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

Report from 19th June 2025

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

Recent Activity:

Defence Logistics Framework (DLF) and Knowledge in Defence (KiD) updates being undertaken as business as usual (accessible via the Defence Gateway).
DE&S structural change – R&M is now part of the Support Authority, under ‘Systems Integration’.
Working groups (with industry) held on Defence Standard 00-040 and Software Reliability.

Activities Planned:

Ongoing DLF and KiD Updates.
Continued engagement with industry to progress DE&S initiatives around Software Reliability and update of Defence Standard 00-040.
Ongoing review and maintenance of other standards (including 00-042 Pt 5 Issue 3, 00-045 Pt 2 Issue 4, 00-045 Pt 3 Issue 4 and 00-049 Issue 5).

Standards Information:

The following website was identified as providing a list of the dependability definitions from IEC 60050-192 http://www.electropedia.org
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

Software reliability has been a longstanding topic within the community, with a range of methods being applied to approach the matter. In light of some significant software issues induced over recent times, a paper titled ‘The Need for Reliable Software’ has been written and initially discussed amongst the CODERM community – the paper and discussion explores: (a) The difference between hardware and software from a reliability perspective; (b) Foreseen shortfalls and issues with current approaches to software reliability; and (c) Potential next steps to pursue.
To this extent, a working group is being set up by DE&S, who in turn would welcome industry support and input to help develop future guidance on the topic. If you are interested in supporting this working group, please e-mail info@sars.org.uk (addressing your e-mail to the ETA Committee).