General Dynamics UK picked for next stage of Brunei`s Joint Ops Centre
Jurudong, Brunei (ANTARA News/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."
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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 www.generaldynamics.uk.com
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 www.gd.com
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