MoD Committee on Defence Equipment Reliability & Maintainability (CODERM) Report

Report from 16th January 2025

R&M Specialist Seminar 2025: To be held in Abbey Wood.  Call for speakers out now (all topics / themes welcomed).

DE&S Update:

• Defence Logistics Framework (DLF) and Knowledge in Defence (KiD) update now completed covering R&M and Maintenance (accessible via the Defence Gateway).
• DE&S structural change – R&M is now part of the Support Authority, under ‘Systems Integration’.

Standards & Guidance:

• The following website was identified as providing a list of  the dependability definitions from IEC 60050-192 http://www.electropedia.org
• Defence Standards
  • Def Stan 00-042 Part 7 (Reliability Testing) – up-issued (Issue 4, Mar 25)
  • Def Stan 00-045 Part 1 (RCM) – up-issued (Issue 5, Mar 25)
  • Def Stan 00-040 Part 1 (R&M Programmes and Plans) – under review
  • Def Stan 00-042 Part 3 (R&M Case) – under review
  • Def Stan 00-042 Part 5 (In-service Reliability Demonstrations) – under review
  • Def Stan 00-045 Part 2 & 3 (RCM Project Plan & Application of RCM) – under review
• ASD Standards
  • ASD S4000P: Available at issue 2.2, for download at http://www.s4000p.org/. UK MOD is not currently active in this committee.
  • ASD 5000F: Available at issue 3.1, for download at http://www.s5000f.org/downloads/. UK MOD is not currently active in this committee.

Health of the Competence – STEM Futures

• Recognition of an ongoing issue regarding SQEP and importance to engage with academia / develop junior R&M practitioners.

Reliable Software

• DE&S have issued a draft paper outlining the status of software reliability and recommendations for improvement.
• Forming a sub-group to gather industry input on managing software reliability. Industry support welcomed