Introduction
Eagle Vector was established to provide project support
services to major projects with a particular focus
on Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), Life Cycle
Costing (LCC) and Software Engineering skills.
Eagle Vector is made up of a nucleus of permanent-staff
who together with associate consultants are available
on a contract basis to form teams supplied to clients
in support of their projects. This approach enables
Eagle Vector to provide very effective and flexible
solutions to clients whilst minimising costs. The
company can also supply individual consultants to
clients. Where possible, Eagle Vector is pleased to
take the complete responsibility for undertaking project
tasks on behalf of clients.
A major on-going contract was awarded in 1992 and
gives Eagle Vector the responsibility for all LCC
activities in support of the Civil Aviation Authority's
New En Route Centre (NERC) project. In 1994, the company
took over the responsibility for the complete ILS
programme for NERC project. Now that NERC is close
to the date where it will enter service, Eagle Vector
is responsible for using the results of the NERC ILS
programme in order to set up the on-site and off-site
hardware and software support facilities for NERC.
The ILS and LCC approaches developed for NERC are
now being applied to all the Civil Aviation Authority's
new projects.
The company has recently been awarded the contract
to specify and develop a distributed database system
exploiting Internet-based communications facilities.
Relevant Experience
Recent and on-going projects include:
New En Route Centre ILS Management
Eagle Vector has the responsibility for the management
of the ILS programme for the CAA's New En-Route Centre
(NERC) project. NERC, the CAA's largest ever project,
will be responsible for controlling all flights over
England and Wales. The ILS programme for NERC is recognised
as being one of the most successful applications of
a formal ILS process to a major UK project; the customer
is achieving the benefits of a formal ILS programme
at minimum cost.
New En Route Centre Life Cycle Costing
Eagle Vector is responsible for all aspects of Life
Cycle Costing for the NERC project. This has covered
detailed modelling of hardware and software development
and support costs using tools such as EDCAS and PRICE.
In addition, project specific models have been developed
to cover the complete range of all costs at system
level.
Eagle Vector staff have directly supported the CAA
contracts and purchasing group in their negotiations
with sub contractors in order to ensure that contracts
placed represent the best possible value for money.
Well-documented examples exist of substantial savings,
running into many millions of pounds, which have resulted
from Eagle Vector's involvement.
New En Route Centre Project Management Support
In 1994, Eagle Vector was contracted to provide a
range of additional support services for the NERC
project. These cover:
- Configuration Management
- Quality Management
- Financial Management.
Eagle Vector staff play a key role in respect of
these important functions for the NERC project.
New Scottish Centre
The Oceanic function, providing control for aircraft
over the North Atlantic, has been studied by Eagle
Vector for the CAA. The objective has been to estimate
likely hardware and software costs for the replacement
system that will form part of the CAA's New Scottish
Centre.
Establishment of CAA generic Lifecycle Costing process
Following the development of a comprehensive system,
hardware and software life cycle costing process for
the NERC project, Eagle Vector was contracted to develop
a generic LCC process for application to all the CAA's
major projects. As part of this project, Eagle Vector
developed an LCC manual and associated training course
which has been presented to a large number of CAA
staff at all levels.
National Airspace System Enhancement Project support
The National Airspace System (NAS), which provides
a high-performance database covering all flight plans
for aircraft using UK airspace, is being enhanced
by the CAA. Eagle Vector has supplied project support
services concerned with effort estimation in respect
of a range of planned upgrades.
Internet-based Independent Consultants database
For Jobs Direct Ltd, Eagle Vector is specifying and
developing an automated communications and database
system for handling the details of independent consultants.
Using Internet EMail, consultants will be able to
supply their CVs and other details directly to the
system. The World Wide Web facility of the Internet
will be used to present details of available consultants
to prospective clients.
Establishment of CAA software development metrics
programme
The CAA is responsible for supporting the software
of a wide range of in-service systems. Eagle Vector
has been contracted to assist in setting up a development
metrics programme for application to all its support
projects. This programme is based around the use of
PRICE tools for effort and cost estimation. .
Company
Profile and Experience 
