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Capability Areas

Software EngineeringSoftware Engineering is one of the most in demand skillsets in Defence and Aerospace. Additional considerations such as Security Clearance can give organisations significant challenges when resourcing from such an in demand talent pool. Elan has provided our clients with extensive Software Engineering expertise to all areas of the UK often meeting rare or unusual mixes of technical skills. These individuals have brought together a combination of best practice and development standards from the Armed Forces, Defence Industry and wider sectors such as Automotive, Banking, Aerospace, Information Systems and Telecomms. Elan provided over 750 resources in this area in 2007, and is one of our core capabilities.

Some of our Capabilities in Software Engineering include:

  • Java, J2EE, Weblogic
  • Real Time Simulation
  • PC and Web Development
  • Air Traffic Control
  • C++, VC++, Ada, Doors, Matlab
  • Validation and Verification, Testing
  • Methodology & development standards
  • Software Management

Programme & Project ManagementThe management and direction of Programmes and Projects need to be of the highest standard to be successful. The importance of a dependable project management team in one of the key factor raised in National Audit Office reports on Defence and Aerospace Programmes. Elan has provided our clients with extensive Project Management expertise to all areas of the UK and international Agencies. These individuals have brought together a combination of best practice and development standards from the Armed Forces, Defence Industry and wider sectors such as Automotive, Banking, Aerospace, Information Systems and Telecomms.

Capabilities:

  • Project and Programme Management
  • Business Analysis
  • Requirements Capture
  • Best Practice and Methodology
  • Prince 2, APM, MSP
  • Strategy Development, Process Change
  • Industry and Technology specific
  • Business Evaluation, Chain Management

Project Support / HR StaffThe importance of a skilled team to tackle operational challenges is clear to all in order to achieve successful operational outcomes. Elan continue to provide HR professionals and Back Office staff to many of our Defence and Aerospace customers. These individuals have been supplied by a combination of best practice and using a wide selection of industries such as Automotive, Banking, Aerospace, Information Systems and Telecomms. Our expertise has helped to design flexible training solutions, with refresh and upgrade options as required.

Capabilities:

  • HR Managers/Business Partners & Administrators
  • Payroll professionals (e.g. Credit Control)
  • Bid Administrators
  • Compensation & Benefits specialist
  • Procurement (Subcontract Managers & Buyers)
  • Project/Programme Planners
  • Personal Assistants to Executive Management
  • Administration/Secretarial & Data Entry Staff

Land SystemsThe importance of a highly skilled team to tackle project or operational challenges is clear to all in order to achieve a successful project or operational outcome. Elan have been providing Engineers, Project Management and ancillary staffing solutions to a wide activities for other projects across the land domain. Specifically we have supplied security cleared labour on a number of secure communications programmes for Government and Military use, have supported various members of Defence Industry engaged in the FRES and other Military Vehicle programmes.

Capabilities:

  • Embedded Software Engineers
  • ILS Engineers
  • Technical Authors
  • Project Support / Administration
  • Training Manager
  • Project Managers
  • Systems Engineers
  • Hardware Design Engineers

Modelling & SimulationSimulation has been a significant part of Elan's business since our involvement in Aerospace and Defence began. Our initial expertise in Aerospace simulation, has grown in recent years to include land and naval simulation projects. Elan have provided expertise to projects involving Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft alongside military projects such as Typhoon, Tornado and Nimrod. Elan has also conducted extensive work in mathematical modelling to projects involving survivability in fixed and rotary wing aircraft, wargaming and mission planning with the MoD and Industry partners.

Capabilities:

  • Software Engineers
  • Systems Engineers
  • Field Service Engineers & Test Engineers
  • Pilot Instructors
  • Production Staff (Engineers & Fitters)
  • Manufacturing Engineers/Planners
  • Visual Modelling & Graphics Design
  • Mechanical Design Engineers (ProE; Catia & Solidworks)

TrainingElan has provided Project Management and Subject Matter Experts to both Air, Land and Naval training programmes in the UK and overseas. These include the DTR & MFTS projects, alongside wider Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and Course Design activities These individuals have brought together a combination of best practice from Armed Forces, Defence Industry and wider sectors such as Automotive, Banking, Aerospace, Information Systems and Gaming.

Our expertise has helped to design flexible training solutions, with refresh and upgrade options as required.

Capabilities:

  • Training Needs Analysis
  • Course & Training Manuals
  • Induction and Trade Training
  • Subject Matter Experts
  • Course Design
  • Train the Trainer
  • Training Restructuring
  • Simulation

Naval Capability
Elan Defence has a wide range of expertise within the Naval sector and plays a significant role in providing technical and business management services for naval platforms and systems. Elan's capability ranges from expertise in equipment design and manufacture, through platform development, weapons, sonar, through life support and reliability, systems integration and trials. Our capability covers the vast majority of in-service above and below water platforms and systems.

Aerospace
Elan Defence & our Group has been at the forefront of development in the military aerospace domain, ranging from systems design and development on platforms such as Typhoon, JSF, A400M, Hawk, V-22, US101, Merlin and Lynx. In addition, Elan provides extensive support to the Military Trials fleet based at Boscombe Down, both in Trials Management, and the flight readiness of the aircraft themselves.

Additionally, Elan has significant expertise in stress engineering, logistics support, EO, interoperability, reliability and maintenance across customers such as Thales, BAE Systems, Selex Galileo, Raytheon, QinetiQ, GE Aviation and Atkins.

Our capability covers the vast majority of in-service and future fixed and rotary wing aircraft platforms and systems.

Safety
Elan has extensive experience in providing compliant safety assurance solutions, assembling safety management systems, safety cases, hazard logs, conducting risk analysis and aviation safety training for customers such as the UK MoD, QinetiQ, Thales, GE Aviation, General Dynamics to the relevant Defence and Civil Aerospace standards.

Hardware Engineering
Elan provides hardware engineering services for both the military and civil marketplace. Our services include electronic design and software design.

Integrated Logistics Support
Elan has proven capability across the ten disciplines of ILS: Maintenance planning, Supply support, Support and Test Equipment/Equipment support, Manpower and personnel, Training and training support, Technical data, Computer Resources support, Facilities, Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation (PHS&T) and the Design interface. This has been gained across a wide variety of domains and technologies, with specialist experts in each capability area.

Configuration Management
Elan has extensive project expertise in configuration management disciplines of Configuration identification, Configuration change control (or change management), Configuration status accounting and Configuration verification and auditing

Systems Engineering
A core strength of Elan has been in systems engineering projects, which have represented by volume over 30% of Elan's work in the sector. This has led Elan to be involved in the vast majority of UK Defence programmes since 2000, either with Prime Contractors, SoSi or Subsystem providers.

Research and Development
Elan Defence has a respected portfolio technical specialists covering a diverse range of defence subject areas, who have been at the forefront of technology development with many existing systems. These individuals are therefore ideally placed to support research topics, and develop innovative ideas for future products and concepts. Since Elan will not create systems, these individuals are therefore able to provide a genuinely independent service to Defence industry or the MoD itself with departments and agencies such as DSTL and the RAO.