Supportability
The GKN Aerospace Engineering Services (GKNAES)  Systems Group at Yeovil has consolidated experience in most areas of Supportability. Principally, this experience is in both providing support to Major contractors and in managing Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) programmes.

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This experience includes the production of ILS plans and documents down to task analysis including Reliability, Maintainability, Safety, FMEA and FMECA, Spares, Tools and Support/Test equipment. The System Group Supportability Team has a high level of experience in providing both comprehensive ILS management and detailed task analysis to projects for major prime aerospace / vehicle contractors and other organisations. Based upon these skills, qualifications, and experience; GKNAES is able to offer cost-effective, comprehensive or specific consultancy services to Authority Project and Equipment Support Managers.

In general, supportability requirements are mandated through formal processes as laid down in ILS standards such as Mil-Std 1388 and Def-Stan 00-60.

The supportability team is fully conversant with these and many of the related standards and understand many of the requirements and constraints placed upon projects.

GKNAES is well qualified to advise and provide the necessary expertise using our management experience and employing many of the analysis tools and techniques. GKNAES is an ISO 9001:2000 accredited organisation and can ensure the production of high quality documentation and analysis to meet customerīs requirements.

Skills available:

  • ILS Management
  • ILS Plans and Schedules
  • LCC analysis
  • LORA
  • RCM (MSG-3 Conversant)
  • FMEA / FMECA
  • Safety

     

Customer Base

BAE SYSTEMS
Support, Training and Advice to the methods and techniques in support analysis using ILS tools including LCC, LORA, Spares assessment and Availability.

DLO ES (Air) - Yeovilton
Support, Training and Advice to the methods and techniques in support analysis using ILS tools including LCC, LORA, Spares Optimisation and Availability.

Agusta Westland
Support to Apache ILS - Integrated Support Plan and related documents

Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems Ltd
Support, Training and Advice to the methods and techniques in support analysis using ILS tools including LCC, LORA, Spares Optimisation and Availability.

Meggit/Bestobell
Agusta AB139, Pressure ducting R&M study

RAF
Support, Training and Advice to the methods and techniques in support analysis using ILS tools including LCC, LORA, Spares Optimisation and Availability.

Smiths Aerospace
Maintainability Prediction support to the Airbus A380 project.

Thomson
Spares Support Analysis - For MoD (NAVY) Radar contract
 

Supportability

Site Modified 13 July 2010 by Phil Edon    Phil.edon@ukes.aerospace.gknplc.com

 

 

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