancements
  • (UK) Spearfish torpedo delivery held up over 5 years due to reliability shortfalls.

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