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The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence has awarded a 10-year mission data partnership contract worth more than £80 million (AU$140 million) to QinetiQ-led Team Pegasus.
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The QinetiQ-led team will be providing mission data, electronic warfare skills solutions, training and IT support in the Project Societas partnership.
Contributing team companies include SRC UK, Inzpire, CGI, Mercury EW, Metrea Mission Data, Warner McCall, Northrop Grumman, Lincoln University and Cranfield University.
The project is expected to accelerate the production of mission data for UK military platforms and personnel, while also contributing to UK defence exports.
Defence Intelligence strategy and enterprise services director Naomi Roberts said Project Societas is a new and collaborative way of working with industry to deliver operational outputs.
“We look forward to working with Team Pegasus over the next 10 years to expand and upskill the mission data workforce across both defence and industry,” she said.
“(To) develop new and innovative ways of working to meet the increasing demands and complexity of mission data capabilities.
“This [is] a unique opportunity to forge a partnership between industry and defence working together to achieve information advantage over our adversaries”.
Mission data production turns source data into assured high-quality data to make military systems more effective, and creates an operational advantage over a comparable technology platform.
QinetiQ UK intelligence chief executive James Willis, speaking on behalf of Team Pegasus, said the team is delighted to be selected as the industry partner for mission data.
“The contract demonstrates how the MoD works closely with industry to build the skills of the future and introduce innovative approaches to enhance mission capability,” he said.
“Our team brings extensive experience of electronic warfare, mission data analysis, communication and information services and data-led transformation from across UK industry.
“Doing so by harnessing the value delivered by small and medium-sized companies and our academic partners.
“We look forward to working together in partnership with the MoD delivering the next generation of mission data”.
