Media Release PR35725
General Dynamics UK Selected for Next Stage of Brunei's Joint Operations
Centre JURUDONG, Brunei, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited has been selected for the next
stage of Brunei's competition to provide a Joint Operations Centre for the
Royal Brunei Armed Forces. The announcement was made by Dato Paduka Haji
Mustappa bin Haji Sirat, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, at BRIDEX
2009, the 2nd Brunei Darussalam International Defence Exhibition and
Conference, on 15 August 2009.
The Joint Operations Centre (JOC) will provide the Royal Brunei Armed
Forces (RBAF) and Ministry of Defence (MinDef) with a facility to deliver
command and control capability for military commands and civil organisations
at both a national and international level and be interoperable with its NATO
and ASEAN allies and coalition partners.
General Dynamics is committed to providing an enduring capability based
on Brunei's Vision 2035. General Dynamics UK is the Prime Contractor and
Systems Integrator delivering the UK's flagship C4I system across the British
Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force; and the latest enhanced version was
used successfully on British exercise in Brunei recently. General Dynamics UK
is also delivering similar systems to other customers worldwide.
The core of the General Dynamics solution for the Brunei JOC is a
low-risk Microsoft Windows based solution using best-of-breed products
enabling ease of use and local sustainability. General Dynamics will provide
both support and training packages tailored to meet the needs of the RBAF.
General Dynamics UK is teamed with Systematic UK for the Brunei JOC.
Systematic UK recently won the contract to provide its SitaWare product to be
the core software around which the United Kingdom's JOC will operate over the
coming years, thus providing a single unified Common Operating Picture (COP).
This same product is at the core of General Dynamics UK's Brunei JOC
proposal.
Welcoming the announcement, Andrew Browne, Vice President C4I Systems,
said: "General Dynamics UK is very pleased to have been selected for the next
stage of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces' JOC programme, after a rigorous
demonstration and assessment of our technical solution and capabilities.
Customers worldwide trust us to deliver. We are confident that our bid, which
offers both technical excellence and superb benefits in knowledge transfer
for the Bruneian ICT business sector, and also leverages our experience in
developing international education partnership programmes, will provide
Brunei with the best JOC solution. Our unique experience as the UK MoD's
premier communications partner supports our proven track record, delivering
interoperability for key programmes of national importance for Britain and
its military partners globally."
NOTES TO EDITORS
The Royal Brunei Armed Forces Joint Operation Centre
The JOC C4ISR will be linked with existing and planned applications and
networks from the Brunei MINDEF and other Government Departments and Non
Governmental Organisations. The system is required to work with legacy
equipments and systems. It should be interoperable with coalition partners
for deployed operations and civil agencies for disaster relief and homeland
security operations.
Systematic UK
The Systematic SitaWare software is a world leader, especially in
military messaging and international interoperability. It is used in many UK
C4I systems, including Bowman. It has recently been selected for the UK MoD
JOC to provide the UK Future (Joint) web service Data Repository on JC2SP.
This will enter service over the next 18 months.
General Dynamics UK is currently working with Systematic UK to provide
NATO interoperability into Bowman through integration with Bowman's ComBAT
C2 application. This is an example of open architectures enabling rapid
insertion of world-class capabilities.
General Dynamics UK
General Dynamics UK is the prime contractor and systems integrator of
Britain's flagship Bowman communications and data system, and has
successfully delivered complex communications integration programmes for
Britain's key allies and partner across the world.
About General Dynamics
General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), is a leading player in the UK's knowledge
economy and industrial base. Established in the United Kingdom for over 40
years, it employs over 1,600 people at 10 UK and international facilities. A
prime contractor and complex systems integrator, working in partnership with
the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and other allies, growing key intellectual
property, skills and capabilities in its UK research facilities and
workforce, whilst harnessing world-leading technology.
General Dynamics UK led a key MoD Defence Technology Centre research
consortium and, together with a growing C4I export programme, plays a central
role manufacturing and developing technology to deliver network enabled
capability and ISTAR in the battlespace. The Company is widely recognised as
a leading contender to supply and integrate the next generation of Armoured
Fighting Vehicles for the British Army. For further information visit
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs
approximately 92,000 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in
business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and
munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and
technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at
SOURCE: General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited
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