Defence

Situation The French army is moving from a process of fully internal maintenance to collaborative maintenance done jointly with OEMs and external providers. This means they have to share product data and processes, something their legacy IT systems are not well-suited for. To address this new challenge, temporary solutions had been developed that led to

SAAB Support and Service, a Business Area within SAAB, is appointed by the Swedish Defence Material Administration to administer the maintenance plans for the new NH90 helicopter and monitor changes in the maintenance plans from supplier NHIndustries. The maintenance plans are documented in the S1000D format and compared manually with the previous plan.

Situation As the market demand changed and with a reduction in sales BAE Systems GCS Vehicles needed to transform their business model to include the aftermarket business. They aimed to offer complete fleet management contracts by servicing the vehicles sold throughout their entire lifecycle. This can be up to 30 years. Problem To provide this

Situation Saab Kockums, a Business Area within Saab, is contracted by the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to deliver surface ships and submarines. ILS (Integrated Logistics Support) documentation and technical manuals are vital and integrated parts of these deliverables. Deliveries of documentation have been a manual process, including the review process. Both parties now want

Situation The Royal Navy has taken delivery of two new Aircraft Carriers, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and HMS PRINCE OF WALES. The aircraft carriers were built by a consortium that was closed in early 2020. ShareAspace is being used to hold the design data and other documentation coming from the consortium so that it is available

Situation Saab Kockums, a business area within Saab, is responsible for the design and manufacture of military surface ships and submarines—products with long lifetimes, up to 40 years. Acknowledging the need to enhance their information management and integrate their product data management systems consistently, Saab Kockums set a goal to reduce lead times in the

Situation Kongsberg, due to its performance-based contracts for Remote Weapon Stations (RWS), needs to maintain complete control over the design specifications and configuration of all systems at all times. Their responsibility includes providing customers and government authorities with accurate configuration information for each individual RWS, information previously scattered across various Line of Business (LOB) systems.