BAE Systems leads with the Talisman at Undersea Defence Technology Europe
26 Jun 2006 | Ref. 157/2006
Talisman, a next-generation autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), will spearhead the Companys presence at Undersea Defence Technology in Hamburg, Germany, from 27-29 June 2006.
This will be the first time that BAE Systems will be demonstrating Talisman in the international market since the system was launched at Oceanology International earlier this year. The Talisman System, designed, developed and manufactured by BAE Systems in the UK, is a latest-generation modular multi-role UUV, capable of a wide range of maritime littoral operations. It will be linked with Nautis, the latest generation Mine Countermeasures Command & Control System designed to combat the increasing threat posed by ever more sophisticated mines.
BAE Systems will be displaying the Submarine Command System Next Generation (SMCS NG) - the latest evolution of the highly successful SMCS which is now at sea in all the Royal Navy’s submarines. SMCS NG has now been successfully installed in six of the eleven submarines that are going to receive it.
SMCS NG transfers the applications proven on earlier variants of SMCS to a new open system architecture that uses COTS PCs to provide the computer processing with Windows as the software operating system. The design includes a new console and draws heavily on developments made by BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte) for the combat management systems for the Astute class submarine and the Type 45 destroyer. SMCS NG software is delivered in a single “all-fits” release that configures itself for the combat system of each particular submarine.
BAE Systems will be giving two papers at the UDT exhibition: “Open Systems Vs. Open Source in Defence Systems”, presented by Peter Hammond on Tuesday 27 June at 12.30. This paper will describe the issues in developing against an open source requirement for a recent MoD project, and how these challenges were overcome by using an Open System Architecture approach.
In an Open System Architecture the system is decomposed into small, well-defined units with clear interfaces. Each component fitting into the architecture may be a traditional closed-source product, or may be open source. Providing the interfaces are well designed, the customer has flexibility in replacing and reusing components, while militarily or commercially sensitive intellectual property is still protected. This paper will describe the advantages and disadvantages of such an approach, and explore what is required of an interface to be “Open”
The second paper is “Environmental Impact Assessment for the Royal Navy” presented by Ian Thomas on Wednesday 28 June at 2.00pm. Ian Thomas will give an overview of how this new approach to an environmental impact assessment is undertaken both in process and methodology, and how the work by key academics from the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) and Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) extends current methodology. He also discuss how the software tool is being designed to meet the legislative and MoD Policy requirements as well as utilising current environmental and biological data.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is the premier transatlantic defence and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. With more than 100,000 employees worldwide, BAE Systems’ sales exceeded GB £15.4 billion (US$28 billion) in 2005.
For further information, please contact:
Sue Kennard, BAE Systems
Tel: +44 (0) 1276 603265 Mob: +44 (0) 7801 712739
sue.kennard@baesystems.com
Lisa Hillary-Tee, BAE Systems
Tel: +44 (0) 1252 384934 Mob: +44 (0) 7801 718994
lisa.hillary-tee@baesystems.com
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
