Land Equipment Failure Reporting Analysis Service (LEFRAS)
Helping Defence organisations understand and improve asset availability
Project and delivery teams responsible for UK military land equipment were relying on multiple ageing systems to access and assess information about asset status and readiness. This fragmented approach made it difficult to gain a clear, timely view of equipment issues, trends and underlying causes.
A requirement emerged for a single, robust failure reporting and analysis service that could consolidate information from existing asset management platforms and provide structured, reliable data to support engineering and supportability decisions.
The solution needed to streamline how failures were captured, analysed and escalated, while enabling greater visibility of performance, safety concerns and readiness risks across a wide range of equipment types.
Better knowledge
Equipment support teams required a better understanding of how and why components and systems were failing and the frequency of occurrence. Without reliable trend and root cause visibility, equipment support became reactive and costly. A more proactive, data-driven approach was required to reduce wastage, improve planning and support timely preventative or corrective action that would enhance asset availability. This led RED Scientific Reply Ltd to develop the Land Equipment Failure Reporting Analysis Service (LEFRAS).
Unified reporting and analytics
LEFRAS is a modern, integrated application that delivers a unified failure reporting and analytics capability.
The service provides secure, role‑based access through a cloud environment and consolidates high-quality data into a single, intuitive platform. Users can quickly review failure events, identify recurring patterns and access historical evidence of related issues.
Advanced analytics support safety investigations, trend identification, obsolescence management and availability modelling based on real‑world failure and repair data.
The platform also complements wider Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and Integrated Product Support (IPS) activities, connecting with other support solutions to strengthen decision making, compliance and through‑life performance management.
The service produces tens of thousands of structured reports annually and supports a broad range of land equipment, from vehicles and plant to specialist systems and infrastructure.
Its flexibility and scalability underline the adaptability of both the solution and the support team delivering it.
Dedicated team
A dedicated support team manages data triage, helpdesk functions, training and the delivery of actionable insights. Failure data is checked, structured and enriched before reaching delivery teams, ensuring they receive consistent and meaningful information.
Users benefit from a modern interface that is significantly more intuitive than legacy systems, supported by a secure, high‑availability environment that meets stringent UK Defence requirements.
Continuous deployment ensures new technologies and improvements are introduced seamlessly. A built‑in feedback mechanism allows users to suggest enhancements, supporting a cycle of ongoing improvement and sustaining high levels of satisfaction across the user community.
Improved understanding
LEFRAS delivers a structured, traceable process for capturing failures, exposing previously hidden issues, analysing causes and recommending corrective actions. It improves understanding of reliability and availability while helping teams address safety concerns before they escalate.
With hundreds of active user accounts and time savings of several hours per week per team, the service contributes to significant cost and efficiency benefits.