Development of support system solutions for capability transition

The Australian Defence Force and industry are undergoing significant changes in the way they work together in capability enhancement programs. In order to manage major asset acquisition to transition new capability into the front line of Royal Air Force Fighter Groups whilst maintaining and supporting its current obligations, this paper looks at the steady state support solution and argues that in order to interchange from one support solution to a new architecture there must be a period of transition which may need its own short term business model and operational service. Preliminary study of several existing support solutions reveals the generic elements that need to be parameterised and traced throguh the trajectory. Research is continuing with detailing these parameters and validating through actual practical application of the proposed methdoology in this paper.