The PROTECTOR RWS product and its Productification
Pål Andersen, Director, Product Development Kongsberg Protech Systems
WORLD CLASS – through people, technology and dedication Topics to be covered:
• The Company
• The Product
• The Challenges
• The path forward
/ 2 / 13-Jun-10 Kongsberg Protech Systems
• A Business Area of Kongsberg Gruppen
Revenue • 2009 revenue of 4 123 MNOK 4 500 4 000 and EBITA of 442 MNOK 3 500 3 000 2 500 • 568 employees (31/12-2009)
2 000 MNOK 1 500 • Revenue 7.3 MNOK/employee 1 000 500 0 • Offices/factories in: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 • Kongsberg (Norway) • Johnstown, Pennsylvania (USA) • Alexandria, Virginia (USA) • Mt Arlington, New Jersey (USA) • London, Ontario (Canada) • License production at Thales UK (Scotland)
/ 3 / 13-Jun-10 Why a Remote Weapon Station? The ”Problem” and the ”Answer”
/ 4 / 13-Jun-10 PROTECTOR
/ 5 / 13-Jun-10 The PROTECTOR mounted in a vehicle (illustration)
Internal mounted Display, joystick and controls Externally mounted Weapon Station
Protected vehicle
/ 7 / 13-Jun-10 The PROTECTOR main components:
Servo systems, electronics, Weapon and mechanics etc ammunition feed
Day camera, Night camera Exterior and Laser Range Finder
Display, joystick and controls Interior
/ 8 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
MANY CUSTOMERS • All projects are somewhat different -> ~40 variants of the Product (Sensor integrations, weapon integrations, platform cables. MMI) • SW has to be tailored for all projects • One Nation may have many different projects • Documentation has to be tailored for each project
Servo systems, electronics, Weapon and mechanics etc ammunition feed
Day camera, Night camera Exterior and Laser Range Finder
Display, joystick and controls Interior
/ 9 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
MANY CUSTOMERS • All projects are somewhat different -> ~40 variants of the Product (Sensor integrations, weapon integrations, platform cables. MMI) • SW has to be tailored for all projects • One Nation may have many different projects • Documentation has to be tailored for each project
Servo systems, electronics, Weapon and mechanics etc ammunition feed M2 MAG 7.62 MINIMI 5.56 MK19 H&K GMG MK47 Day camera, Night camera XM312 Exterior and Laser Range Finder XM307 LW25 MG3 MG4 Javelin
LMM Display, joystick and controls M72/RAM Interior Guided 70mm/CRV-7
/ 10 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
MANY CUSTOMERS • All projects are somewhat different -> ~40 variants of the Product (Sensor integrations, weapon integrations, platform cables. MMI) • SW has to be tailored for all projects • One Nation may have many different projects • Documentation has to be tailored for each project
Servo systems, electronics, Weapon and mechanics etc ammunition feed
Day camera, Night camera Exterior and Laser Range Finder
Display, joystick and controls Interior
/ 11 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
SHORT DELIVERY TIME • Short time from Contract award to Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9Year 10Year 11 Bradley deployment is the general rule MS I MS II MS III IOC Abrams MS I MS II MS III IOC Stryker “MS I” MS II IOC MS III Examples: • Canada: ~5 months. PROTECTOR’s were sent to South Africa were they were mount to the vehicle and further shipment to Afghanistan • France: ~6 months • US (REF): a few weeks
/ 12 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
HUGE VOLUMES
/ 14 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
MANY PLATFORM INTEGRATIONS
/ 15 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
MANY PLATFORM INTEGRATIONS
/ 16 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
MANY PLATFORM INTEGRATIONS
Laser Laser training Sniper EO Warning
Simulators Detector Sensors Exterior
Data-bus Video Control
INS/GPS Interior Skills Trainer & WLAN Maintenance Trainer
Display w/Soft buttons BMS Tactical Radio / 17 / 13-Jun-10 The Challenges
MANY CUSTOMERS HUGE VOLUMES
SHORT DELIVERY TIME MANY PLATFORM INTEGRATIONS
Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9Year 10Year 11 Bradley MS I MS II MS III IOC Abrams MS I MS II MS III IOC Stryker “MS I” MS II IOC MS III
/ 18 / 13-Jun-10 The path forward (Productification)
• Standardization • Major effort to reduce number of variants of components
• Configuration of deliveries • Focus of easy configuration of standardized components to a customer specific Product (including colour and marking)
• Flexibility • Ensure flexibility for customer specific configuration of product. • But, adapt the standard components when needed.
• Implementation of Product Management processes • Structure the management and development of the Product and its components • Product strategy including short and long term roadmaps (5 to 10 years)
/ 19 / 13-Jun-10 Questions?
KONGSBERG – the worlds leading provider of Remote Weapon Station
/ 20 / 13-Jun-10