An announcement at DSEI confirmed a new partnership between Babcock International Group (Babcock) and Palantir Technologies UK, which will see its digital defence capabilities strengthened through an Enterprise Agreement (EA).
The partnership will provide Babcock with a data platform aimed at transforming, capturing, integrating, modelling and building data-driven solutions. Unlocking the power of data in this way will enable them to make better informed data-driven decisions, maximise platform availability of customer assets, and understand where even more value can be driven through data.
The partnership will support all areas of Babcock’s defence business across submarines, warships, army equipment and training right through to supply chains.
Welcoming the announcement at DSEI, Babcock CEO for Land, Tom Newman, said: “As the defence landscape becomes increasingly digital in nature, our data challenges are also growing in complexity and volume.
“Given the complex defence supply chains we operate in, having a true data picture of that ecosystem is vital in allowing us to make better strategic decisions and aligns us to our customer’s digital defence backbone.”
Guy Williams, Head of UK Defence & National Security from Palantir Technologies UK Ltd, said: “We’re excited to partner with Babcock as they realise their digital defence ambitions. Together, we are driving toward a new era for the UK’s Defence enterprise – one that is pioneering, modern and AI-enabled.
“Our partnership with Babcock will help ensure the MOD maximise operational output at pace, whilst empowering Babcock’s talented workforce to become truly digitally enabled.“
This new platform approach will also allow Babcock to co-ordinate more closely with the customer and improve how to better understand and utilise data, becoming a key part of customers’ critical defence missions.
In DSG, for example, Babcock is combining this smart data approach with its deep engineering expertise to improve fleet availability and real time identification of any issues throughout the asset lifecycle.
Using the right technology and harnessing it for greatest impact means we can provide optimal performance, mitigate risks for the British Army realising value for defence across Equipment Support.
Areas the partnership will focus on include:
- Equipment support and Maintenance: Data insights on how to increase platform availability and readiness, as well as spares provision and requisition.
- Training contracts: Insights into training performance, training needs to support strategic decisions and customer requirements.
- Shipbuilding: Cost-savings and efficiencies by bringing together disparate data streams that teams are working on at any point in an asset lifecycle.
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