Autonomy on the front line: supplying Armed Forces on the battlefield.
We have just seen that the Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin challenges industry and academia to design autonomous systems that can resupply our front-line troops. Information on the .GOV website here.
Are you involved in this Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Defence and Security Accelerator competition: autonomous last mile resupply?
Graphic From .gov website – Vignette 2: emergency battle replenishment
Graphic From .gov website – Vignette 1: Resupply at reach
This is a fantastic opportunity in an area and market that we are interested in. If you or your organisation is involved, we would be keen to discuss opportunities for us to provide our specialist support to developers or government teams involved in this competition. We feel that we have some valuable qualifications, skills and experiences that would provide a team with an operational and competitive advantage over competition. We are a small agile company with specialist Defence Procurement (DP), Integrated Logisitic Support (ILS) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) experience.
Our Principal Consultant Alan Stevens has completed 22 years military service, 15 years in UK Defence procurement (Industry and Government Teams) during which time was involved in Land, Sea and Air capabilities within the field of Integrated Logistics. More recently has been involved in commercially operating unmanned air systems (8 years) under a UK CAA permission for commercial operation (PFCO) and providing consultancy support to a range of large and small organisations developing RPAS based capabilities. The company also holds a UK CAA Restricted – National Qualified Entity. (R-NQE) allowing it to assess RPAS pilots and make recommendations to the CAA.
More about our team can be found here and Alans associated curriculum vitae can be found here and his LinkedIn profile is here
Our Capabilities are summarised here.
A list of Defence Projects supported can be found here
We are experienced providers of discrete technical support under strict non disclosure agreements. If you are involved and wish to discuss how we can support your bid please contact us