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Issue 13


Summer 2011


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Commendation from Chief of Defence Materiel


The BATCIS Experimentation, Research and Operational Support Team, including team members from General Dynamics UK, received a commendation from the Chief of Defence Materiel (CDM) for its work on developing and delivering the most recent version of Bowman to the UK’s Armed Forces.


CDM commendations recognise achievements of outstanding merit that go beyond normal performance and expectations and which deserve senior management and public recognition. Since 2008, the joint MoD and General Dynamics UK team has worked in direct support of Headquarters 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in its role as the lead formation for tactical data experimentation.


Together they set the conditions for the


Headquarters to develop and exploit the Digitized Headquarters concept, which included disseminating any lessons learned to the broader Land Environment.


The joint team developed innovative ways of working with the MoD and industry to deliver


Relationships Building links between industry and academia


Rob Rolley, director of Research and Development for General Dynamics UK, has been appointed chairman of the Industrial Advisory Board for Cardiff University School of Engineering.


Rob Rolley Trusted to deliver


Ranked among the top 10 combined engineering schools in the UK, Cardiff approaches research as a collaborative and innovative enterprise involving, among others, industrial partners, research


organisations and other universities. Rolley will use his position


to bolster ties between General Dynamics UK and academia while providing feedback and guidance on course structure and content. In addition, he will use the role as a talent spotter for future graduates and postgraduates, and seek opportunities to direct emerging technologies from industrial partners through EDGETM


UK.


capability to operations. The creation of a first- rate experimental environment, in which new developments and novel technologies could be tested, trialled and exploited, was fundamental to the setting of conditions for pre-operational training.


Throughout this development of the latest


Bowman baseline and associated UORs the intimate support provided by the joint team in the operational support role has continued to reinforce the reputation of Bowman.


Major General Adrian Bradshaw, General


Officer Commanding 1st (UK) Armoured Division said: “The performance of this team has been outstanding. Their impact as a team and individually has been the significant factor in contributing to a hugely successful project, which will deliver operational benefit.”


Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel, and Major Craig Janes of BATCIS DT


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