Recent Headlines:

Defense:

What is in an Effective RAM-C Rationale Report? – Defense

The presentation “What is in an Effective RAM-C Rationale Report?” was made by the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering (DASD/SE) at the 18th Annual NDIA Systems Engineering Conference (October 28, 2015).

U.S. Navy’s Trident II D5 Missile Achieves New Test Flight Reliability Record – Lockheed Martin

The U.S. Navy conducted successful test flights Nov. 7 and 9 of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).

Lockheed Martin Precision Munitions Complete Reliability Tests Using HIMARS Launcher – Your Defence News

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary munitions recently underwent successful stockpile reliability tests.

U.S. Air Force Successfully Demonstrates F135 Engine – UPI

he U.S. Air Force successfully demonstrated the hot-life capability of Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine, the propulsion system for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

34th Bomb Squadron Launches Combat Hammer Exercise – Ellsworth AFB

B-1 bombers from the 34th Bomb Squadron took off from Ellsworth in support of an annual Combat Hammer exercise Nov. 4.

AMCOM Zeroes in on Readiness to Move Aviation Forward – Army

As the nation’s defense budget draws down and the number of U.S. troops deployed declines, the Aviation and Missile Command’s focus remains on ensuring Soldier readiness for any contingency operation.

Energy:

Using Customer Reliability Benefits to Assess Grid Modernization Priorities  – IEEE Smart Grid

To help assess how to allocate scarce resources among competing grid modernization priorities, utilities are increasingly evaluating customer reliability benefits, including the avoided customer interruption costs that result from a significant reduction in outage frequency and/or duration.

Mass Transit:

Apologies to Passengers After Signal Failure Affects Travel Through the Leamington Spa Area  – Network Rail

Network Rail has apologised to passengers after they faced delays this morning (24 November) following an overnight signal failure between Leamington Spa and Banbury.

Computer-Driven Trains are Gradually Coming Back to Metro, but it’ll Still Take a While – Greater Greater Washington

Metro was originally built for computers to drive the trains, but humans have been doing it since 2009.

Space/Aviation:

Bombardier Launches Aircraft Data Management Service – Aviation Today

Bombardier is launching its Smart Link service for aircraft data management, which will be progressively rolled out for Learjet, Challenger, and Global aircraft.

Composite Structural Repairs At Field Level Evolve – Aviation Week

Mobile repair options could clear logistics and materials headaches.

Medical/Health:

Medical Device Warrantees Are Outrageous  – Tech Nation

Today, despite quantum improvements in design, manufacturing techniques, and quality assurance methodologies that have all contributed to high levels of reliability, the typical warranty for medical device manufacturers is still one year.

Industrial:

Joint Effort to Raise Reliability, Cut cost in DNV GL JIP – Marine Technology

Lack of properly assessed and defined wear limits for jacking systems can lead to significant downtimes with financial implications for jackup operations. DNV GL, supported by leading global industry players in the jackup industry, has established a joint industry project (JIP), to provide guidelines on determining relevant wear criteria for self-elevating units.

Software:

Impact of Loop Transformations on Software Reliability – UCLA

Software reliability, i.e., the probability that software can be executed in a period of time and environment without failure [2], has became a critical problem in recent years.

Research:

Quality control of quantum simulators – Science Daily

Scientists of the FU Berlin, the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and the MPQ develop a new certification method for photonic quantum simulators.