Sula Systems Limited is delighted to announce that Steve Scull has been appointed as Managing Director with effect from the 4th January. Steve will take executive responsibility for all aspects of managing Sula against it's vision, targets and objectives whilst maintaining its values and legislative compliance obligations.

Steve joined Sula 4 years ago as Operations Director from Roper Industries, an industrial controls company, where he held the position of Engineering and Business Development Director. Prior to that, he worked in the defence and space sectors in various design management roles with BAE and Matra Marconi Space.

Nigel Vaughan takes on the role as Chairman of the Board and will support the Board and Management Team in developing Sula's strategic direction and promoting the Sula culture.

Nigel said 'Steve has made an significant contribution to the growth of Sula over his four years as Operations Director and I have complete confidence in his ability to carry Sula forward with the support of his highly capable Management Team.'

In November 09, Sula won a competitive tender to support the MoD’s Joint Sensor and Engagement Networks (JSENS) Delivery Team to plan the future Technical Field Trials of the Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) System. Sula is priming the contract and will be supported by the professional services company VEGA Consulting Services. The LEAPP System, provided by Lockheed Martin INSYS, will provide near real-time data for the Land Component’s Air Picture.

Under this new contract, Sula will define a high level plan for the activities leading up to the Technical Field Trials; defining the activities, identifying dependencies, estimating costs and assessing risk to enable the detailed planning to take place at a later stage. We will also be identifying the recording equipment necessary and conducting a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) assessment after the Critical Design Review to provide an updated assessment of system maturity.

The Sula team is able to bring extensive trials experience and radar and tactical data link expertise in support of the trials, as well as existing system knowledge and established relationships with the programme’s stakeholders.

Sula has supported the LEAPP project since 2006, performing TRL assessments, defining test scenarios, conducting data analysis and defining the strategy and scenarios for the Synthetic Environment testing. Winning this first phase trials support contract places Sula as the preferred contractor for a second phase to provide further TRL assessments, trials support and data analysis.