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Papers and presentations
8 November 2011
Javelin safety template verification study published at PARARI International Explosive Ordnance Symposium
19 October 2011
RSTT at space safety conference in Versailles
Aerospace Concepts' James Tisato today presented a paper at the 5th International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Conference (IAASS 2011) in Versailles, France.
The paper, entitled Improved Range Safety Analysis for Space Vehicles using Range Safety Template Toolkit, discusses how RSTT offers an alternative to traditional methodologies for space launch and re-entry vehicle range safety:
'RSTT offers rapid generation of mission-specific safety templates that comply with internationally-recognised standards for range risk criteria. Compared to some traditional methods, RSTT produces more accurate assessments of risk to personnel and infrastructure. This provides range operators with greater confidence in the range safety products, enhancing their ability to rigorously manage safety on their ranges.
RSTT also offers increased precision of risk analysis and iteration of mission design allowing greater flexibility in planning range operations with rapid feedback on the safety impact of mission changes. These concepts are explored through examples involving a suborbital sounding rocket, demonstrating how traditional range safety assumptions may be reassessed using the RSTT robust probabilistic methodology.'
The paper was judged as one of three winners of the 2011 SGAC-IAASS Space Safety Competition. As lead author, James received a scholarship towards participation in the conference in Versailles.
19 October 2011
Aerospace Concepts paper presented at APCOSE 2011
Dr David Harvey, Aerospace Concepts' Model Based Systems Engineering team lead, and Paul Logan, of Empel Solutions, co-presented our latest systems engineering paper, Documents as Information Artefacts in a Model-Based Systems Engineering Methodology, at the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Engineering (APCOSE 2011) in Seoul, South Korea.
The paper examines the need for and use of documents within a model-based systems engineering methodology. As described by Paul and David: "The nature of documents in the context of an automated system analysis, definition and design environment is described together with how document templates are used as inputs to structure the data model schema, and how the documents are auto-generated as complex views on the model. The need for documents as essential information artefacts in gathering, maintaining and reporting the 'truth' within a model-based paradigm is demonstrated."
7 October 2011
Antarctic Broadband business case presented at International Astronautical Congress
Antarctic Broadband Systems Engineer, Mr Daniel Faber, recently presented a paper on the Antarctic Broadband business case at the International Astronautical Congress 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. The paper, entitled The Business Case for Delivering Broadband to the Antarctic Using Micro-Satellites, draws on the two years of market research analysis to assess the balance between supply and demand for communications to Antarctica.
The paper covers a range of possible solutions to communications, the market and potential customers in the Antarctic, the value proposition, possible cost structures and financing options for delivering satellite communications.
This work highlights the growing need for a cost-effective and sustainable solution to communications for Antarctic operators so as to better enable vital research conducted on the ice and to support the crews who work there. Antarctic Broadband is continuing to work towards this solution and meet the communication needs of the Antarctic community.
4 October 2011
RSTT applications for Commercial Space Flight highlighted at International Astronautical Congress
Aerospace Concepts' Flight Safety Analysis Program lead, Michael Brett, today delivered a paper at the 62nd International Astronautical Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The paper, entitled Risk Hazard Analysis for Commercial Spaceflight Activities using Range Safety Template Toolkit, focuses on how RSTT could be used to address the user needs of commercial space flight operators.
Commercial space flight is a rapidly emerging industry which is leading the development of unique and innovative methods of accessing space for the purposes of tourism, supporting research activities, rapid global transportation, satellite launch, space station resupply and debris mitigation. Operators such as Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and XCOR Aerospace are all entering the market with unique mission concepts and safety requirements. With these rapid changes and advancements in spaceflight concepts, regulatory systems and range managers face challenges in adapting their policies and procedures to ensure the safety of the general public, mission personnel and range infrastructure.
The Range Safety Template Toolkit (RSTT) capability offers rapid generation of mission-specific templates which can be combined with geospatial information, such as asset locations and population densities, to provide casualty and damage estimates for mission operational planning and safety analysis. The toolkit has been applied to a wide range of space missions, including the HIFiRE hypersonics research program and the atmospheric re-entry of the Japanese Hayabusa asteroid sample return mission.
"Each new vehicle we’ve analysed in RSTT has extended and improved the capabilities of the system" explained Michael Brett, "with the broad range of vehicles analysed to date, we’ve found that we have almost all of the elements necessary to conduct rigorous safety analysis on the most complex of Commercial Space Flight missions".
Aerospace Concepts now intends to conduct a small pilot study from publically available data of an upcoming commercial mission to further test its systems and provide an indication of the level of effort required to support commercial spaceflight.
11 August 2011
Small Satellite philosophy presented at SmallSat 2011 conference
Antarctic Broadband’s System Architect, Mr Jan A. King recently delivered an update to his seminal paper on small satellite design philosophy at the AIAA Utah State University SmallSat 2011 conference in Logan, Utah. The paper, Can Small Do What Big Does – Only Better? (An Update), covers advances in technology unique to small space systems, the difference between small and large system development methodologies, business success in various market applications for small satellites and the ability of small commercial systems to deal with sometimes “unfair” universal constraints imposed upon all spacecraft.
The original ‘Can Small Do What Big Does?’ paper was presented at a workshop held at Stanford University, which addressed Emerging Commercial Applications for Small Satellite Technology on March 24, 2009
. The paper has now been updated to add new information and changes in outlook since that time.
Following the conference, Jan’s work was picked up by The Space Review contributor Jeff Frost in his article on A quarter century of SmallSat progress. Here Jan notes “The real success in small satellite technology is in Earth imaging, I would say we had marginal success in telecommunications and pretty darn good success in remote sensing. In the rest of the area, I would say we have not produced to date.”
This approach to satellite systems development is fundamental to Antarctic Broadband’s ambitions to provide a cost-effective satellite solution to communications in Antarctica.
4 May 2011
Model-Based User Needs Analysis paper presented at SETE 2011 conference
Today Michael Waite presented the paper Model-Based User Needs Analysis to the 2011 Systems Engineering and Test and Evaluation Conference (SETE 2011) at the Rydges Lakeside Hotel in Canberra. The paper, co-authored with Paul Logan, addresses the often overlooked, but critical, phase of the systems engineering lifecycle - the generation and analysis of user needs.
This paper is based on the principles developed during capability definition work, performed by Aerospace Concepts, on several large-scale capability acquisition projects where a model-based systems engineering approach has been applied.
The importance of understanding the needs of the end-user, and the elicitation and analysis of these needs in a model-based environment, is presented in the paper.
4 October 2010
Model-Based System Engineering paper presented at conference in Taiwan
Dr David Harvey, who leads our Model-Based System Engineering Program, today presented a paper at APCOSE 2010 - the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Engineering. The paper, co-written with Paul Logan, our Model-Based Systems Engineering adviser, is entitled Architecting the Problem Space. It discusses the application of a specific method for using an architecture framework and model-based systems engineering to structure the analysis and development of customer requirements.
The APCOSE conference acts as a platform for exchange of the latest development and applications of systems engineering for practitioners and academics from around the Asia-Pacific region.
29 September 2010
Antarctic Broadband project presented at the 61st International Astronautical Congress
Michael Brett and Daniel Faber, two of the leads on the Antarctic Broadband project, presented a paper today at the 61st International Astronautical Congress held in Prague.
The conference paper discusses how the first applications of the Antarctic Broadband project are likely to be in niches that cannot be serviced by traditional communications satellites or terrestrial services.
5 May 2010
Model-Based Systems Engineering capability at national conference
The Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) capability developed by Australia's Defence Science & Technology Organisation in collaboration with Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd was today presented to the Systems Engineering / Test & Evaluation Conference in Adelaide. Despina Tramoundanis, of DSTO's Weapons Systems Division, explained that the model-based approach to system design gives significant benefits over the traditional document-based approach including improved robustness and traceability to needs and requirements and retention of knowledge over time.
As described in the conference paper, the new Whole-of-System Analytical Framework (WSAF) capability focuses on developing an integrated and internally-consistent model of a system as the basis for design, development, integration, test and support. This includes production of system technical documentation starting with the Operational Concept Document (OCD) and the Function and Performance Specification (FPS). The WSAF has been used in this manner to define the initial concept and requirements for the Australian Army's future Ground-Based Air and Missile Defence capability. The reusability of the model then directly supported rapid acquisition of a Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) system for use by the Australian Army in Afghanistan
13 October 2009
New space launch and re-entry safety analysis capability at the 60th International Astronautical Congress
The Aerospace Concepts flight safety analysis team today presented our capability for space launch and re-entry Risk Hazard Analysis (RHA) to the 60th International Astronautical Congress in Daejeon, South Korea.
The conference paper describes how this capability, the Range Safety Template Toolkit (RSTT), is being applied to two very different space safety applications. The first is the HIFiRE joint US / Australia hypersonic flight research program involving a series of suborbital launches and controlled hypersonic flights from Woomera, South Australia. The second is the return to Earth in mid-2010 of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa spacecraft.
28 September 2009
Fractal fragmentation analysis model for aerospace vehicle breakup presented at 9th Australia Space Science Conference
Ian Bryce, our space engineering adviser, presented his novel fractal fragmentation analysis model for aerospace vehicle breakup to the 9th Australia Space Science Conference in Sydney. This conference was sponsored by the National Space Society of Australia and the Australian Academy of Sciences.
Our conference paper describes how, using fractal fragmentation modelling, a vehicle breaks up into a small number of fragments with certain ratios, and then each fragments breaks again into the same ratio, and so on. This process continues to a number of degrees between 1 and 6, depending on the ratio of the forces applied to the structural strength of the vehicle, tank etc. The one model transitions seamlessly from low to high intensity events and between aerodynamic break and internal explosions. It has been extensively verified against known cases where fragments were recovered.
The fractal fragmentation model is currently being used as part of the Range Safety Template Toolkit (RSTT) to analyse air-launched guided weapons and to support the HIFiRE joint US / Australia collaborative hypersonic flight research program involving a series of suborbital space launches and hypersonic controlled flight from Woomera, South Australia.
20 August 2008
Australia's new guided weapon and space launch safety analysis capability at international conference
Australia's Range Safety Template Toolkit (RSTT) was presented to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference paper provided a comprehensive update on RSTT development, current capabilities and future intentions.
RSTT is being developed by the Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation in collaboration with Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd and other industry partners to support a diverse range of guided weapons in Australian service. RSTT now supports the Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) carried by the F/A-18 Hornet and will support the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) when it enters Australian service in the near future. Support for other guided weapons will be incorporated in due course.
RSTT capability has recently been expanded to support the DSTO-led HIFiRE joint US / Australia collaborative hypersonic flight research program involving a series of suborbital space launches and hypersonic vehicle controlled flights from Woomera, South Australia.
22 August 2006
Guided weapon range safety analysis capability announced to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The Range Safety Template Toolkit (RSTT) being developed by the Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation in collaboration with Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd and other companies was today presented to the Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Keystone, Colorado, United States. The paper was presented on behalf of DSTO and Aerospace Concepts by Advatech Pacific, Inc., one of America's leading aerospace technology development and support companies.
The RSTT is being developed to support a diverse range of guided weapons in Australian service, including the ASRAAM within-visual-range air-to-air missile and the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently selected by the Royal Australian Air Force.
19 July 2006
Systems engineering and Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) explored
The Principal of Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd, Shaun Wilson, today presented at the Pan-TTCP Symposium on Complex Adaptive Systems for Defence held in Adelaide, South Australia, 17-21 July 2006. He presented on developing engineering approaches to deal with complex adaptive systems with emphasis on the differences between these approaches and traditional systems engineering. The presentation is available for download.
22 June 2006
Joint DSTO / Aerospace Concepts NCW assessment paper presented at the 2006 CCRTS
Dr Anne-Marie Grisogono of the Defence Science & Technology Organisation today presented a joint DSTO / Aerospace Concepts paper at the 2006 Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (2006 CCRTS) held in San Diego, California, 20-22 June 2006. The paper describes the long-running Network-Centric Warfare Prioritisation and Integration (NPI) assessment program being conducted in support of Australian Defence NCW capability development. The paper is also available for download.
9 June 2006
Aerospace Concepts' Network-Centric Warfare capability assessment review released by DSTO
The Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) today released Aerospace Concepts' review of Network-Centric Warfare (NCW) capability assessment approaches which was developed as part of DSTO's ongoing NCW research. The review encompasses both current NCW assessment approaches as well as areas otherwise unrelated to NCW that may potentially contribute to NCW assessment. The review is also available for download here (5.8 MB) along with an EndNote-format bibliographic database of NCW assessment references.
18 April 2006
Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd at Complexity in ICT Systems and Projects workshop
The Principal of Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd, Shaun Wilson, has today opened the Complexity in ICT Systems and Projects workshop at The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering at the University of Sydney. The Workshop was organised by the Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA) in association with The Warren Centre as part of the Australian Software Engineering Conference (ASWEC 2006). Proceedings of the workshop will be published via the eScholarship process of Sydney University Press. Shaun's opening remarks, co-written with Chris Skinner, are available for download.
22 November 2005
Aerospace Concepts consultant delivers Combat Identification technology research paper
Cameron Boyd, our lead researcher and consultant on Combat Identification technologies, today delivered a research paper on this subject at the IEEE International Region 10 Conference in Melbourne. Known as Tencon '05 (www.tencon2005.org), this conference caters for a broad range of technology interests for IEEE Region 10 covering Pakistan to New Zealand and Australia to China and Korea.
9 November 2005
Guided weapon safety analysis capability announced
Dr Michael Jokic of the Defence Science & Technology Organisation today announced that DSTO, in collaboration with Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd and other companies, is developing a guided weapon safety analysis capability to support Australian Defence operations into the 21st Century. Dr Jokic was delivering a paper at the Systems Engineering / Test & Evaluation (SETE) Conference in Brisbane.
8 November 2005
Aerospace Concepts compares NCW assessment approaches
Cameron Boyd, one of our key NCW research team members, has today delivered a paper on comparing approaches to NCW assessment. This paper, derived from Aerospace Concepts' collaborative research with the Defence Science & Technology Organisation, is an important foundation element in our NCW Prioritisation and Implementation (NPI) work for the Defence NCW Program Office. Cameron was speaking at the Systems Engineering / Test & Evaluation (SETE) Conference in Brisbane.
4 August 2005
Aerospace Concepts Principal speaks about Combat Identification technology
The Principal of Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd, Shaun Wilson, has spoken at an international conference in Washington, DC about technology for Combat Identification. His presentation, based on research conducted for the Australian Department of Defence, covered more than 25 potential Combat Identification technologies ranging from simple cloth patches and vehicle-mounted panels to emerging technologies such as quantum dots.
28 June 2002
Army Offensive Support concept study released
The Australian Department of Defence today released Aerospace Concepts' preliminary study into the Australian Army's Future Offensive Support System (AFOSS) needs. Release of the report was announced via the joint Government / Industry Capability Development Advisory Forum (CDAF). The report, prepared in conjunction with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, is the outcome of an initial examination of the command and control issues facing the Army's fire support capability in the coming decade and beyond.
Solicitations
9 July 2008
Australian Ground-Based Air and Missile Defence (GBAMD) capability study solicitation released to industry
The Australian Department of Defence today issued a Worldwide solicitation to industry to inform a capability study of future Ground-Based Air and Missile Defence (GBAMD) systems and technologies. The study, being conducted in support of Defence Project LAND 19 Phase 7, is being managed by Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd.
GBAMD system suppliers, media outlets and other interested parties are invited to register interest in the capability study via support@concepts.aero. The study is due for completion in October 2008 with initial industry responses due by 1 September 2008. Note that the results of the study are intended for Department of Defence use only and will not be publically released. The solicitation is available for download.
21 December 2005
Australian improved Terminal Air Control (TAC) market technology survey solicitation released to industry
The Australian Department of Defence today launched a Worldwide market technology survey for Terminal Air Control (TAC) technologies and products. The survey, being conducted in support of Defence's Project LAND 146, is being managed by Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd. The survey solicitation brief is available for download.
29 November 2005
Australian Combat Identification market technology survey solicitation released to industry
The Australian Department of Defence today launched a Worldwide market technology survey for Combat Identification technologies and products. The survey, being conducted in support of Defence's Project LAND 146, is being managed by
Aerospace Concepts Pty Ltd. The survey solicitation brief is
available for download.