Review 

Major System / Platform
Variant

Original 
Planned

Current
Planned

Achieved
/Forecast

Variance
(Months)

Notes 

System 
Requirements

MRH aircraft - Phase 2

Aug 05

Oct 05

Sep 05

1

1

MRH aircraft - Phase 4/6

Apr 07

Apr 07

May 07

1

1

MRH Software Support Centre

N/A

Mar 07

Apr 07

1

Electronic Warfare Self Protection Support System

N/A

N/A

Nov 05

N/A

Ground based Mission planning and Management System

Oct 05

Oct 05

Feb 07

16

MRH Instrumented System

N/A

Jun 07

Jul 07

1

Full Flight and Mission 
Simulators

May 08

Nov 08

Mar 09

9

System
Design

Full Flight and Mission
Simulators

Oct 08

Mar 09

Jun 09

8

2

Preliminary
Design

MRH aircraft - Phase 2

Jan 06

Jan 06

Apr 06

3

MRH aircraft - Phase 4/6

N/A

N/A

Jun 08

N/A

MRH Software Support Centre

N/A

Jun 07

Jun 07

0

Electronic Warfare Self Protection Support System

Mar 06

Mar 06

May 06

2

Ground based Mission 
planning and Management System

Jul 06

Apr 07

Jun 07

11

MRH Instrumented System

N/A

Jun 07

Jul 07

1

Full Flight and Mission Simulators

Feb 09

Sep 09

Oct 09

8

Critical Design

MRH aircraft - Phase 2

May 06

May 06

Jun 06

1

MRH aircraft - Phase 4/6

Aug 08

N/A

Oct 08

2

MRH Software Support Centre

N/A

Oct 07

Sep 07

(1)

Electronic Warfare Self
Protection support system

Sep 06

Sep 06

Oct 06

1

Ground based Mission planning and Management System

Nov 06

Nov 07

Jul 08

20

MRH Instrumented System

N/A

Jun 08

Jun 08

0

Full Flight and Mission
Simulators

Aug 09

Feb 10

Apr 10

6

Notes

1

Delays in the Systems Engineering process have resulted from the developmental nature of the aircraft system, with the MRH90 variant being unique in some ways.

2

FFMS design review delays stem primarily from slow Contractor derivation of requirements into a suitable System and Subsystem Specification. This was compounded by delays in the prime contractor establishing a vital subcontract with the aircraft OEM.