The Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU): - Represents the user (soldier) perspective and provides specialist advice on armored/tracked vehicles. - Conducts user trials, development, and experimentation on mounted close combat equipment to support operations and acquisition programs. - Works with various military organizations and industry to ensure equipment meets requirements through trials at different stages from initial designs to final acceptance.

1. Armoured Trials and
Development Unit
CDE Innovation Network Brief
13 Jan 2015

3. What do we do?
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What my mum thinks we do
What we think we doWhat my friends think we do
What DE&S think we do
What ATDU really does

4. Who do we represent?
 ATDU represents the “User Community”
(the Soldier)
 Provides an ARMOURED (Mounted Close
Combat) user perspective including Operations,
Preparation for Deployment, Maintenance,
Logistics, Training etc
 Specialist armoured/tracked community advice
and support
 Provides unique, multi cap badge and multi
trade experience

5. Mission
Conduct user trials, development and
experimentation tasks
on Mounted Close Combat equipment in
order to provide timely support to
Operations and the Equipment
Programme.
ATDU Mission Statement

6. Who do we conduct Trials for?
COML
FDT
Comd
PTs
Industry
43 Bde
ARTD
ARMCEN
PV
Tasking/Funding/MS
& Output
AdminReporting/Output
DSTL
EP UORR&D UOR
Sp Comd
DFD
DGCap
D Cbt
TEPO
D Eqpt
DGLS&EDLE
Project Teams
in DE&S
‘The Army’
Capability
Director
‘Combat’
Bovington Garrison
You?

7. ATDU Organisation
Command
Support
Infantry
Fighting
Vehicles
Trials Troop
SCOUT
Specialist
Vehicle
Workshop/
Engineering
Trials Officer
Logistics
Experts:
Weapons,
Auto, Comms
SV Trials Warrior Trials
48 military + 11 civilian = 59 TOTAL

8. Acceptance Trials + Confidence Levels
(Or when we can’t guarantee what you get will work)
Availability
Time
Final Acceptance Build Standard
138 Battlefield Missions
Minimum Statistical
Viability for Trials
On TWO vehicles
276 Battlefield Missions
Acceptance Trial
Confirmation
On TWO vehicles
100% Confidence
(Reliability
Qualification)
5.75% Confidence
(Urgent Operational
Requirments)
75% (Reliability
Growth)
Desired Trial
Outcome
16 Battlefield Missions
Warthog Acceptance
Trial
What we
cannot predict
or quantify
Stress platform to highlight
design failures – left edge of
bathtub curve Demonstrates reliability &
highlights component fatigue
– right edge of bathtub curve
(Verification)
Industry prove
platform meets
SRD
Urgent Operational Requirements trials are short = limited confidence in reliability
Reliability Qualification trials have larger sample size = greater confidence in reliability

9. AFV Design Constraints -The New Trinity
(Or it’s more complicated than it used to be)
Lethality
(Firepower)
Survivability
(Protection)
Mobility
Growth Potential
Mobility
Lethality
Capacity
Survivability
Signature
Compatibility
Interoperability

10. Layered Defence
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Cross-Cutting Themes
Command&Control
Recoverability
Stabilise
(Damage Control & Fire Fighting)
Restore Functionality
(Repair, Reconfigure, Spares)
Vulnerability
Avoid Penetration
(Passive Armour,
Reactive Armour)
Damage Tolerant
(Materials, Robust Systems
Design, Redundancy,
Separation)
Occupant Protection
(Casualty Analysis,
Personal Protection)
Susceptibility
Don’t Be There
(Intel / Planning)
Don’t Be Seen
(Signature
Management)
Detect Threat
(Sensors)
Avoid Being Hit
(Decoys, Flares,
Obscurants, Tactics)
SituationalAwareness
Training
Integrated Survivability provides a key means of delivering Force Protection