Organisation & Management

Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems holds the prime contract from the MOD Customer. Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems has established a standard sub-contract format and standard subcontract conditions for use with all sub-contractors to the DTC. This sub-contracting framework has been approved by the EMRS DTC Supervisory Board.

To simplify administration, all sub-contracts are placed by the Prime Contractor as the single contracting agent, acting for the Consortium. All risk is carried by the Prime Contractor who is fully responsible to MOD for the deliverables under the MOD single prime contract.

In the event of default by a Consortium member, the Prime Contractor will assume full responsibility for fulfilling the conditions of the prime contract. In all other respects the Prime Contractor acts in a "primus inter pares" capacity for the Consortium.

The operating principles have been established in a comprehensive Collaboration Agreement between the members of the Consortium.

SUPERVISORY BOARD

ROLE OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

The Supervisory Board is the accountable organ of the Consortium and its meetings will be governed by the Prime Contractor's processes. It is open to audit by the customer.

This Board is accountable for the value generated in the DTC and hence for the expenditure of the public monies entrusted to the DTC. It is chaired by the Prime Contractor.

The Supervisory Board is the decision-making body responsible for governing the function of the DTC. The Board meets in plenary session at least four times a year. Sub-committees of the Board operate as needed to support the DTC activity, but major endorsement decisions are made by a quorate Board. In addition to the representatives of the DTC Consortium, the board also includes UK MOD / Dstl representatives and independent academic consultants. Two affiliations are CSSIP in Australia and the Advanced Sensors Consortium from the ARL Federated Laboratory Program in USA.

COMPOSITION OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

The DTC Supervisory Board comprises the following persons:

	A Chairman, appointed by Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems
	The EMRS DTC Research Director
	Five representatives of the industrial Consortium, who hold senior technical positions within their companies
	Two academics with expertise in the field
	Two representatives of MOD / Dstl
	Two associate members from appropriate kindred institutions

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

The DTC Supervisory Board is the decision-making body responsible for governing the function of the DTC. It is responsible for carrying out the following activities:

	Guiding the strategy of the DTC and directing changes to the DTC Research Programme to ensure that it satisfies UK MOD's essential and desired outcomes
	Reviewing and endorsing prospective projects presented by the DTC Office
	Acting as the final arbiter in respect of any disputes referred to it by the DTC Office
	Monitoring the expenditure of UK MOD funding on approved projects through periodic reviews with the DTC Office
	Determining which outputs of the DTC should be published and in which publications
	Sponsoring communication activities relating to the DTC such as the Annual Conference and any dialogue with the UK MOD

SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Industry

Supervisory Board Chairman, Mr John Griffin, MA, CEng, FIET, Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems, Capability Director (Research & Technology)
Prof. Keith Lewis , DTC Research Director
Prof. Simon Watts, MBE, FREng, FIEE, THALES Defence, Chief Scientist
Prof. William Bardo, PhD, FIEE, Independent.
Dr Wolfgang Bösch, PhD, FIEE, FIEEE, Filtronic ICS, Chief Technical Officer
Bryan Rickett, Roke Manor Research
Dr. Paul Holbourn, PhD, MIEE, CEng, Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems, Sensor Systems Division Capability Director

Academia

Prof. Peter Grant, FIEE, FRSE, FREng, Edinburgh University
Prof. Hugh Griffiths, MA, PhD, DSc (Eng) FIEE, FIEEE, FREng, University College London

MoD & Dstl

Associate Members (subject to Board & Customer approval)

Dr Dan Beekman, US Army Research Laboratory, Manager, Advanced Sensors Collaborative Technology Alliance
Dr Bruce Ward, Chief, ISR Division, DSTO Australia, CEO, CSSIP, Australia

DTC OFFICE

The DTC Office comprises a Research Director and an Operations Director. The Research Director is responsible to the Supervisory Board for the quality of the research plan and the efficacy of its execution. He is supported by an Operations Director who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the DTC, and in particular the subcontracting and management of research tasks. The Operations Director is supported by a sub contract procurement professional, an appointment funded by Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems.

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

This is a 60% part-time appointment funded under the Prime Contract. The Research Director is directly supported by the Research Theme Leaders (see below), such that the Research Director and the Research Theme Leader IPT together provide technical expertise and leadership across the whole research field.

The Research Director has the following responsibilities:

	To report quarterly to the Supervisory Board and to advise them, from a technical perspective, on how best to deliver the strategy and aims of the DTC
	To provide impartial advice on technical issues to the DTC Supervisory Board
	To develop potential research objectives in collaboration with the Research Theme Leader IPT
	To review prospective projects with the Research Theme Leader IPT and to present them to the DTC Supervisory Board for approval
	To report to the DTC Supervisory Board on progress on approved projects
	To liaise with the Sensors and Electronic Warfare Technology Research Director and other MOD staff to feed MOD requirements into the DTC research programme.
	To liaise with affiliated research organisations (e.g. CSSIP Australia, and Advanced Sensors Consortium of the US Army Federated Laboratory Program).
	In conjunction with the Operations Director, to review DTC publicity material prior to release

The Research Director is:

Professor Keith Lewis , DTC Research Director

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

The Operations Director is an employee of Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems who has expertise in subcontract management. This is a full-time appointment funded by Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems.

The Operations Director will have the following responsibilities:

	To report quarterly to the Supervisory Board on the progress of research projects
	To agree the terms of research subcontracts
	Where appropriate, to run competitive tenders between prospective research organisations
	To administer all research subcontracts in conjunction with the Research Theme Leader IPT
	To track the amount of UK MOD funding applied to each research project and to report this information to the DTC Supervisory Board
	To facilitate the administration and reporting to MOD of contributions in kind
	To organise an Annual Conference to disseminate the results of the DTC research
	In conjunction with the Research Director, to create DTC publicity material including the maintenance of an unclassified web-site

The Operations Director is:

Neil Whitehall

RESEARCH THEME LEADER IPT

Management of the DTC research activities is carried out by an IPT, chaired by the DTC Research Director and assisted by the Research Theme Leaders.

The plans developed within the Research Theme Leader IPT will be endorsed by the Supervisory Board prior to contracts being raised through the DTC Administration Office.

RESEARCH THEME LEADERS

Research Theme Leaders are appointed from within the Consortium at no cost to the prime contract. Theme Leaders are domain experts, already involved in the technical leadership of company-funded R&D. Within the DTC, their role is to plan and direct the research work at Technology Readiness Levels 1, 2 and 3 and to co-ordinate this with applied research at higher TRLs within the companies. The DTC Research Director leads this task. The Research Theme Leader roles will be part-time appointments funded by the DTC partner companies. Each Research Theme Leader is responsible for:

	Supporting the Research Director as Chairman of the Research Theme Leader IPT
	Preparing and presenting annually to the Supervisory Board a review of research activities within the individual research theme
	Maintaining close liaison with other Research Theme Leaders within the IPT
	Identifying additional specialist domain experts from within their own companies who may be brought in to support the Research Theme Leader IPT as required
	Responding to changes in direction in the Research Programme sought by the Supervisory Board
	Reviewing, guiding and re-directing projects from research organisations
	Assisting the Research Director and Operations Director reviewing and assessing progress in the various research projects
	Assisting the Research Director and Operations Director in identifying and managing the risks contained in the research work

The Research Theme Leaders are:

RF Systems	Tony Kinghorn
EO Systems	Iain Clark
EO Systems	Stephen McGeoch
Research Theme Leader	Richard Lang
Research Theme Leader	John Atherton
Transducer Embedded Processing	Bryan Rickett