During the last five years, Oerlikon Aerospace developed and implemented engineering processes. In this paper, we discuss the application of risk management to the re-engineering of operator console stations of a missile weapon system. We briefly describe the systems engineering process. Finally, twelve lessons learned are discussed. PROCESS DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND Oerlikon Aerospace (OA) is the...

With the New START treaty extension, Moscow and Washington are on course for new arms control negotiations. The unprecedented breadth of strategic bilateral agenda issues means that any future talks would entail extensive linkages trade-off s in various spheres. article explores two domains inevitably have to be addressed negotiations – missile defense conventional weapons. Missile was an integ...

Missile pulmonary emboli are rare sequelae of traumatic entry of projectile missiles-generally bullets or bullet fragments-in which access to the systemic venous circulation is established by the missile, making it possible for the missile to migrate to the pulmonary arteries. In the case introduced here, a 24-year-old male presented to the ER with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. In the early c...

Lighter-than air vehicles are an attractive solution for many applications requiring a sustained airborne presence. The buoyancy force provides an energy-free form of lift, offering a non-traditional approach to long-duration missions for which traditional aircraft are not well-suited. Potential applications include roving or hovering surveillance and communication utilities for both military a...

Naval warfare is shifting from an almost exclusive deep water, open ocean engagement to a littoral environment where high-value surface ships are forced to operate in close proximity to land, exposing those ships to a new, significant threat the high speed, sea skimming missile launched from coastal defenses, mobile land launchers, and patrol craft and maritime aircraft operating close to shore...

Recent engineering experiences with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) highlight the need to analyze the BMDS System of Systems (SoS) including the numerous potential interactions between independently developed elements of the system. The term “interstitials” is used to define the domain of interfaces, interoperability, and integration between constituent ...