Design Considerations and Selection of Equipment for Assured Life Cycle Support

The Indian Navy has been taking giant strides in pursuance of the aim of being a Blue Water Navy. Life cycle support for the ships and submarines, therefore, will have a significant bearing in order to meet the ever increasing operational requirements in the service life of a ship. Technology, processes and the functionality of equipments and on-board systems have undergone considerable development in the recent past. The obsolescence of the ship systems is a constant cause of concern with availability of ever changing technology. Consequently, the availability of ships/submarines for operation gets affected. The maintenance of the ships/submarines thus becomes an ominous task. The focus of the paper is to establish key parameters which consistently would meet the defined goals in support of the ship’s life cycle.