Ministry of Defence and IBM enter 5 year agreement to manage UK Air Surveillance
Posted by: Dedicated Servers in Uncategorized, tags: Air Control, Air Force Source, Air Surveillance, Amp, Control System, Defence Equipment, Flight Plans, Hardware Software, Helpdesk, Ibm, Ibm Support, Ibm Uk, Ministry Of Defence, Moment Of The Day, Real Time Data, Relationship, Royal Air Force, Software Training, Surveillance Equipment, Suspicious ActivityIBM and Defence Equipment and Support, a department of the Ministry of Defence, have announced a five-year strategic agreement for IBM to manage the UK Air Surveillance Command & Control System (UCCS). The IBM system is used to identify every one of the thousands of aircraft that are in the skies above the UK at any moment of the day. It tracks their movements against filed flight plans and sifts through real-time data to pinpoint suspicious activity.
The system was originally designed and implemented by IBM staff in the UK in 2001. The new agreement continues the existing relationship and covers the support for all hardware, software, training, helpdesk and onsite assistance to meet the most demanding requirements specified by the Royal Air Force.
Source: IBM
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