5.5.2 The Application of a Systems Engineering Process to the Re‐Engineering of an Air Defense System

Abstract

During the last five years, our organization has developed and implemented software and systems engineering processes. In this paper, we briefly describe the systems engineering process development, its application to the re-engineering of two major components of an air defense missile system, and some lessons learned from the two projects.

Development Integration and Implementation of Engineering Processes at Oerlikon Aerospace

“…In both cases, the first increment deliverable was a system requirement specification, and the second increment deliverable was a set of design and equipment specifications, plus a qualified working pre-production prototype. An in-depth description of the re-engineering project can be found in paper presented at the 1998 INCOSE Symposium (Laporte 1998).…”

Implementing Risk Management as part of a Systems Engineering Process

“…The management activities of the Systems Engineering Process (SEP) major steps are summarized in table 1 while table 2 illustrates the technical activities (steps 210 through 270). The process had been applied to the re-engineering of two sub-systems: the launcher control electronics and the radar and electro-optical operator consoles (Laporte 1998). The launcher control subsystem is composed of a main data processor which coordinates the operation of the sensors and the launch and guidance of the missiles, a missile tracker processor, a target tracker processor, and a servo control processor.…”

4 Addressing the People Issues when Developing and Implementing Engineering Processes

“…The process and its application in the organization have been presented at previous INCOSE symposia (Laporte 1997(Laporte , 1998). …”

“…In 1995, it was decided that a formal systems engineering process had to be developed and implemented in order to seamlessly integrate disciplines associated with systems engineering. The process and its application in the organization have been presented at previous INCOSE symposia (Laporte 1997(Laporte , 1998.…”