Provsystem för marin försvarsmateriel : En studie i tillämpning av produktutvecklingsmetoder på utveckling av Verifiering och Validerings-resurser för marin försvarsmateriel

Sammanfattning: Having well-functioning equipment for the soldiers and sailors in the Swedish Armed Forces to defend the nation’s territory has been a priority since the catastrophic failure of the flagship Vasa almost 400 years ago. The quality assurance of defense materiel that is procured for the Swedish Armed Forces by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (SDMA) is conducted using qualified verification and validation activities, which are supported using complex resources that either create the conditions for tests or gather data from tests. The department Test and Evaluation Marine (T&E Marine) in the SDMA, which works with verification and validation (VoV) of naval defense materiel, has a need to identify and develop new VoV resources for future naval acquisitions. The purpose is to find which needs the department of SDMA T&E Marine has regarding test resources and from the needs develop a specification of a possible VoV resource. In cooperation with the T&E Marine department, the study has used the Design Thinking methodology in a double diamond context and has through conducting interviews, observations, and a workshop created an analysis of the current state of VoV resources, which of these should be further developed, and which new resources the department could acquire to support future test and evaluation. The result of this study is that the analysis of the current situation shows that the department needs a modular remotely piloted aerial system. The result also includes a conceptual design of the VoV resource which the department could procure to support its future verification and validation work. The conclusion is that there is need for several different VoV resources. One VoV resource could be a modular remotely piloted aerial system, that is both easy to use and to carry.