Thousands of puzzle pieces
Everything the KRI Usman Harun crew uses daily is undergoing major modifications. For example, the vessel will have a completely new command centre, and all critical mission systems, such as radars, sensors, navigation and communication systems, will be replaced by advanced systems.
Configuration management is crucial to the design process to fit all these systems into the existing vessel. Mark: “To put it bluntly, this involves creating an overview of all the components that make up the entire vessel. Each component has a unique number and is provided with metadata in the overview, indicating where the component is located in the vessel and what needs to happen with it. All components that no longer meet the requirements must be removed from the vessel and replaced with new components. Again, all new components are assigned a unique number with metadata. This will easily amount to 30,000 components. Bringing all of this data together is called configuration management. Based on this, layout drawings, electrical diagrams, stability calculations, etcetera can be prepared, and internally we have made decisions with the relevant disciplines about where systems can be optimally positioned.”
Working with short lines of communication
Since the summer of 2022, PT PAL’s shipyard in Surabaya has been working hard to remove all systems from the vessel. Also, since then, a representative from Nevesbu has been continuously present at the shipyard to provide technical advice.