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Specifically, the company will transfer software capabilities for the IPMS, which will allow hardware and system software to be maintained and upgraded in Australia and for intelligent sustainment technolo- gies to use IPMS data in Australia. The configuration baseline of IPMS on board will be supported by a Land Based Through Life Support System for each class of ship. As mentioned, this includes the item man- ager for systems common to all four ships.
“Also included in the technology transfer is that for the IPMS, enabling system soft- ware and hardware components to be main- tained, updated and upgraded in Australia for both mission and land based systems by Navantia Australia, and the implemen- tation of smart sustainment technologies utilising IPMS data in an Australian con- text,” García-Valdés explained. “We see the agreement as an opportunity to increase in-house local engineering capacity, as a design authority for Navantia ship designs.”
In practice, the technology transfer will enable what Navantia calls a ‘smart sus- tainment’ approach, which uses data gath- ered from the IPMS to increase the ships’ operational readiness.
“Our smart sustainment approach cre- ates Value from Data gathered by Navan- tia’s IPMS, evolving signals to knowledge,” Gibbs said. “This enables us to perform ‘early predictive’ maintenance, provide agile modelling and integrate the logistic information to complement Data Analyt- ics tools to provide advice and outcomes in terms of readiness of the ships.
So what does this mean for the end cus- tomer? How will the agreement impact the men and women on-board the ships in question?
According to Gibbs, it will essentially al- low Navy to keep more ships at sea for lon- ger with less human interface needed at sea.
“The digital ships and smart sustain- ment technologies and capability will provide Navy with real-time system diag- nostics supporting condition based moni- toring decisions ashore, optimised main- tenance schedules, greater assurance of asset reliability and prevent catastrophic failures,” García-Valdés said. “It enables us to identify poor performing assets ear- ly, measure engineering changes through improved reliability, identify training and operating issues, and to quickly analyse the impact of mission changes and develop risk mitigation strategies to prevent mis- sion failure during deployment.”
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