Military Systems - Operational and Technological Integration

Course aim

This course aims to provide students with knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to conduct the design and integration processes of systems engineering for the development of complex defence systems, and system of systems. The technological and operational integration of a broad range of diverse platform systems under development and induction in service; is the key to optimal design, and utilisation.
The course covers systems engineering activities that convert a conceptual design into a system definition that is suitable for detailed design and subsequent manufacture. The course is taught from a system design and integration perspective. The course covers both classical systems engineering design where the majority of components are purpose-developed for the system and systems-integration-based design that exploits off-the-shelf subsystems to the greatest extent possible, and the emerging systems engineering paradigm known as Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE).

Course content

Acquire the basic operational and technological knowledge of military systems for optimal integration of military platforms into a total warfare system.
Operational Integration
Present and futuristic warfare doctrines
Threat perception and assessment
Operational requirements and environmental conditions
The architectural design process including:
Requirements analysis, validation of the design inputs including customer expectations, requirements flow down through design tiers, identification of technical performance measures.
Functional analysis, in particular, in the presence of constraints on the system design imposed by the use of commercial-off-the-shelf and military-off-the-shelf components.
Functional and physical partitioning.
Synthesis (Generation of solution concepts that involve both bespoke and pre-existing components, trade-off analyses to determine the preferred design concept, and describing the design through architectural views, specification of subsystems, and interface definitions).
Introduction to design assurance aspects
Discussion of factors sought in a good system design: reliability, maintainability, availability, manufacturability, testability, electromagnetic compatibility, integratability, safety, security, flexibility, interoperability, capability growth, disposal, etc.
Design reviews
Interface management
Use of modelling and simulation during design and integration
Process products and documentation; model-based systems engineering
Technical Integration
Human systems
Technological Systems
o Support systems
o Weapon and Survivability systems
o Communication systems
o Observation and Navigation systems
Integration and test planning from a design perspective; test coverage
The integration and test process
Accepting components into integration

Textbook(s)

Buede D.M. 2009, The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods, 2, John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EEET 5107	System Engineering for Complex Problem Solving

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE (INTENSIVE)
Lecture	2 days x 1
Practical	1 day x N/A
External	40 hours x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Design Review (group presentation), Group assignment, Individual Written assignment, Participation (Participation in all aspects of the course)

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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