Noel Wainwright
4 October 2011
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Lockheed Martin
Australia
Australian Industry Capability Relevant to
SKA Project Challenge
12 March 2016
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JORN – An Exemplar of Science/Industry Collaboration in Delivering
Cutting Edge RF Technology
Hypothesis
• Australian companies have a proven capability to deliver large
scale complex projects such as SKA
Exemplar
• Jindalee Over-The-Horizon Radar project - JORN - is a world
class HF surveillance system delivered by Lockheed Martin
acting in a joint venture arrangement with Tenix (in the decade
1993 to 2003): “RLM”
• At its peak, the JV employed 650 staff in the key systems
engineering, software development and systems integration
disciplines
• A crucial ingredient for the success of JORN was the ability of
the company to access capabilities of the parent company
technologies including the assignment of 60 specialists into the
program
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JORN Overview
Historical Summary
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Jindalee Operational Radar Network
(JORN)
Christmas Island
Nhulunbuy
Humpty Doo
Kalumburu
Hughes
Horne Island
RAAF Scherger
Groote
Eylandt
Lynd River
Broome
RAAF Curtin
Kalkarindgi
Normanton
South Headland
RAAF Learmonth
JFAS
Longreach
Boolathana
Ajana
- Transponder
Laverton
RAAF Edinburgh
MIF
- Vertical Incidence Sounder
- Oblique Incidence Sounder
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Overview of JORN Scope
• Development of a networked radar system
– 90 degree radar centered near Longreach in Queensland
– 180 degree radar centered near Laverton in Western Australia
– 17 remote beacon sites on Australian Coastline and
Christmas Island
– Operations Center located on RAAF Base Edinburgh, South
Australia
• Includes all building & construction works
• Support facility
– Located at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia
– Software Maintenance
– Operator Training
• Maintenance & Support for 46 months after
acceptance
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JORN Systems and Subsystems (Part I)
• Each Surveillance Segment is comprised of a transmit
and a receive site and contains
– A Radar System
– An FMS System (Frequency Management System –
a TX & RX systems comprising of a
Backscatter Sounder, Mini Radar, Passive Channel Evaluator and Background Noise & Signal
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– A Receive Site Operations Centre
Monitoring systems
• The Radar System has
– A Transmit Subsystem
– A Receive Range Processing and Beamforming Subsystem
– A Radar Signal Processing Subsystem
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JORN Systems and Subsystems (Part II)
• The Frequency Management System has 8
Subsystems
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BSS/MR Transmit Subsystem
Backscatter Sounder (BSS) Receive Subsystem
Mini Radar (MR) Receive Subsystem
Oblique Incidence Sounder (OIS) Subsystem
Vertical Incidence Sounder (VIS) Subsystem
HF Spectrum Monitor (SM)/HF Background Noise Monitor
(BN) Subsystem
– Passive Channel Evaluation (PCE) Subsystem
– Transponder Subsystem
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JORN Systems and Subsystems (Part III)
• The other major systems and subsystems are:
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Operations Centre System (Ops Centre)
Maintenance Subsystem
Software Support and Training Facility Subsystem (SSTF)
Local Area Communications and Services Element (LAC)
Wide Area Communications Subsystem (WAC)
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Radar 1 Transmit Site (Queensland)
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Located 30 kms South West of
Longreach
Accommodates ~ 10 M&S staff
30 high power amplifiers (20kw
each)
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Four log periodic antenna arrays
(high band, low band, FMS, FMS ext)
21 km of 3 inch coaxial feed cable
300,000 square metres of galvanized
earth-mat
Radar 1 Receive Site (Queensland)
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Located 185 kms South West of
Longreach
Both terrestrial and satellite
communications capability
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3.5 Km array
480 Dipoles for Radar
16 Dipoles + omni for FMS antenna
Sited to within 2mm
20 Bunkers hold 24 Receivers each
100s of kilometers of optical fibre
and coaxial cable
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JCC (Edinburgh AFB, Adelaide, SA)
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Headquarters for RAAF unit 1RSU
Qld, WA and JFAS all controlled
from this facility
Both terrestrial and satellite
communications capability
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22 JORN Operator positions
Also home to JORN Software
Support and Training Facility
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Built a World Class Engineering Facility
Melbourne Integration Facility (MIF)
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Most advanced software development and integration facility in Australia
Capacity for 350 engineers
20,000 sq. ft. of integration & test laboratories
Extensive computing & communications infrastructure
Classified laboratory capable of accommodating multiple projects
Satellite communication links to South Australia & remote sites
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JORN Pre RLM
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DSTO built the experimental JFAS Radar in 70s / 80s
Defence issued RFP for an operational system in ‘88
Contract Awarded to Telstra in 1990
Original delivery date was June 1997
Project was in trouble from the start
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Laying the Foundation
September 1997-December 1998
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Formed the Team - Employed the People
• Hand Picked Telstra engineers and support team from
Melbourne and Adelaide (~200)
• Telstar software and support team (150)
• Lockheed Martin Secondees (45)
• Tenix Secondees (7)
• Kept the best contractor staff (50)
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Redirected Software Development
• All software development effort was stopped
• 7 “initiative” teams formed to address :
– Requirements, Interfaces, Processes, Development
environment, Software Test, Earned Value, Middleware
• Team recommendations factored into the new plan
• Software deliveries structured to the Integration Plan
• Full set of BOEs developed and EV program adopted
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Building the Pedigree Software
June 1999 - June 2001
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Software Completion Strategy
Legacy Software – Integration Team
Early 2000
Marconi
Legacy
Software
Baseline
Heads
of
Agreement
SPRs
Pedigree Software – S’ware Team
Integration Drops
• Built final software product,
termed Pedigree software, to
RLM process
• Contained new architecture base
for final delivery.
• Incorporated SPRs from Legacy
integration.
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Production Software - (Integration)
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Established an Integration and Test Plan
• Established the Melb Intgrtn
Facility:
– Size to rebuild 1M SLOC in <
6 hours
– Allow concurrent integration
and concurrent requirements
verification
• Built/bought integration tools
• Established remote debug to
site
– Verify the radar operations
from the MIF
• Established longevity /
stability program
• Established test strategy with
customer
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Installed the Project Infrastructure
• UNIX
– Rational APEX Toolset –
Ada 95 development
– MATLAB Modeler - Algorithm
modeling
– Eaglespeed - Project CM
– Greenhills - 68040 Ada95
Development Environment
• WinNT
– Microsoft Office suite and
Microsoft Project
– Microsoft SQL Server for
Requirements Management
and Test / Integration
Database
– Labview for Test Support
Items
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Established a Requirements Baseline
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Agreed the Network Specification with the CoA
Established a single requirements repository
Completed Software requirements scrub
Completed Systems Engineering Second Pass (SE2P)
Completed Requirements Traceability
Completed Algorithm Definitions
Established a Network Level RTEM
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JORN Final SLOC Count
CSCI
SLOC
10,990
25,622
71,207
18,291
61,530
51,132
20,924
31,691
337,759
115,102
83,989
20,853
46,010
166,994
41,600
15,286
19,511
27,100
22,922
4,460
5,285
4,396
14,970
35,819
Comms
FMS Control
FMS Support
Stage 2 Signal Processing
Network Management
Radar Management
Coordinate Registration
Tracking
Consoles
Maintenance Console
C&CS
RxATE
Simulator
Reuse
Transmit Control
Receive Site Control
BSS Receive Processor
Transponder
Waveform Generator
Mini Radar
BN/SM Processor
Passive Channel Evaluation
Stage 1 Signal Processing
VME
Total
1,253,443
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On-Site System Integration and Test
March 1999 – October 2002
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Hardware Integration Strategy
Legacy Software – Integration Team
Early 2000
Marconi
Legacy
Software
Baseline
Heads
of
Agreement
SPRs
Pedigree Software – Software Team
Integration Drops
• Legacy Software used to
Integrate the hardware
• Integrated on-site to wring
out Subsystem design and
hardware issues
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Production Software - (Integration)
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On-Site Integration Program
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Concurrent integration/test across 4 radar sites
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Site shifts : Two 12 hour shifts/day, 7 days/week at each site
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Site rotations : 2 weeks on/one week off on RDO
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Effort required 12 teams of 3-4 people
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Each shift required a “lead”, total of 12 shift leads
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Each site had 2 leads to coordinate the shift teams and between the sites
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Handover between teams was sometimes only minutes at the airport
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Flights very restricted, In on Tuesday, out on Thursday at WA
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Families not allowed on site
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Many staff did site rotations for 3-4 years
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Communication was difficult but essential for success!
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Integration Strategy
(4) Pedigree Install
(1) Hardware C/O
Radar 1
Queensland
(3) Pedigree Install
(2) Hardware C/O
Radar 2
Western Australia
(5) JCC Install
JCC
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Conducted pre-Site integration in MIF
MIF
Conducted Hardware checkout with Legacy Software at both sites
Targeted initial Pedigree site activities to WA
Transitioned Pedigree to builds to Qld following initial I&T
Maintained QLD & WA on Legacy to support ongoing hardware testing
Transitioned WA & QLD to Pedigree after baseline stable/proven
Installed JCC after Segment/MIF integration completed
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JCC Integration
• JCC Ops Centre equipment :
– 22 Alpha Unix workstations for Consoles CSCIs
– 10 Alpha Unix 4100 and 1200 Servers for Ops Centre System
CSCIs
• Software Support and Training Facility equipment
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8 Alpha Unix workstations for Training Facility CSCIs
10 Alpha Unix workstations for Training Facility CSCIs
25 NT/Unix workstations for Software Support
5 VME Bins configured with embedded processors and
interface cards for Software Support of the embedded CSCIs
• Shared
– Various Comms Cabinets and equipment
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Transmit Site Integration
• Radar Transmit
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High Band and Low Band Antenna Arrays
28 Radar High Power Amplifiers
28 VME Bins for Waveform Generation
2 VME Bins for Transmit Control
Alpha Servers for Transmit Control
• FMS Transmit
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FMS Antenna Arrays
Up to 2 FMS High Power Amplifiers
Up to 2 VME Bins for FMS Waveform Generation
Alpha Servers for FMS Tx Control
2 VME Bins for Transmit Control
• Shared
– Two racks of Time and Frequency Standard Equipment
– Various Alpha Servers and NT boxes for File Servers and
Maintenance Consoles
– Various Communications Racks and Equipment
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Receive Site Integration
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Radar Receive
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FMS Receive
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3.2 Km array of 480 dipoles at Radar Site 1
2 – 3.2 Km arrays of 480 dipoles at Radar Site 2
20 (at R1) or 40 (at Rs) Bunkers each containing 24 Receiver Front Ends
68 VME Bins for Stage 1 Signal Processing
4 VME Bins for Receive Site Control
9 Racks of Receiver Front Ends for FMS Receive Subsystems
2 Alpha Servers for Receive Site Control
FMS Antennas
FMS Bunkers
9 VME Bins for FMS Receive Subsystems
2 Alpha Servers for FMS CDP
Receive Site Ops Centre
– 5 Alpha Unix workstations for Consoles CSCIs
– 5 Alpha Unix 4100 and 1200 Servers for Ops Centre System CSCIs
– 3 Alpha Unix 4100 Servers for Stage 2 and Radar Control CSCIs
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Shared equipment
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5 Cabinets of RxATE equipment
Two racks of Time and Frequency Standard Equipment
Various Alpha Servers/NT boxes for File Servers and Maintenance Consoles29
Various Communications Racks and Equipment
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VME Summary
• In 233 VME racks there are:
– 233
– 103
– 225
– 715
– 160
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Dy-4 144 Single Board Computers
DY-4 Serial Interface Cards
Ethernet Cards
Mercury MCV6 Quad I860 DSP VME Boards
VMIC Shared Memory Cards
FDDI Interface Cards
Event Generator Cards
BCIB Interface Cards
Receiver Backends
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Acceptance Program
March 1999 – March 2003
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Acceptance Program Planning
• Project focus turned to Acceptance of the supplies with the CoA
following Marconi Descope negotiations
• MoMAP Negotiations
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Agreed to eliminate redundant testing
Agreed to electronic delivery of CDRLs
Clarified Warranty and latent defect provisions
Agreed to SPR carry over process
• ACPP – Formalized the Criteria for Release points
• June 99 - Technical Reviews and Audits Status Agreed
• Sept 99 - Drawing Tree Agreed
• Nov 99 - Doc Tree Agreed
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JORN Test and Evaluation Hierarchy
Network
Segment 2
Segment 1
RADAR 2
RADAR 1
SSTF
PM
Facilities
OPC
COMMS
ILS
FMS 2
FMS 1
Specialty
EMI/EMC
Tempest
OIS
RC
SIM
NM
C&CS
FSC
WFG
RM
COM
BRP
S1
FS
MRP
S2
TK
PCP
TxMC
CR
BNP
RxSC
CSW
BTP
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VIS
XPDR
Trans.
HFE/Safety
Climatic/
Survivability
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JORN Acceptance Criteria
Segment 1
Acceptance
•DT-IB
•Test Report
•FQR/PCA
•RSOC Confidence Tests
•Acceptance Report
•M&S In place
Segment 2
Acceptance
Operational
Release
•DT-IIA
•JCC Ops Centre
Confidence Tests
•No Priority 1 or 2 SPRs
•Number of Priority 3
SPRs determined by LTC
•No limit on Priority
4 & 5 SPRs
•Acceptance Report
•DT-IB
•Seg 2 Confidence Tests
•Test Report
•FQR/PCA
•RSOC Confidence Tests
•Acceptance Report
•M&S In place
Final
Acceptance
•SSTF DT-IA
•SSTF & Network
Test Reports
•SSTF & Network
FQR/PCA
•S/W support installed
& demonstrated
•Acceptance Report
•Final M&S In place
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JORN Risk Reduction
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RLM Management Agreement
Antennae Arrays
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1997
1998
Marconi Heads of Agreement
Remote Radar Site Facilities
Radar Hardware Installation
Initial Capability Verification
Production S/W Completion
Segment D&T Trial
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
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JORN Project Phases and Key Milestones
1997 1998
1999 2000
2001
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Due Dilligence
Laying the Groundwork
Marconi Descope
Pedigree S/W Development
On-site Integration and Test
Segment and Network Test
Detection and Tracking Trial
Acceptance Program
Segment 1 Release
Segment 2 Release
Operational Release
JORN Final Acceptance
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M&S – 46 Months from OR
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Lockheed Martin Australia and the SKA Project
• Australian companies have a proven capability to deliver large scale complex
projects such as SKA (JORN – An Exemplar of Science/Industry Collaboration in
Delivering Cutting Edge RF Technology)
• Collaboration is essential - both Australian companies and government organizations,
and international companies from the SKA Founding Nations
• A crucial ingredient for the success of JORN was the ability of the company to access
capabilities of the parent company technologies including the assignment of 60
specialists into the program to achieve the delivery objectives – SKA will need to do
that also with specialists coming from Founding Nations
• Lockheed Martin Australia would be ready to again work closely with the specialist
technology organizations and international companies to provide project
management support (in Australia) to deliver an integrated system-of-systems SKA.
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