What we do

Capability Associates Pty Ltd provides consultancy services in the critical areas of asset (capability), management, systems engineering and project management, focusing on the early part of the life cycle. The two principal consultants have over 70 years of experience in those domains in Defence, industry and academia. The following are the major services we provide with some brief examples.

Strategy and Architecture Development

  • C4I study and development of technical specification for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games

  • Development of architectures for a tactical communications systems and battlefield command systems

  • Development of strategy papers for strategic information infrastructure, tactical information exchange, land force information systems, and tactical security architectures

  • Development of policy for space services for land forces, and for web-services for a major government venture

  • Support to review of structure and delivery of multi-domain programs

  • Development of an organisation-wide interoperability model

  • Support to review of application of departmental enterprise architecture practice

  • Development of digital engineering practices in support of mission engineering

Review

  • Review of functions and responsibilities for delivery of a battlespace network

  • Review of operational concept descriptions and functional specifications for a wide variety of systems and platforms

  • Report on the implementation of business models and multi-domain programs

  • Participation in expert advisory panels

Technical Analysis

  • Analyses of a variety of communications systems including the effect of radio-frequency weapons, Link-11 communications, ship-based UHF SATCOM, tactical communications systems and communications in satellite denied environments

  • Development of approved technology standards lists

Independent Validation and Verification

  • Independent validation and verification of joint command and control system, operational T&E, major communications project framework, and a wide variety of project and capability development activities

  • Systems engineering independent review of several major projects

Development of Capability Management Artefacts

  • Development of business cases for major systems, conduct of major reviews, reorganisations and restructures

  • Development of operational concept descriptions for several major systems and platforms

  • Development of functional specifications for several major systems and platforms

  • Development of plans of capability transition and through-life support for a wide variety of systems and platforms

Workshop Facilitation

  • Workshop facilitation for workforce modelling, major programs, major and minor projects, and capability development activities

Professional Education Short Courses

Our international experts draw from their extensive experience to deliver over 70 professional short courses through our education partner edVirtus:

Defence Capability Management:

Communications Systems:

Systems Engineering:

Military Systems: