Space & Defence
In Space, we are the top European supplier of mission-critical management and control systems. While in the Defence sector, our revolutionary work encompasses everything from business systems and management information to the battlespace itself.
Space
At the heart of navigation and communication systems, our software is, among many other things, producing the weather satellite images seen by more than two billion people across the globe, helping Europe explore the surface of Mars, and helping the Rosetta probe circle and land on a comet one billion km from earth.
We work with such clients as the European Space Agency, EUMETSAT, Inmarsat, Eutelsat, Iridium, Globalstar, Intelsat, EADS Astrium, Thales Alenia Space and New Skies.
It’s not just a fascinating sector though, it’s an essential one. Our know-how here tackles many of the world’s most pressing issues. For instance:
- monitoring global warming, ozone depletion, deforestation, ice cap shrinkage and El Niño as well as routine weather forecasting
- communications in remote areas and on the move: to ships and planes, from war zones and disaster areas, in deserts and on mountain tops, or even in rural areas of the UK that lack cable or ADSL
- positioning ourselves, our family and friends, our vehicles and our assets precisely anywhere in the world
- searching for life beyond the Earth, for new Earths, for the very origins of the universe
- supporting our armed forces in remote and dangerous locations world-wide, monitoring nuclear missile deployments, delivering munitions with pin-point precision, and locating our enemies.
What’s more, our space systems are increasingly complex, relying more and more on software-based intelligence to ensure success. These software solutions have to:
- be secure despite the broadcast nature of satellite communications
- cope with complex technical environments such as earth imaging, radio propagation and orbital mechanics
- work first time, since space conditions (e.g. zero gravity) cannot be simulated on the ground
- be ultra-reliable since, once launched, satellites have to work without maintenance for ten years or more
- be delivered on time or risk causing very expensive satellite launch delays.
Defence
The Defence marketplace has gone through dramatic change recently. The chances of large-scale armed conflict have reduced, but been replaced by increasing turbulence and the arrival of persistent, and multiple low-intensity threats. As 9/11 showed, the world is populated with an increasing number of terrorist groups who pose new challenges for democracies and, specifically, for Defence.
The UK's Armed Forces will continue to retain the core capability to conduct classic battlespace operations, but the new challenges demand flexibility in equipment, capability and the way the forces are structured. They need to be able to meet many different operational scenarios, ranging from peacekeeping and counter-terrorism through to power projection and deliberate intervention. And they need to be able to deliver this capability virtually anywhere in the world.
We’ve worked across Defence for over 40 years, building expertise in everything from business systems, logistics and management information systems through to the battlespace itself with BISA and satellite communication systems. Our deep understanding of the underlying technologies, defence infrastructure and environment, coupled with tried and tested project and programme management processes, ensures we deliver even the most complex projects successfully.
For instance, we’re working on an £80m integrated healthcare information system to the UK armed forces which will provide up-to-date electronic medical and dental records anytime, anywhere. We’re part of a consortium delivering the £3bn Defence information infrastructure programme – the biggest and most complex single infrastructure project, to date, being rolled-out in Europe. And we’re the European leader in military satellite communications ground systems.
Straight talking from Logica
