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Job – Thermal Analyst in Stevenage
Location: Stevenage, UK
Salary: TBD
Job type: Contract
Category: Aerospace Engineering
Job Reference: 1154415
Posted on: 8 Nov 2018
About the Role: Thermal Analyst is required for a long term contract assignment based in Stevenage
This is a unique opportunity to join an internationally recognised company delivering leading edge solutions on a variety of UK and International military systems. As a Thermal Analyst you will apply your skills and experience to deliver critical advice on the thermal performance of military systems.
The Role
* Work on technical projects, ensuring outputs are delivered to time and budget and problems are mitigated as and when they arise.
* Perform investigations using techniques ranging from hand calculations to a variety of numerical based tools (e.g. ANSYS, FloEFD, Fluent etc.) to derive evidence on which to base decisions.
* Develop test requirements and guide trials teams in delivering against these requirements.
* Produce and deliver verbal and written reports to internal and external customers and stakeholders to ratify design and equipment performance decisions.
* Degree qualified in a subject relevant to the role or demonstrable equivalent experience. * Good problem solving skills coupled with a sound fundamental knowledge of thermal analysis using CFD, Finite Element methods, etc. * Experience applying numerical based tools (e.g. ANSYS, FloEFD, Fluent) to investigate and analyse problems. * Relevant experience in an equivalent or comparable industry would be advantageous. * Individuals that are determined self-motivated and can demonstrate strong interpersonal skills
Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Modis International Ltd UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
LOCATIONS
LAND
09 Nov 18. Thales Australia World Trade Centre facility for OneSKY project opens. Thales Australia World Trade Centre facility has opened in Melbourne following a $12m redevelopment, allowing further development of the OneSKY project. The facility, which was opened by Defence Minister Christopher Pyne in Melbourne, will house the OneSKY project team developing the common Civil Military Air Traffic Management System. This air traffic management system, which will be developed for the Department of Defence and Airservices Australia, will manage the forecasted 60% growth of air traffic movement by 2030, aiming to reduce delays for the public.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Michael McCormack said: “This facility will be used to develop the most advanced and integrated air traffic control system in the world. Under OneSKY, Australia will be better able to handle forecast air traffic growth, which will reduce congestion and open up more efficient air routes to reduce flight times and fuel costs.”
OneSKY is considered to be world’s first such project and is being developed in Australia.
Pyne said: “The OneSKY project will transform Australia’s air traffic management system and national infrastructure in the sky, ensuring the travelling public arrive at their destination safely and with minimal delays.”
This facility will support up to 550 specialist jobs in Melbourne across the land and air traffic management businesses. A further 200 job opportunities are expected to be created in the supply chain.
Pyne added: “In fact, around 75% of the OneSKY acquisition cost and 95% of the ongoing annual support costs will be to Australian companies. These jobs will contribute to the development of an integrated system that will manage more than 11% of global airspace and some of the world’s busiest air routes.
“This project is expected to replace the ageing military air traffic management systems and is essential to ensuring our defence forces can continue to operate seamlessly in Australia’s airspace.”
In February, the Australian Department of Defence and Airservices Australia signed an agreement with Thales to implement the A$1.2bn ($942.67m) OneSKY air traffic management system. In March, Thales Australia signed a subcontract with local defence company Nova Group for the OneSKY project. (Source: airforce-technology.com)
MARITIME
15 Nov 18. Naval shipbuilding kicks off in Adelaide. Defence Minister Christopher Pyne and Minister for Finance and the Public Service Mathias Cormann have officially launched the construction of Australia’s first new warship since the Hobart Class at Osborne Shipyard in Adelaide. SEA 1180 Phase 1 OPVs will replace and improve upon the capability delivered by the 13 Armidale Class Patrol Boats by acquiring 12 new vessels, which will be known as the Arafura class when they enter service from 2022.
“Named for the Arafura Sea, the name recognises the prominence of Navy’s enduring operations in the northern approaches to Australia to protect our national interests, natural resources and maritime borders,” Minister Pyne said.
The primary role of the OPV will be to undertake constabulary missions and the OPV will be the primary ADF asset for maritime patrol and response duties. A competitive evaluation process (CEP) commenced in late 2015 and concluded with the signing of a contract with Lürssen Australia on 31 January 2018.
Minister Pyne said, “The OPV project is expected to create up to 1,000 direct and indirect jobs. These new vessels are being built in Australian facilities, with Australian steel, and by Australian workers.”
The beginning of construction marks a major milestone in the government’s $90bn, continuous naval shipbuilding program, which is the largest and most ambitious capital investment ever undertaken in Australia.
“This investment is about more than building ships, submarines and shipyards because it will establish an Australian sovereign capability,” Minister Pyne said.
The OPVs will be built using Australian steel, creating Australian jobs. The steel used today in construction is from the same batch cut by the Prime Minister in Henderson just a few weeks ago.
Minister Pyne said ASC Shipbuilding will use its expertise gained through the Air Warfare Destroyer program to build the first two OPVs.
Luerssen Australia Chairman Tim Wagner said it was a great honour to be responsible for the delivery of the SEA1180 program and to be partnering with great companies like ASC, Civmec, Saab Australia, L3, Taylor Bros and Penske.
“We are proud to be part of this nation’s shipbuilding capability, and to ensure that German design and technology can be married with the best of Australian manufacturing and ingenuity,” Mr Wagner said.
ASC serves Australia’s naval defence capabilities, with more than 2,500 employees across three facilities in South Australia and Western Australia. ASC has evolved into Australia’s largest specialised defence shipbuilding organisation, with naval design and engineering resources unparalleled within Australia’s defence industry.
Minister Cormann said that ASC’s shipbuilding capacity has continued to grow from strength to strength since the government initiated the Air Warfare Destroyer reform program in 2014. (Source: Defence Connect)
14 Nov 18. US Navy Commissioned Littoral Combat Ship Sioux City. The Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Sioux City (LCS 11), during a 9 a.m. ceremony Saturday, Nov. 17, at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. U.S. Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa delivered the commissioning ceremony’s principal address. Mary Winnefeld, the wife of former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, is the ship’s sponsor. The ceremony will be highlighted by a time-honored Navy tradition when Mrs. Winnefeld gives the first order to “man our ship and bring her to life!”
“This ship is named in honor of Sioux City, Iowa, but represents more than one city,” said Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer. “USS Sioux City represents an investment in readiness and lethality, and is a testament to the increased capabilities made possible by a true partnership between the Department of the Navy and our industrial base.”
The future USS Sioux City, designated LCS 11, is the 13th LCS to enter the fleet and the sixth of the Freedom-variant design. The future USS Sioux City is the first naval vessel to be named in honor of Sioux City, Iowa. The fourth-largest city in the state, Sioux City was founded in 1854 at the navigational head of the Missouri River and takes its name from one of a group of North American Indian tribes that make up the Great Sioux Nation. The littoral combat ship is a fast, agile, mission-focused platform designed to operate in near-shore environments, while capable of open-ocean tasking and winning against 21st-century coastal threats such as submarines, mines and swarming small craft. They are capable of supporting forward presence, maritime security, sea control and deterrence. USS Sioux City will be homeported at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. (Source: US DoD)
12 Nov 18. Construction begins on final Arleigh Burke Flight IIA destroyer at BIW. The construction officially started on 9 November at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Patrick Gallagher(DDG 127), which will be the last Flight IIA configuration destroyer built by BIW, as the yard prepares to build Flight III ships. The vessel is the 77th ship of the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class, noted Captain Casey Moton, DDG 51-class programme manager, Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships. BIW also has been awarded a contract for the construction of four DDG 51 Flight III ships as part of the US Navy’s fiscal year 2018–22 multi-year procurement. (Source: IHS Jane’s)
14 Nov 18. GRSE lays keel for Indian Navy’s second Project 17A frigate. Indian state-owned shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has begun work on the second of seven indigenously designed Shivalik II (Project 17A [P17A])-class frigates on order for the Indian Navy (IN). A keel-laying ceremony for the vessel, which is the first of three ships of the class set to be built by the shipyard, was held on 10 November at GRSE’s facilities in Kolkata. A second shipyard, Mumbai-based Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilder Limited (MDL), began building the first of these multimission frigates in 2017, and is expected to build an additional three. The contract for the construction of the seven Project 17A vessels was signed in February 2015. (Source: IHS Jane’s)
12 Nov 18. DDG 1001 leaves shipyard for commissioning. The guided-missile destroyer Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), the second ship in the Zumwalt class of destroyers, departed General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard in Bath, Maine, on 9 November to be commissioned on the US West Coast. The destroyer is en route to California where it is scheduled to be commissioned in Coronado on 26 January 2019. After that, the ship is scheduled to start its post-delivery availability and combat systems activation, as well as testing and trials. USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the first of the class, has been on the US West Coast for about a year and is being tested and refitted for a new sea-attack role. (Source: IHS Jane’s)
09 Nov 18. Taiwanese navy commissions two Cheng Kung-class frigates. The Republic of China Navy (RoCN) commissioned two Cheng Kung (ex-US Oliver Hazard Perry)-class guided-missile frigates in a ceremony held on 8 November at the Zuoying Naval Base on Taiwan’s southern port city of Kaohsiung. PFG-1112 Ming Chuan and PFG-1115 Feng Chia – ex-USS Taylor (FFG 50) and ex-USS Gary (FFG 51) – entered service in an event presided over by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and will join the RoCN’s 146th Flotilla – Attack Squadron based at Makung, Penghu County. The vessels, which are now the 9th and 10th frigates of the class operated by the RoCN, will be responsible for patrolling the Taiwan Strait.
“Faced with traditional and nontraditional challenges, we will resolutely strengthen our self-defence capabilities and safeguard the people of Taiwan’s freedom and democratic way of life,” tweeted Tsai following the event.
Built in the 1980s, the two 138.1 m-long frigates were formally transferred to the RoCN at a ceremony held on 9 March in the US state of South Carolina, A few days after the transfer the Taipei Times newspaper quoted Tsai Shih-ying, a Democratic Progressive Party legislator, as saying that the vessels had been retrofitted “to extend their service lives by about 30 years, making them a highly cost-effective option for the navy”.
The move came after the US Department of State announced in December 2015 that it had approved the possible sale, refurbishment, and upgrade of two Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates to be provided to Taiwan as Excess Defence Articles (EDAs) for an estimated USD190m.
According to an announcement made at the time by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), each vessel was to be equipped with the MK 92 MOD 6 fire control system, the SQQ-89V(9) anti-submarine warfare system, the MK 75 76mm gun system, the Phalanx 20mm close-in weapon system (Block 18), the MK 13 guided-missile launching system, the AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system, the AN/SPS-49 radar, the AN/SQR-19 towed array sonar, and the AN/SQS-56 sonar. (Source: IHS Jane’s)
AIR
15 Nov 18. Massive F-35 deal covers production into 2023. Lockheed Martin has won a $22.7bn contract to supply 255 F-35 Lightning II fighters for the three branches of the US armed services and international operators. The contract covers 106 F-35s for the USA, comprising 64 F-35As for the air force, 26 F-35Bs for the marines, and 16 F-35Cs for the navy, a US Department of Defense contract announcement states. In addition, 71 F-35As and 18 F-35Bs will go to international programme participants, and 60 F-35As to customers under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process. Lockheed receives an initial instalment of $6bn upon signing. The announcement states that the US aircraft will come from production lot 12. It does not state the production lot for the F-35s destined for the international participants and FMS buyers. A rough calculation pegs the average cost per aircraft at $89m. The deal covers F-35 production into 2023.
The work will be undertaken at several locations, with the lion’s share (57%) at Fort Worth, Texas. The award follows drawn-out negotiations between the Department of Defense and Lockheed to lower the aircraft’s price. In September, the two parties signed a landmark deal that lowered the price of F-35As procured in low rate initial production (LRIP) lot 11 to $89.2m, dropping below $90m for the first time, and 5.4% better than the previous production lot. The September deal saw the unit prices of the short-take-off vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B drop 5.7% to $116m, and the carrier capable F-35C’s 11.1% to $108m. Deliveries under the September agreement commence in 2019.
In addition, Lockheed also won a $382m contract to produce eight MH-60R anti-submarine warfare helicopters for the US navy. (Source: News Now/Flightglobal)
14 Nov 18. UK to decide Lighting variant at SDSR, to deploy STOVL F-35B ‘off-strip.’ The UK is likely to decide on the final composition of its Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning force at the next Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) expected in 2020, a senior military official said on 14 November. Speaking at the IQPC International Fighter Conference in Berlin, Air Commodore David Bradshaw, Lightning Force Commander and Tornado Force Commander, said that, while no official announcement has been made, it is his opinion that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will use the SDSR to decide if the UK will continue to buy the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35B to add to the 48 already procured, or if it will instead decide to fulfil its outstanding commitment of 90 aircraft with the conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A. (Source: News Now/IHS Jane’s)
PLANT CLOSURES, JOB LOSSES AND STRIKES
12 Nov 18. Israel’s defence minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has resigned over a truce with Hamas, describing it as a “capitulation to terror”. Mr Lieberman called for fresh elections, and assailed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his response to months of rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza, which flared up in the last two days to the most intense since a war in 2014. Israel appeared to accept a proposal from Hamas for a truce, with both Israeli air strikes and Hamas rockets stopping around 5pm yesterday. In the two days prior, Hamas had sent at least 460 rockets and mortars into Israel, while Israel had destroyed more than 150 targets inside Gaza. “Our response was weak and lacking,” said Mr Lieberman, a day after a seven hour security cabinet meeting where Mr Netanyahu got approval for the truce, brokered by the UN and Egyptian intelligence. In contrast, Mr Lieberman had advocated for months for a harsh response to aggression from Hamas. Mr Netanyahu’s decision sparked street protests in southern Israel, where residents had spent hours hiding in bomb shelters. The ruling Likud party said it would name a replacement for Mr Lieberman, who runs coalition-partner Yisrael Beiteinu. (Source: FT.com)
13 Nov 18. End of an era: UK air force to disband bomb disposal unit. It’s the end of an era for Britain’s Royal Air Force: Its only bomb disposal squadron is being disbanded, 75 years after it was formed to disarm unexploded German bombs. An RAF spokesman said there will be “no change to public safety” when the 5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron is phased out in April 2020. RAF personnel with the bomb disposal unit will be given other positions with the air force. The British Army will take over its duties. The storied squadron was formed in 1943 during World War II and made safe 176,000 weapons in its first two years. Unexploded World War II bombs are still found occasionally, often leading to evacuations in neighborhoods where they are discovered. (Source: Defense News Early Bird/Airforce Times)
12 Nov 18. Rocket launcher ArianeGroup says to cut 2300 jobs by 2022. ArianeGroup, the space launchers joint-venture between Airbus (AIR.PA) and Safran <SAF.PA<, on Monday said it plans to cut 2,300 jobs by 2022.
“The end of the development of Ariane 6 and the need to increase competitiveness in the European rocket launch business compel ArianeGroup to reduce its capacity by the equivalent of 2,300 full-time jobs by 2022,” the company said in a statement. The firm announced in December 2017 that it planned to move ahead with production of the first Ariane 6, Europe’s next-generation rocket. The first flight of the replacement for the Ariane 5 government and commercial launcher is scheduled for mid-2020. ArianGroup competes with U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX and several other rocket launch firms. (Source: Reuters)
08 Nov 18. Meyerson Leaves Blue Origin. The former President, and now former Vice President leading the Advanced Development Programs work for Blue Origin, has departed from the firm. In September of 2017, Meyerson was replaced as the President of the firm by Bob Smith and was transitioned into the VP role. The company employs approximately 1,500 staff and the firm is ramping up for the New Shepard spaceship’s first passenger foray into space. Also on the company’s agenda is the U.S. Air Force-backed BE-4 rocket engine development as well as ongoing production of the firm’s New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin is also involved in the planning for future Moon deliveries as a player within NASA’s numerous lunar programs. Rob Meyerson stated he is taking some time away from the business to determine his next steps. Meyerson joined Blue Origin in 2003 from Kistler Aerospace, where he was the senior program manager for that firm. Prior to Kistler, he worked at NASA’s Johnson Aerospace Center in Texas for a dozen years and worked on such crucial programs as the space shuttle, the International Space Station (ISS) and X-38 crew rescue programs. (Source: Satnews)
MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT
PERSONNEL
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
14 Nov 18. Trump picks former CENTCOM commander for ambassador to Saudi Arabia. A retired four-star general is President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, filling a key diplomatic vacancy at a time when U.S.-Saudi relations are being tested by the slaying of a journalist critical of the Saudi royal family. Trump announced Tuesday that he is nominating John Abizaid, the longest-serving commander of the U.S. Central Command, to lead the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh. It’s a post that has been empty since former ambassador Joseph Westphal left in January 2017. If confirmed by the Senate, Abizaid would become ambassador as the Trump administration is weighing the U.S. response to the killing of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Turkish officials claim Khashoggi was killed by a 15-member assassination squad sent from Riyadh on orders from the highest levels of the Saudi government. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has revoked the visas of the Saudis implicated in the killing. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said additional measures will be taken. (Source: Defense News)
14 Nov 18. MG Sami D. Said for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, and assignment as the inspector general of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia. Said is currently serving as deputy inspector general, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia.
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY TEAMINGS
13 Nov 18. UK defence and security electronics system specialist, SEA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with wholly Australian-owned defence company, Daronmont Technologies, a local specialist in the design, engineering, integration and support of complex high technology electronics and software-intensive systems. Conclusion of the MoU provides a basis for the two companies to bring to Australia some of the world’s most advanced combat and communications systems to specifically address Royal Australian Navy requirements outlined in the Future Submarine (SEA 1000) and Hunter Class Frigate (SEA 5000) programmes. Initial activities will see the establishment of a specialist cell at Daronmont’s facility in Adelaide next year that will be populated by innovative SEA Training & Simulation capabilities. Drawing upon its established UK and international business activities, SEA is well placed to bring to Australia its flexible, open-architecture communication system and vendor-independent weapons launcher systems to meet Australia’s Future Submarine and Frigate requirements. Through the combination of their respective technology, IP and expertise, the SEA-Daronmont partnership will look to generating sustainable Australian Industrial Capability that is based on uniquely indigenous solutions, robust supply chains and whole of life-cycle support solutions.
“SEA’s objective is to bring the best of today’s technology to Australia to enable world-leading future naval combat and mission systems development,” said Steve Hill, Managing Director, SEA. “Our focus on the continual development of open sub-systems that can be applied to a range of Prime Contractor-developed platforms, is part of the reason why we are able to provide such market-leading capability.” The inherent synergies that have been identified between SEA and Daronmont – including our collective experience and capabilities – means that we have high confidence in our ability to deliver leading-edge technology solutions combined with recognised indigenous experience in Australia. Collectively, both of our enterprises stand in a unique and established position.”
Daronmont CEO, Ben Norris, agrees that the new partnership has potential to significantly enhance the quality of locally-sourced industry content and components for both the SEA 1000 and 5000 new military capability solutions. “Daronmont is therefore excited by the opportunities for technology transfer and local capability growth that will be enabled through the MoU with SEA in the short term, as well as the longer-term potential to develop Sovereign Industry Capability in South Australia that can support regional export business opportunities through SEA’s established global supply chain”.
On behalf of the South Australian Government, Defence SA Chief Executive Richard Price offered his “Congratulations to South Australia’s Daronmont Technologies and the UK’s SEA on their strategic partnership to work collaboratively on major Australian naval shipbuilding projects.” South Australia is home to a strong and capable defence industry, and it’s fantastic to see our innovative local companies forging international partnerships to maximise business opportunities and play a critical role these once-in-a-generation naval shipbuilding programs.”
PERSONNEL
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
14 Nov 18. Leonardo DRS has appointed John Baylouny as executive vice president and chief operating officer — a position that oversees the execution of program operations across all eight of the company’s business sectors. He will also lead functions related to corporate operations, supply chain, technology and IT. An engineer by training and practice, Baylouny has worked for DRS on various sonar, radar, electro-optical and infrared technologies since he joined the company in 1986, according to Baylouny’s LinkedIn profile. Prior to his latest appointment, Baylouny served as vice president and general manager of DRS’ land systems and advanced ISR businesses, as well as chief technology officer. Baylouny replaces Terry Murphy, who is retiring at the end of this year. (Source: Defense News)
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