Item | Original Planned | Achieved/ Forecast | Variance (Months) | Variance Explanations/ Implications |
Jun 09 | Dec 12 | 42 | As per Table 3.3, contract changes were negotiated with the Prime Contractor which required a corresponding update to the approved MAA for the project. Whilst the final aircraft is expected to be delivered by September 2010 and project deliverables complete by June 2011, the FOC will not be achieved until Decemeber 2012. The apparent 12 month delay from the 2007-08 MPR to this report for FOC is due to a more accurate measure of when the complete ARH regimental unit is a fully trained operational capability rather than the point at which operationally capable aircraft and systems are delivered by the project. There have been no major changes to actual project schedule since the 2007-08 MPR. The date for FOC is not a contracted requirement but rather the date at which Operational Release is planned to be achieved under Army's Plan Peregrine. The revised FOC date of December 2012 was agreed during the development and subsequent approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Air 87 Phase 2 MAA in August 2009. |