Test and
Evaluation

Major System / Platform Variant

Original
Planned

Current
Planned

Achieved
/Forecast

Variance
(Months)

Notes

System
Integration

HMAS Sydney

Dec 02

Sep 05

Sep 05

33

1

HMAS Melbourne

Jul 03

Feb 07

Jun 07

47

1

HMAS Darwin 

Feb 04

Feb 08

May 08

51

1

HMAS Newcastle

Jul 04

Feb 09

Feb 09

55

1

Provisional
Acceptance

HMAS Sydney

May 03

Dec 06

Dec 06

43

1

HMAS Melbourne

Jan 04

Oct 07

Oct 07

45

1

HMAS Darwin

Jul 04

Aug 08

Aug 08

49

1

HMAS Newcastle

Jan 05

Jan 09

May 09

52

1

Team Trainer

Apr 02

Feb 07

Nov 07

67

1

Warefare Systems Support Centre

Apr 04

Nov 08

Nov 08

55

1

Acceptance

HMAS Sydney

Apr 04

Nov 08

Nov 08

55

1

HMAS Melbourne

Sep 04

Nov 08

Dec 08

51

1

HMAS Darwin

Mar 05

Nov 08

Nov 08

44

1

HMAS Newcastle

Sep 05

Dec 09

Sep 09

48

1

Team Trainer

Sep 06

Dec 09

Sep 09

36

1

Warfare Systems Support Centre

Sep 06

Dec 09

Dec 09

39

1

Contract Final Acceptance

Sep 06

Feb 11

Mar 11

54

1

Notes

1

Schedule delays to this program have resulted from the program complexity being underestimated from the outset.

Two schedule re-baseline activities have been undertaken by this project. However, further schedule adjustment to project end date has not been required.