Test and Evaluation

Major System/ Platform Variant

Original Planned

Current Planned

Achieved/ Forecast

Variance (Months)

System Integration

Full Flight and Mission Simulator Contractor In-plant

Jul 04

Oct 07

39

Cockpit Procedures Trainer Oakey Contractor In-plant and On-Site

Jul 04

Jun 08

47

Cockpit Procedures Trainer Darwin Contractor In-plant and Army In-plant

Jul 04

Jan 09

Dec 08

53

Acceptance

ARH

Type Acceptance Review Special Flight Permit

Oct 04

Jun 05

8

Australian Military Type Certificate

Jun 05

Oct 05

4

Aircrew Training Devices - Final Acceptance Test and Evaluation

Full Flight and Mission Simulator (Transition Training capability)

Feb 05

Nov 07

33

Full Flight and Mission Simulator (Full Training capability)

Feb 05

Dec 09

Nov 09

57

Cockpit Procedures Trainer Oakey

Feb 05

Jan 10

Jan 10

59

Cockpit Procedures Trainer Darwin

Feb 05

Feb 10

Apr 10

62

Acceptance

ARH #11

Jul 06

Apr 08

21

ARH #22

Apr 08

Sep 10

Sep 10

29

Variance Explanations

The Current Planned dates are those agreed with the Contractor, Australian Aerospace, during the Dispute resolution process and consequential approved Contract Change Proposal and form the Payment Milestones under the rebaselined Acquisition Contract. The Contractor is managing the delivery of the remaining Acquisition Contract capability Milestones in accordance with the Integrated Master Schedule.

ARH

All 22 ARH are systematically being upgraded through a retrofit program in order to bring them up to the contracted specification at no additional cost to the Commonwealth. The retrofit program is complex requiring aircraft components to be removed and cycled through an upgrade program with the Original Equipment Manufacturer before being re-fitted to an aircraft. Currently the acceptance of the 22nd ARH is expected to be achieved in September 2010.

Aircrew Training Devices

The Full Flight and Mission Simulator Contractor In-Plant Test and Evaluation achievement date reported in the 2007/08 reported that Contractor In-Plant Test and Evaluation was initially conducted in France in late 2005 however, testing only verified approximately 20% of the contacted requirement. Further testing was completed in October 2007 following the device's shipment from France and installation at Oakey with the Commonwealth accepting the device as fit for transition training in December 2007.

The Full Flight and Mission Simulator has been upgraded to the final aircraft configuration and is on track to have its accreditation and recurrent fidelity checks completed in accordance with the agreed rebaselined Acquisition Contract milestone schedule.