WARSHIP 2023: Delivering Submarine Capability and Availability with Agility and at Pace
31 May - 1 June 2023
Submarine Design and Build is a complex and challenging process that often requires years to refine and produce the desired vessels. In an age of increasing technological development tempo, this conference will seek to explore mechanisms for delivering high-quality capabilities at pace. In particular, it will focus on availability and how to improve availability through design, life maintenance and consideration of crew availability and human factors constraints.
Topics
RINA also invites papers on the impact of evolving / future technologies and process improvements on the design, build and support of Naval Submarines. Including but not limited to:
- Application of Intelligent Systems
- Design for Availability
- Design for Submarine Disposal
- Digitalisation in Submarines
- Driving down through life cost
- Human-Autonomy Teaming and Human Factors Considerations in Design
- Innovative power systems and energy storage
- Lean Crewing Considerations
- New technologies on submarine operations. Future scenarios.
- Novel materials and underwater application
- Streamlining build processes. Reduction of time and cost
- Survivability and evacuation (escape and rescue)
- Sustainable Technologies
- The role of class in submarine acceptance
Keynote Speakers
Annabelle Ransome-Williams MBA MSc BEng(Hons) ChPP CIPS
Starting my career as a naval architect, I am proud to lead major defence projects, a track history of delivery spanning over two decades. Having worked at all stages of the lifecycle (bar disposals) my experience is broad across air, land and maritime domains, as well as private and third sectors.
Currently, I am Programme Director of SSN AUKUS; we are delivering Submarine Capability and Availability at Pace through ‘designed-in’ asset management principles to deliver availability and sustainment benefits to the Royal and Australian Navies.
Today more than ever I am a catalysing change agent for pace, momentum and long-term results for Defence programmes generating warship outputs for global impact.
Rear Admiral J J Bailey, Royal Navy
Jeremy Bailey, born in Portsmouth, was educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School and joined the Royal Navy in January 1992. On completion of initial officer training at BRNC and a degree in Marine Engineering at the Royal Naval Engineering College in Plymouth he served as a junior Engineer Officer in a number of Type 23 Frigates and saw service in a range of NATO and National operations and deployments including Kosovo 1999. In 2000 he was awarded the Queen’s Sword in recognition for performance in engineering training.
Following an MSc at University College London he returned to front line operations joining MARLBOROUGH as Marine Engineer Officer in April 2004 including the latter stages of Op TELIC, and in NORTHUMBERLAND. He was the Deputy Staff Marine Engineer Officer within the Portsmouth Flotilla and attended Advanced Command and Staff Course before being promoted Commander in 2008 and joining the Defence Training Review business change team, preparing plans for the implementation of a large-scale transformation programme. He served in the MOD Naval Staff during SDSR 2010 and the Defence Reform Review, as Commander Engineering in HMS OCEAN conducting operations in Libya and supporting the maritime contribution to security of the London Olympics. He spent 2 years in Navy Command Maritime Capability as Chief of Staff and as the Desk Officer for Marine Systems and Naval Architecture in Surface Combatants.
Promoted to Captain in 2014, he mobilised and delivered the Support Improvement Programme before being joining DE&S as the Team Leader in for Engineering Support of T23 and MCMs. During this appointment, he also acted as the Design Architect for the Common Support Model in preparation for T45 and QEC support evolution as well as being responsible for the safety and availability of the T23 class and its major capability change projects. He also implemented pilots for DE&S Transformation and completed the Cabinet Office Project Leadership Programme. He was selected to attend Royal College of Defence Studies in 2017 and served in the MOD Naval Staff as Assistant Head Strategy in August 2018 to lead the development of the Navy Board’s long-term strategy.
Selected for promotion to Commodore, he assumed Command of HMNB Portsmouth in March 2019 and led the mobilisation of the Carrier Base capability, delivered all Naval Base outputs through the COVID Pandemic, acquired and delivered the Portsmouth Future Maritime Support Programme transformation and led the Naval Base Net Zero Carbon programme to set a long-term commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2050. From Jun 22 he served as Commandant of the Defence College of Technical Training delivering military engineers and technicians to the Front Line for all 3 services. He focussed on the development of a Future Operating Concept for the College, mobilised the delivery of digital tools and programmes to achieve modernisation of training delivery and reshape how Technical Training in a military context would support the future needs of the Armed Forces. During this time he was appointed as the Deputy Chief Naval Engineer and Deputy Head of Profession (Engineering) for the Royal Navy.
Promoted to Rear Admiral in February 2023, he joined the Submarine Delivery Agency as the Director Submarine Support responsible for the delivery of available and capable Submarines to the Royal Navy, disposal of the legacy Submarine fleet and Maritime Technical Infrastructure portfolio to deliver sovereign submarine support.
Rear Admiral Bailey is married with one son and lives in Portsmouth. He is an alumnus of the Windsor Leadership Trust, a Director of the HMS Victory Preservation Company and Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee for the International Naval Engineering Conference in 2024.
Registration
Conference Fees:
| Before 17 April 2023 | From 17 April 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| RINA Member | £800 + VAT | £900 + VAT |
| RINA Non-Member | £900 + VAT | £1000 + VAT |
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Concession (retired/students etc.) |
£400 + VAT | £400 + VAT |
| Authors | £200 + VAT | £200 + VAT |
| Additional Authors | £800 + VAT | £800 + VAT |
The registration has now been closed. If you have any questions, please contact the RINA Events Team at events@rina.org.uk
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Featuring
Capability versus Availability in Submarine Design?
David Andrews, University College London
Delivering Submarine Availability Through Design
Ross Millard and Alex Walchester, BMT
Capability, Availability, Cost; the Trade and the Balance
Robert Chaplin, BAE Systems Submarines and Gavin Wainwright, Babcock - Future Submarines
Explorations of Novel Nuclear Propulsion for Submarines
Rachel Pawling, University College London
Inclusive Submarine Design Considerations
Allen Dutton, BMT Canada
Wakes of Surface-Piercing Cylinders
Douglas Potts, Australian Maritime College
Experimental Developments in Assessing the Seakeeping Behaviour of an Underwater Vehicle Operating on the Surface
Mathieu Courdier, Australian Maritime College - MARIN
Leveraging cross-industry approaches to enable submarine disposal through improved design
Katie Dowrick and Jake Rigby, BMT
Deriving Signature Requirements for Submarines
Bill Wood, BMT Canada
Submarine Vulnerability Reduction: WYVERN and Purple Fire
Crawford Ritchie, Survivability Consulting Limited and Alex Walchester, BMT
Using the Naval Submarine Code (NSubC) as means for Submarine Assurance during Design, Construction and Operation
Christian von Oldershausen, DNV
The effect of orthotropic steel on pressure hull collapse
Alessandro Zambon, Nevesbu b.v.
Pressure Hull Corrosion Modelling and Assessment
Simon Dawe, Babcock SSE
In-Process Ultrasonic Inspection During Fusion Welding of Large-Scale Fabrications
Anthony Burnett, Cavendish Nuclear Ltd (Babcock International Group) and Charles MacLeod, University of Strathclyde
Submarines on patrol in the Metaverse
Rodrigo Perez Fernandez, Siemens
Application of Systems Engineering (SE) within the Naval Architecture Domain, with specific application of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) & Naval Architecture
Morgan Flexer and Becky Bosley, BAE Systems - Marine - Submarines
MBSE driving down through life cost in Naval applications
Ilya Tolchinsky, Ansys
Conference Venue
The Guildhall
The Guildhall
High St
Bath
BA1 5AW
United Kingdom
The drinks reception will be held at the Roman Baths.
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