Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Commander Bernd Arjes – German Navy 1
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Chair's Welcome As a result, underwater technology development is being driven at a speed and in directions that we have seldom seen before. The requirements list is long: autonomy, endurance, reliability, reduced training, open-source software and standardisation – as military forces worldwide invest heavily in their underwater defence capabilities from anti-submarine warfare to mine and mine-countermeasures and combat diving. (Mr. Bert Johansson, UDT 2019 Committee Chair; www.udt-global.com/chairs-welcome) Unser „blauer“ Planet 2
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Chair's Welcome As a result, underwater technology development is being driven at a speed and in directions that we have seldom seen before. The requirements list is long: autonomy, endurance, reliability, reduced training, open-source software and standardisation – as military forces worldwide invest heavily in their underwater defence capabilities from anti-submarine warfare to mine and mine-countermeasures and combat diving. (Mr. Bert Johansson, UDT 2019 Committee Chair; www.udt-global.com/chairs-welcome) Unser „blauer“ Planet 3
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Autonomy, endurance, Environment, industry reliability, reduced Stakeholders' 4.0, society, human training, open-source resources, digitization, expectations software and regulations standardisation Larger systems, fewer systems in total, increased complexity More training needs, demanding in-service-support, challenging HR management Pressure on availability of systems ("days at sea"), unfavourable tooth-to-tail ratio Availibility through cooperation 4
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Maintaining availability through cooperation - Fields of cooperation, advantages and perquisites regarding D OCTRINE O RGANIZATION T RAINING M ATERIEL L EADERSHIP P ERSONNEL F ACILITIES - I NTEROPERABILITY Availibility through cooperation 5
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Maintaining availability through cooperation - Fields of cooperation, advantages and perquisites regarding D OCTRINE O RGANIZATION T RAINING M ATERIEL Availability L EADERSHIP P ERSONNEL F ACILITIES - I NTEROPERABILITY Availibility through cooperation 6
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Result: Commonalities: Gain: D OCTRINE Common courses O RGANIZATION Fewer instructors Availability T RAINING Common trainings M ATERIEL Less preparation/ Flexibility cross-sectional L EADERSHIP effort Common manoeuvres P ERSONNEL Efficiency Less F ACILITIES infrastructure Common training - I NTEROPERABILITY infrastructure Availibility through cooperation 7
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Result: Commonalities: Gain: D OCTRINE Common orders O RGANIZATION Economy of scales Savings T RAINING Coordinated activities M ATERIEL Share of lessons and Availabilty L EADERSHIP experiences Mutual support P ERSONNEL Share of Flexibility maintenance and repair F ACILITIES capabilities Common - I NTEROPERABILITY facilities Availibility through cooperation 8
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Result: Commonalities: Gain: D OCTRINE Common crew concepts O RGANIZATION Flexibility Redundancy T RAINING Common career paths M ATERIEL Exchange- Efficiency ability L EADERSHIP Common procedures P ERSONNEL Reliability Cooperation spirit F ACILITIES Job share - I NTEROPERABILITY Availibility through cooperation 9
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Success factors of cooperation D OCTRINE • willingness to cooperate O RGANIZATION • ability to compromise T RAINING • requirements • M ATERIEL doctrines, regulations • organization L EADERSHIP • crew concepts and career paths P ERSONNEL ... need to be harmonized as a prerequisite. F ACILITIES … guarantee success if as identical as possible . - I NTEROPERABILITY 10
Availability through cooperation – towards a smarter solution for small navies Conclusion • The operation of a small number of modern and highly complex weapon systems poses great challenges for many small navies. • Cooperation, ideally beginning with the procurement of common systems, can be a way of meeting this challenge. It allows costs to be kept to a reasonable level and the human and material resources required to operate state-of-the-art weapon systems to remain manageable. Availability is easier to ensure in cooperation with partners. • The factors for successful cooperation are willingness to compromise, openness and the will to cooperate at all levels. Doctrines and procedures need to be harmonised to a certain extent – identical terms of reference shared by all cooperation partners provide an ideal basis. • The German Navy has years of positive experience with cooperation partners in the operation of submarines and will continue on this path with long-standing and new partners. 11
Highlights 2014 Wir.Dienen.Deutschland
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