Submarines, Sub-Sea Systems

• Coping with pressures at depth
• Safety and Escape
• Mission System performance
• Design Complexities (particularly with nuclear submarines)

• Inadequacy of systems engineering and project engineering disciplines.
• Platform projects compromised by high risk sub-system developments
• Inadequate escape and rescue provisions.
• Inadequate testing.

Key Systems Engineering or Project Management Techniques

• Naval Architecture
• Safety Engineering
• Modeling
• Large scale project engineering
• Test Planning

Case Studies

• Major design and construction rework required as part of US Seawolf programme
• Australian Collins Class development problems
• Loss of US Submarines Thresher and Scorpion
• Loss of British Submarine Thetis