DEFED 2012

Conference on Defence Education in India – 201223 - 24 November 2012

Conducted by the Centre for Defence Technology Studies

Hindustan University, Chennai, India

In association with Cranfield Defence and Security

Cranfield University, Shrivenham, UKDesigned by Learning Services - Cranfield University 137DS1112

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Registration formConference on Defence Education in India – 2012 23 - 24 November 2012, Chenai, India

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Mr. P. Tony Joseph Centre for Defence Technology Studies Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science Rajiv Gandhi Salai Padur (via) Kelambakkam Chennai – 603103

Who should attend?

Representatives from Ministry of Defence

Representatives from Defence Offsets Facilitation Agency

Scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation

Officials from Armed Forces Headquarters

Officials from Armed Forces Training institutions

Nominated Representatives from Ordnance Factory Board and constituent Ordnance factories

Officials from Defence Public Sector Units

OEMs both from India and abroad

Private sector organisations in the Defence sector

Industry bodies

Academic institutions and “think tanks”

International institutions engaged in Defence technology

Conference Location

Hindustan University CampusRajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR),Padur (Via) Kelambakkam,Chennai - 603 103, India.Phone: +91-44-2747 4262, 2747 4395Fax: +91-44-2747 4208Email: cdts@hindustanuniv.ac.in

Key Objectives for DEFED 2012

Develop a shared vision for the needs of Defence Education by engaging with key stakeholders.

Examine the policy framework for Defence education in India in the backdrop of the pressing need for increasing the degree of self reliance and indigenisation.

Explore the areas in which transfer of technology is both desirable and feasible, and the extent to which Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) could be encouraged to participate in this process.

Evaluate the status of the private sector including Micro Small and Medium Establishments (MSMEs) for their readiness to imbibe defence technology.

Identify the role of academic knowledge and qualifications towards creating a cadre of professional managers in the field of defence technology.

Understand the state of the international scenario in Defence Technology education.

Generate a “Defence Technology Management Action Plan” (Deftech MAP) to achieve our national strategic aims in ensuring self reliance in the field of Defence.

Background

The Budget of the Government of India, presented to the Indian parliament in March 2012 shows that The Defence Ministry has also finalised a 15-year Long-Term Integrated Perspective Plan and a slew of changes in the offset guidelines to enable manufacturers to count transfer of technology under the mandatory clause.

The revised offset policy recognises investment in ‘kind’, in terms of transfer of technology, to cover all documentation, training and consultancy required for such transfer.

The above measures open up new challenges and opportunities in the field of Defence education and Knowledge management. At the core of the increased defence allocation and the changes to the offset policy is the seriousness of the Government of India to enhance the status of self reliance in the field of defence preparedness. This could obviously be achieved only through enhanced indigenisation, which according to information available in the public domain stands at only 30%. A provision of Rs. 1,93,407

crore has been made for Budgetary spending in Defence which inludes Rs. 79,579 crore for capital expenditure.

While there are many factors which contribute towards this, one of the key areas for critical examination is the availability in India of a mature human resource, which is ready to assimilate the transfer of technology which is expected to be enforced through some of the provisions of the offset clause. It is particularly necessary to create a pool of defence technology management specialists in the private sector.

Broadly speaking, defence knowledge in India is available with the Armed Forces Training Institutes and Joint Services Institutes through their respective training institutions and joint services instututions, both within the respective services, viz the Army, Navy and Air Force, but also through joint services institutions. These institutions not only impart training at functional and directional levels, but also at conceptual levels. However, such training is understandably limited to direct

operational and maintenance requirements. Pursuing Research and Development to suit user requirements is not the mandate of these institutions. Nevertheless, the three services do have policies and practices in place to depute their young officers to institutions of higher learning, both in India and abroad to imbibe state of the art technological advances in selected areas.

For expanding the rate and scale of indigenisation and hence the degree of self reliance, it is important that both R&D and manufacture must not only spread to the private sector, but must include the design and manufacture of systems, sub systems, components, strategic materials etc.

DEFED 2012 attempts to raise the knowledge base of management of technology in the field of Defence both in the public and private sectors, so that not only world class cutting edge technology in defence issues can be absorbed, but can be translated to the shop floor.

Conference on Defence Education in India – 2012

DEFED 2012

Location: Chennai, India Venue: Hindustan University, Padur Campus Dates: Friday 23 – Saturday 24 November 2012

About Hindustan University

Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (HITS) is one of the leading Universities in India with an excellent academic and research standing. The campus is located on the outskirts of Chennai, India. It is approved by the University Grants Commission and MHRD, Govt of India, vide letter No F9-42/2004/U3 dated 5.5.2008 (established in the year 1985 as Hindustan College of Engineering). HITS offers more than 50 specialised professional programs focusing on research activities that form an integral part of the curriculum. Extensive research and development projects have been under taken in various departments including USD 3 Million Aviation project awarded by DST, GOI. HITS has signed MOUs with leading industries and reputed universities.

About Cranfield University

Cranfield University is one of UK’s leading universities. As a wholly postgraduate institution, Cranfield is the first choice for ambitious and skilled individuals wishing to enrol into Masters, Doctorate and Professional Development Programmes in the areas of Aerospace, Automotive, Defence, Energy, Environment, Healthcare, Management, Manufacturing and Security. Cranfield is the academic provider and partner to the Ministry of Defence at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham.

Hindustan University Head Office40, G.S.T Road, St. Thomas Mount,Chennai - 600 016, India.Telephone : +91-44-2234 1389 / 2234 2508Fax: +91-44-2234 2170Email: hetc@vsnl.com

www.hindustanuniv.ac.in

Cranfield University Shrivenham CampusDefence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, UKTelephone: +44(0)1793 314405

www.cranfield.ac.uk/cds www.cranfield.ac.uk/cds/symposia/defed.html

Main ConferenceThe conference is the second of the series which aims to bring together stake holders both from India and abroad, in the challenging task of creating a cadre of specialists in the field of Defence Technology Management.

Session details

23 November 2012

10:00 - 11:30 Inaugural session:

High ranking officers from the Government of India, Armed Forces Headquarters, Defence Research and Development Organisation are expected to participate.

11:30 - 12:00 Refreshments 12:00 - 13:30 Plenary session1: Policy Initiatives Policy framework for Defence education in India, including procedures for practical interpretation and implementation of existing offset provisions for training.

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:00 Plenary session 2: ToT and Role of OEMs Role of Original Equipment Manufacturers

16:10 - 17:15 Colloquium

19:30 - Conference Networking Dinner

Colloquium

To facilitate the exchange of views of all participants, an interactive session is being organised where all participants would be divided into four groups, where in depth discussions on the issues involved in four focus areas of Defence Technology Education will be held, two focus areas per day, leading to the generation of a Defence Technology Management Action Plan (Deftech MAP).

24 November 2012

09:30 - 10:00 Refreshments

10:00 - 11:30 Plenary session 3: Creation of Professional Managers in the Field of Defence Technology Role of academic institutions as well as skill development in areas such as ship building, aircraft manufacture, simulation and modelling etc 11:30 - 12:00 Refreshments

12:00 - 13:30 Plenary session 4: Private Sector Readiness Role of Private sector Role of Micro Small and Medium Establishments

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:30 Colloquium

15:30 - 16:30 Valedictory session

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Valedictory session:

Salient features of the Deftech MAP will be presented by spokespersons of the respective groups of the Colloquium.

25 November 2012 11:00 -16:00

Cranfield University Alumni Event

Cranfield University is proud of its continued interaction with its alumni dating back to the 1940s!

For details of the proposed Alumni Meet at Chennai please see: (http://www.linkedin.com/groups/RMCSCDSIndia Alumni4451763?gid=4451763&trk=hb_side_g)

and Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/405360532841576/).

Systems Engineering in Defence Acquisition

22 November 2012, Time: 9:00 – 17:00

Systems Engineering is a discipline which has its roots in the development of system products combining technologies and people to deliver benefits to one or more stakeholders. In particular, it is focused on specifying, integrating, testing and supporting systems such that:

The needs of all stakeholders are considered in the choice of problem to solve; and in setting the constraints within which any solution must fit.

Trades are performed across the whole system solution to ensure that:

• All potential combinations of solution technology are considered; including reusing things already available and utilising off the shelf solution elements as well as bespoke newly designed elements.

• The balance of functionality and performance of system elements is optimised towards the best outcomes for the system as a whole.

• These trades are made in consideration of the widest possible understanding of the environment in which the solution will be deployed, including consideration of extended or failure scenarios.

The understanding gained in architecting a solution in this way is used to help plan and execute its manufacture, use, sustainment and final disposal.

This holistic understanding of both problem context and solution is also essential in helping to manage relationships with development teams and across a supply chain. Equally, Systems Engineering can only be done well if other management activities are also being done well. Thus, Systems Engineering and Project Management have always been closely related.

From the 1990s large Enterprises such as National Defence organisations (including the UK MOD) have been using the principles and practices of

Systems Engineering to manage not only the development of integrated products but also the acquisition and use of integrated sets of such systems, together with associated people, doctrine, training, infrastructure, etc. to create the means to deliver the Defence Capability their sponsoring governments need.

More recently still these organisations have begun to consider the whole defence Enterprise as a systems problem which can be understood, architected, delivered and sustained through strategic investment in the right combinations of system at the right time. At the same time the basic ideas and approaches of Systems Engineering, sometimes referred to as Systems Thinking, have been identified as a key skill set for all of those working across the enterprise, whether they are engaged in engineering or not.

This workshop will provide an overview of the history of Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering in UK Defence and from this suggest some of the future challenges and opportunities for the UK and others to benefit from the continuing evolution of these ideas.

Specific workshop breakdown

What is Systems Engineering?

How has Systems Engineering been used in UK Defence

The future roles of Systems Engineering as:

• A shared way of thinking

• A skill set for delivering Project success

• A skill set for delivering Programme success

• A way of thinking to support Enterprise goals.

Conclusions and discussion points

Mr Rick Adcock

Senior Lecturer in Systems Engineering,

Cranfield University School of Defence and Security.

Head of Systems Engineering DA-CMT

Rick has 20 years experience in defence, working in industry, consultancy and academia. He joined Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of the UK in 2000 to help set up Systems Engineering courses to support MOD acquisition reforms.

Rick is current Head of the Centre for Systems Engineering, at the Defence Academy College of Management and Technology (DA-CMT). He chairs a Masters course in Systems Engineering for Defence Capability, and is responsible for a range of other courses covering Awareness through to Practitioner and Expert level competencies in Systems Engineering.

Rick has done research and published on Systems Engineering competencies, Network Enabled Capability (NEC), Enterprise Architecting and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). He is currently engaged in research on Systems Engineering Competencies and Education and is working closely with the UK MOD Systems Engineering development partner on Systems Engineering competencies and skill assessment for the UK MOD Engineering Strategy.

Rick has been a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering (www.INCOSE.org) for over 15 years and is currently INCOSE Associate Director for education. He is a lead author on the BKCASE Project (www.BKCASE.org), which is creating a Body of Knowledge (and associate Reference master Curriculum) for Systems Engineering.

Two Pre Conference Workshops Free to registered delegates. Places are limited to a maximum of 25The workshops will be conducted by Specialist speakers from Cranfield University on:

Systems Engineering in Defence Acquisition by Rick Adcock

Introduction to Defence Modelling and Simulation by Jonathan Searle

Both these topics are in support of the PG Cert programmes that will be ready for delivery by the Centre for Defence Technology Studies of Hindustan University, in September 2013.

Introduction to Defence Modelling and Simulation

22 November 2012, Time: 9:00 – 17:00

Modelling and Simulation (M&S) as used in a military context is a broad discipline concerned with the application of a variety of Defence-focused technological capabilities and methodologies to issues posed in training, education, readiness, planning, analysis, acquisition and experimentation.

Designed primarily for the novice, although also suitable as a refresher for the initiate, the course articulates the wide role M&S plays in addressing contemporary defence issues, especially given the commonly heard mantras of ‘do more with less’ and ‘faster, better, cheaper’.

The aim is to provide an understanding of what M&S is, why it is important and how it is used, together with an overview of the major technologies used.

As an overview course, the content is not intended to address specific, detailed implementation issues. Rather the subject matter is applicable to any military and civilian staff working with, in or alongside Modelling and Simulation. No specialist background or technical expertise is required.

To provide a context, the workshop begins by reviewing the history of M&S, together with consideration of current terminology and definitions across the range of different types of forms of M&S applications.

Following the scene setting introduction, the course moves on to discuss how M&S systems represent the real world and how they should be designed to be ‘fit for purpose’ (commonly referred to the Verification and Validation process), before then considering a number of the component technology areas.

The intent is to expose defence professionals to not only the capabilities themselves, but also to the issues surrounding their selection and use. Use of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) applications being one particularly topical example.

The course concludes with a look at some of the challenges faced in effective use and management of M&S systems.

Mr Jonathan Searle

Senior Lecturer in Defence Modelling and Simulation,

Cranfield University, School of Defence and Security

Head of Modelling and Simulation Group

Jonathan has over 30 years experience in defence modelling and simulation, working in the UK MOD and academia.

In 1979 he joined what was then the Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) at Shrivenham, as a Government research scientist working mainly in research and development projects related to urban warfare and FIBUA/MOUT. In 1987 for example he led the team which was responsible for the design, development and implementation of the first generation URBAT (Urban Battle Trainer) wargame which was in service with the British Army between 1991 and 2002.

Since the late 1980s, his initial research and development activities have given way to an increasing set of academic responsibilities associated with the College’s various masters programmes, in particular the MSc in Defence Simulation and Modelling, where he is involved with elements covering military simulation and training, wargaming and battlefield simulation, Computer Generated Forces, real-time interactive 3D Graphics, terrain generation, serious games, Virtual Reality and Synthetic Environments.

He is currently the Course Director of the Postgraduate programme in Defence Modelling and Simulation and Module Leader for several of the elements within that programme. The also sits on the course Industrial Advisory Panel and its Customer Liaison Group. He regularly supervises postgraduate research dissertations in Modelling and Simulation.

Other academic responsibilities range from introductory sessions for officer cadets through to the Simulation Employment Training course aimed at military M&S specialists. Beyond this, Jonathan has responsibility for organising and delivering both M&S modules on other MSc programmes and

short courses in many subject areas. He has been involved in organising and delivering bespoke on-site and off-site short courses for customers including Singapore Ministry of Defence, CDA (now part of DSTL), JBTSE IPT, MTS IPT and Boeing. Recently this has included delivery of courses for defence customers in Adelaide, Australia and for the US Army in Detroit, Michigan.

In addition to individual academic research and scholarship, examples of recent funded research projects include: Distributed Virtual Training (for Lockheed Martin), SeBA Directed Learning (with QinetiQ and Vantaggio, for MOD), Simulation Interoperability Frameworks (under the DA-CMT Directed Research programme for MOD) and use of Simulation for Education in the Classroom (for MOD DSTL).

He is also the Head of the Simulation and Synthetic Environment Laboratory (SSEL), which he was originally responsible for conceiving and establishing. In this role he is responsible for the overall direction, operation and technical configuration of a facility which contains over a hundred computer systems hosting in excess of 40 defence specific simulations and supporting tools. He leads the small team of core permanent staff, who are dedicated to supporting and operating the facility in its twin roles: firstly of underpinning specialist Modelling and Simulation education and research and secondly of providing M&S services and capabilities to support and enable activity in other subject areas at the college as required.

He has represented Cranfield University and DA-CMT at the UK MOD/Industry SEMB (now SSENAC) and is currently active in the MOD/Industry/Academia S&SE Forum and the SE Tower of Excellence, where he is currently the Chair of the Special Interest Group on Computer Generated Forces.

He was invited by MOD and NATO to deliver a NATO Lecture Series for several years on the Integration of Modelling and Simulation and more recently delivered pre-event Modelling and Simulation tutorials ahead of the ITEC Conference, under the auspices of the European Training and Simulation Association (ETSA), of which he is also a Board member. In 2011 he was invited to deliver a paper at the ITEC Conference on ‘Future Challenges in M&S’.

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