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David CHINN

David CHINN

NETMA - Eurofighter Software Manager

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  • About me

    President, Royal Aeronautical Society. Presidential theme - Design Build Fly. It's not about PowerPoint and lunch, it's about getting real stuff flying! I generally use LinkedIn to follow-up IRL connections...

  • Education

    • Ernesford Grange Comprehensive School, Coventry

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    • NATO Defence College SC93

      1998 - 1999

    • University of the West of England

      2000 - 2001
      Post Graduate Certificate Business Administration and Management, General

    • Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN)

      2012 - 2012
      SERA 24

    • Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN)

      2002 - 2003
      IHEDN - CHEAr - SN39

    • Durham University

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      BSc Engineering Science

      Activities and Societies: Van Mildert College

  • Experience

    • NATO

      Jan 1990 - Jan 1995
      NETMA - Eurofighter Software Manager

      Negotiation of software standards. Coordination of software design reviews leading up to first flight and early development flying.

    • UK Ministry of Defence

      Jan 1995 - Jan 1998
      Project Manager- Tornado Project Team

      Project Manager for all Tornado EW systems. including major upgrade for GR4. GR4 first flight.

    • Joint Strike Fighter JPO

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2001
      Non-resident member of JPO - UK avioncs and software

      Definition of UK requirements, including safety and airworthiness requirements.

    • Direction générale de l'armement

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2004
      Exchange Officer

    • UK Ministry of Defence

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2012

      Reestablishing DE&S airworthiness competence post Haddon-Cave Systems of systems. INCOSE member. Pan-defence systems engineering.

      • DES Airworthiness Team

        Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

      • SEIG

        Jan 2008 - Jan 2011

      • Integration Authority IA3 - Section Leader Integration Assistance

        Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

    • European Defence Agency

      Sept 2012 - Aug 2017

      R&T coordinator. Architect for a novel system engineering framework linking EU military Capability Goals to R&T objectives: OSRA Overarching Strategic Research Agenda. Technical highlight: being the EDA PM for the agency's largest R&T project, MIDCAS, a fully automatic detect and avoid system, which arguably achieved the world's first successful fully automatic evasion manoeuvre by a large UAV.Portfolio of projects dealing with UAV air traffic insertion. Led negotiations on airworthiness, certification and standardisation issues with SESAR, EASA and EUROCAE.

      • R&T coordinator

        Oct 2015 - Aug 2017

      • Head of Unit Air and R&T Coordinator

        Jan 2014 - Oct 2015

      • Assistant Director R&T

        Sept 2012 - Dec 2013

    • None

      Sept 2017 - Jul 2018
      Taking stock - still interested in R&T and all things aerospace.

    • Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)

      Aug 2018 - now

      • Programme Manager

        Aug 2021 - now

      • Future Capabilities Group - Dep Head

        Aug 2018 - Jul 2021

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Member

      British Interplanetary Society

    • PPL (A)

      EASA - European Aviation Safety Agency
      Jan 2016

    • Associate Member

      Chartered Institute of Linguists
      Jan 2020

    • MAPM

      Association for Project Management

    • Member - MIOD

      The Institute of Directors
      Nov 2008

    • FRAeS

      Royal Aeronautical Society

    • FIET

      Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)