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The Naval Engineer THE NAVAL ENGINEER SPRING/SUMMER 2019, VOL 06, EDITION NO.2 All correspondence and contributions should be forwarded to the Editor: Welcome to the new edition of TNE! Following the successful relaunch Clare Niker last year as part of our Year of Engineering campaign, the Board has been extremely pleased to hear your feedback, which has been almost entirely Email: positive. Please keep it coming, good or bad, TNE is your journal and we [email protected] want to hear from you, especially on how to make it even better. By Mail: ‘..it’s great to see it back, and I think you’ve put together a great spread of articles’ The Editor, The Naval Engineer, Future Support and Engineering Division, ‘Particularly love the ‘Recognition’ section’ Navy Command HQ, MP4.4, Leach Building, Whale Island, ‘I must offer my congratulations on reviving this important journal with an impressive Portsmouth, Hampshire PO2 8BY mix of content and its presentation’ Contributions: ‘..what a fantastic publication that is bang up to date and packed full of really Contributions for the next edition are exciting articles’ being sought, and should be submitted Distribution of our revamped TNE has gone far and wide. It is hosted on by: the MOD Intranet, as well as the RN and UKNEST webpages. Statistics taken 31 July 2019 from the external RN web page show that there were almost 500 visits to the TNE page and people spent over a minute longer on the page than Contributions should be submitted average. This is in addition to all the units and sites that received almost electronically via the form found on 2000 hard copies, those that have requested electronic soft copies, plus The Naval Engineer intranet homepage, around 700 visitors to the internal site. All in all, TNE is out there, reaching the RN and UKNEST websites. people and is a great way to get your message or story heard across the Naval Engineering community. All photographs and graphics are to be high resolution wherever possible We hope you enjoy this new edition in which we have our first (300dpi), and supplied separately. “Letter to the Editor”, and we are very grateful to all the contributors. Feedback: TNE cannot succeed without you. This is your journal. Make it yours! The Naval Engineer is your journal. If you have any feedback regarding The Naval Engineer, please complete the feedback form located on the TNE THE EDITORIAL BOARD’S TOP PICK! Intranet Homepage, the RN and UKNEST websites, or email the Editor. With so many excellent articles in the relaunched first edition of TNE it has been very difficult single out Distribution: any particular one. But the Editorial Board If you would like to update your contact highlighted “A GEM of an idea” by WO1 details, or if you are the representative Hughes for special mention. Why? Because of a unit or organisation that would like it epitomises the value that engineers to be added to the distribution, please bring; in solving what might appear to be contact the Editor. mundane problems engineers safeguard operational capability and can also save Editorial Board Defence millions of pounds. It is said that Chair: Capt Matt Bolton RN engineers are “solutions looking for a Members: Cdr Rachel Singleton RN problem”. We should always be curious WO1 James Stuart RN and never be afraid to propose answers CPO Ben Pillar RN – well done Mr Halton and PO Tim Moore RN WO1 Hughes. TNE Autum/Winter 2018, Vol 06, Edition No 1 PO Daniel Piper RN PO Marc Ryan RN Chloe Woodger-Smith, UKNEST Editor: Clare Niker The views expressed in The Naval Engineer, unless otherwise stated, are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Ministry of Defence. All images are courtesy of Fleet Photography, unless otherwise stated. CONTENTS Produced on behalf of Chief Naval Engineer Officer, The Naval Engineer (TNE) is a professional journal for all Engineers across the Naval Enterprise, managed by the Future Support and Engineering Division in NCHQ. TNE celebrates the success of naval engineers, provides opportunity for academic recognition, and generates interest and discussion on topics relevant to the delivery of naval engineering. Articles are welcomed from all ranks and rates of Royal Navy, Royal Marine, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Royal Corps of Naval Constructors specialisations, and from our civilian partners in industry. Refreshed as part of the RN’s Year of Engineering 2018 campaign, TNE is proud to be working with UKNEST and The Royal Corps of Naval Constructors. ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONAL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING PEOPLE 8 Explosive Safety in the Modern 20 The Cost of Human Factors 34 The Year of Engineering – Delivered Warship Lt Andy Vance raises awareness of the Cdr Neil Benstead rounds up the significant Our first Royal Corps of Naval Constructors impact that human factors have on contributions made by the RN to YOE18. article discusses maritime explosive capability. 40 #Innovation at HMS Collingwood accidents, and the ongoing safety culture to Supported by DARE and the drive for reduce them. 24 What are the RN Fleet’s Miles Per innovation, find out what was achieved Gallon Figures? …or Should That be 12 How Technology Can Alter Grand by an intake of Weapon Engineer Officers Strategy Gallons Per Mile? eager to solve a real ship issue. The second in a series of articles looking at Are MPG costs just something to consider 44 Accelerating Our Apprentices what history can offer, Cdr Barton examines when buying a car, or could Marine PO Derek Nicholls reflects on the journey what history can add to our current and Engineers play a part in managing fuel taken by the first entry of Weapons future strategy. consumption costs for ships? Engineer General Service Accelerated 14 Engineering the Remnants of 28 Defensive Cyber as an Engineering Apprentices. Yesteryear Discipline 47 Maintaining the Present to Operate in The MOD owns over 5700 wrecks which lie The first in a series of three articles, Lt Cdr the Future all over the world, whose job is it to manage Nick Jones examines what cyber and cyber How are we developing and supporting them? Madeleine Parsley explains. defence mean in the context of the RN. Engineering Technicians to become Robot 16 Mission Modularity: Toward Enhanced Hive Mind Control Node 10 – or the WO1s Flexibility and Cdrs of the future? Modularity is not a new concept, but 50 Underwater Engineering – Deployed how is it being utilised in the modern Read what happened when the SALMO warship context? Underwater Engineering team were tasked to support HMS Albion in Japan. 51 Project Keyham Update A look at the priorities emerging from the Project Keyham recommendations. 52 Rewards and Recognition A look at recent awards, celebrating award winning engineers. 58 Meet Your Heads of Specialisation A brief introduction to your Heads of Specialisation. 60 Letter to the Editor Lt Cdr Jim Briscoe writes to the Editor about the delivery of AI in the RN. 62 The Final Word How could issues around the safe launch and recovery of unmanned surface vessels be resolved? THE NAVAL ENGINEER Font: Comfortaa Bold Pantones: Warm Red C 640 C THE NAVAL ENGINEER CNEO Foreword Rear Admiral Jim Higham OBE BEng(Hons) MSc MA FIMarEST RN My son is thinking about a job in Engineering Of course, technology alone doesn’t win – hallelujah! When you look at all the wars. The Navy will continue to need the uncertainty facing some elements of our very best talent our nation can produce and economy, engineering looks a pretty good we must be innovative in the ‘how we do bet doesn’t it? It’s one of the most productive things’, not just the ‘what with’. In this area sectors in the UK economy, contributing at we have, perhaps, our biggest fight; to attract least 20% of the UK’s gross value added and retain our nation’s best talent in a very and half our exports. ‘Tech’ is touching competitive market. The UK has an annual every part of our lives and the prospect of a shortfall of 59 000 engineering graduates and 4th industrial revolution, driven by artificial technicians to fill core engineering roles. And intelligence and advanced production a lack of diversity is fundamental to this – the techniques, suggests no letup in the pace engineering workforce is 92% white and 88% of change. male. So, we’re missing out on the talent we need and young people are missing out on I see every bit of that same sense of the chance to make a positive difference to Rear Admiral Jim Higham OBE BEng(Hons) MSc MA FIMarEST RN opportunity and excitement in Naval their future, that of the planet and everything Engineering. In the most straightforward that calls it home. sense, the RN is an organisation that is growing… growing for the first time in So as I take on the role of CNEO, my first over 30 years. We’re growing the number priority is our people, right across our sector, of people in the Service and the size and building on the success of the Year of numbers of our ships. Next year, Portsmouth Engineering 2018. Recruiting and retaining will be operating more tons of grey steel the very best our country has to offer will than at any time since 1956 and, from 2015 be crucial. I look forward to getting out and to 2025 the tonnage of the RN Fleet overall about over the coming months, meeting as will grow by 30%; supported by new Tide many of you as possible and hearing your and FSS classes for the RFA.
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