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DSTL announces SERAPIS partnerships

Homeland July 22, 2019

Partnerships for the SERAPIS framework have been announced by DSTL including SMEs.

The SERAPIS framework was created to allow the DSTL to access talent across the industrial supply base. This includes SMEs, Non-Traditional Defence Suppliers (NTDS) and academia.

One goal of the framework is to access to research supply chains to expand DSTL’s C4ISR and aerospace research. C4ISR (command, control, computers, communication, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) has been split into five ‘lots’ awarded to Roke Manor Research Ltd., BAE Systems, QinetiQ, NSC, and Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd.

Richard Millidge, SERAPIS’ Project Technical Authority, said: “This ambition is a key performance measure that will be placed on the industrial leads of the six framework lots. Although primarily serving the research needs of CIS and DSA Divisions, we are fully expecting the framework to be used widely across Dstl, other MOD organisations such as DE&S, ISS and the front line commands, but also across government as well. Collaboration, partnership and innovation are key aspects that we are actively encouraging through the framework.”

Under the new partnership Roke Manor Research will cover the development and integration of new and emerging ISTAR ‘Collect’ technology and techniques into the wider defence and cross-government ISTAR enterprise. BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd will cover all aspects of defence and security space systems from underpinning enabling services such as space-specific analysis.

QinetiQ Ltd will cover the development, testing, and evaluation of novel Command and Control (C2) concepts and systems to improve sense-making, battlespace management, resilience and decision making. They will also cover the development of C4ISR communications and networks and will aim to exploit and drive emerging concepts and technology in military and civilian communications infrastructure.

NSC will cover the development of synthetic environments, modelling and simulation, and associated tools. Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd covers the development of data analytics and information processing tools and techniques in support of defence’s decision-making processes and techniques.

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Post written by: Ciara Houghton