What we offer
Services for Defence and Government.
Test and Evaluation, Systems Engineering, Project Management, Specialist Engineering and Data Analytics for Defence and Government. Our engineers work within Defence project offices, integration centres and industry, engaged directly or through the Major Service Provider arrangement.
Test and Evaluation
T&E, verification and validation from test concept to acceptance.
Capabilities
- T&E strategy, Test and Evaluation Master Plans and test concepts
- Developmental, acceptance and operational T&E
- Acceptance test procedures, test witnessing and acceptance reports
- Verification cross-reference matrices and requirements traceability
- Test Readiness Reviews, Test Entry Meetings and Failure Review Boards
- Cyber-worthiness T&E and software release assurance
- Program-level T&E management for system-of-systems environments
We plan, conduct, witness and report Test and Evaluation for Defence capability, from developmental and acceptance testing through to operational T&E. Our engineers hold formal T&E qualifications and work to the Defence T&E Competency Framework.
Test and Evaluation provides the evidence on which acceptance and capability decisions are made. N20 develops T&E strategy and master plans, writes acceptance test procedures, witnesses testing on behalf of the Commonwealth and leads readiness reviews and failure review boards.
We work within project offices and integration centres and alongside prime contractors, and provide program-level T&E management for system-of-systems environments.
Systems Engineering
Chartered systems engineers across requirements, integration and assurance.
Capabilities
- Requirements elicitation, analysis and traceability
- System architecture and interface management
- Review of contractor engineering deliverables and change proposals
- Mandated System Reviews, design reviews and technical risk assessment
- Engineering management and governance within project offices
- Project Execution Strategies and First and Second Pass documentation
- Configuration management and technical baseline control
Our Chartered and Master’s-qualified systems engineers support Defence acquisition from concept through integration and acceptance, providing independent technical advice to Commonwealth project offices.
We write and review requirements, architectures and engineering deliverables, manage interfaces between platform, sensor and network stakeholders, and support Mandated System Reviews and technical risk assessment.
Our engineers have worked on both sides of the contract, in Commonwealth project offices and in industry, and apply systems engineering in proportion to the needs of the project.
Project, Procurement and Contract Management
Engineers who run projects, acquisitions and contracts.
Capabilities
- Project and program management within Defence project offices
- Governance frameworks, reporting and risk management
- Procurement and acquisition, including Foreign Military Sales
- ASDEFCON contract management and Contract Change Proposals
- Schedule recovery and re-baselining
- Transition to sustainment and introduction into service
- Project support officers and PMO services
We provide project, procurement and contract management to Defence project offices, from early capability planning through acquisition, delivery and introduction into service.
Our project managers have engineering backgrounds and are members of the Australian Institute of Project Management. They can challenge a technical estimate, understand why a test has slipped and engage credibly with a contractor’s engineering lead.
We run project management offices, manage Foreign Military Sales acquisitions and ASDEFCON contracts, and establish the governance, reporting and risk management frameworks that project offices rely on.
Specialist Engineering
Software, reliability, certification, ILS and explosive ordnance expertise.
Capabilities
- Software engineering, software V&V and release assurance
- Reliability engineering, failure analysis and defect investigation
- Technical certification and engineering assurance evidence
- Integrated Logistics Support engineering and configuration management
- Explosive ordnance T&E planning and certification
- Simulation and training systems acquisition
- Mechanical, electrical, electro-optic and sensor systems advice
Software engineering, reliability, technical certification, integrated logistics support and explosive ordnance expertise where specialist knowledge is required.
N20 maintains specialists in software engineering and verification, reliability and defect investigation, technical certification, integrated logistics support engineering and explosive ordnance T&E.
Engagements range from short independent assessments to sustained embedded roles, and are delivered within Defence engineering, safety and configuration management frameworks.
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
Data methods and dashboards that decision-makers act on.
Capabilities
- Data capture methodologies and quality management
- Power BI, Tableau and Excel dashboards built for Defence networks
- Executive and parliamentary reporting tools
- Process analysis and bottleneck identification
- Workforce modelling and performance metrics
- Extract, transform and load of logistics and operational data
- Business intelligence for regulators and program offices
We build the data pipelines, analysis methods and dashboards that turn operational, logistics and business data into information decision-makers can act on.
We begin with the business process and the question, then design the data capture, quality management and analysis to suit. Tools are delivered in Power BI, Tableau or Excel and built to run on the client’s network, including Defence protected networks.
Our analytics work has supported reporting to senior Defence committees and to Parliament.