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Frazer-Nash wins FSC systems engineering contract
Wednesday, 12 September, 2007
Systems and engineering consultancy Frazer- Nash has been awarded a contract to support the development of the UK Royal Navy’s next-generation Future Surface Combatant (FSC) capability. The FSC programme plans the replacement of the RN’s existing Type 22 and Type 23 frigates, plus a range of minor war vessels, with a new, more flexible surface combatant capability.
Under the terms of its contract, Frazer-Nash will work closely with DESO’s Frigates Integrated Project Team (IPT) to provide crucial support to the FSC programme. “Following the MoD’s announcement that it will be procuring new additions to its surface fleet, attention has now turned to the exact form that these new capabilities will take,” said Chris Edwards, defence director at Frazer- Nash. “This FSC contract win provides us with an excellent opportunity to provide high-level systems engineering work, and means we are playing a core role in the development of important projects for the MoD.” Frazer-Nash’s work runs until March 2008 and involves the consultancy working closely with the Frigates IPT to develop a detailed systems engineering plan for the project. This will entail specifying what is required of the new combatant in terms of the overall platform capability, as well as laying the foundations for the acceptance regime. The contract follows on from the success of related work Frazer-Nash completed in March this year.