Title :
The Nimrod AEW flies again; a procurement case study
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., South Bank Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
The case study presented introduces the background to the development of the Nimrod AEW (Airborne Early Warning System) and its eventual demise. The Nimrod programme represents the largest development effort of its time. In the context of forensic ECBS, it represents a classical catalogue of failures
Keywords :
aerospace computing; contracts; systems analysis; systems engineering; Airborne Early Warning System; Nimrod AEW flies; Nimrod programme; engineering of computer based systems; failures; forensic ECBS; largest development effort; procurement case study; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace industry; Command and control systems; Computer aided software engineering; Contracts; Europe; Forensics; Government; Procurement; Radar equipment;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 1994., Proceedings., 1994 Tutorial and Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5715-4
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.1994.331666
