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Issue 14


Winter 2011/12


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What’s


in this issue 07 Multiple milestones


Bowman is 10 years old, and the latest upgrade has just achieved a full roll-out.


08 Financial strength


Physical security systems can offer real business benefits too.


Increasingly we find that developing any kind of effective capability requires the integration of multiple technologies. And that’s not just a technical challenge – it requires a deep understanding of the needs and issues faced by the end users.


In our article on the Generic Base Architecture (GBA)


concept being developed for the UK’s armed forces (pg.14), you can see how a modular approach employing standardised interfaces can have a big impact, even with something as fundamental as providing electrical power. There are many lessons to be learned here from our work on vehicle architectures.


Organisations of many kinds have implemented physical 12 Rapid progress


The Specialist Vehicle programme is advancing rapidly.


security systems that yield valuable data, much of which isn’t yet being used to good effect. General Dynamics UK has extensive experience in creating highly integrated Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) systems: in many cases, these are being used to ensure the security and resilience of critical national infrastructure. Today, financial organisations are also aware of the benefits of such an approach, as we see in our article on pg.8.


In this issue, you can also see how well the British Army’s


Specialist Vehicle (SV) programme is progressing (pg.12). It’s now more than one year into the demonstration and qualification phase and much has been achieved.


Finally, we have an update on Bowman (pg.7). BCIP5.4


has been fully rolled out in theatre, where General Dynamics UK is providing on the ground support. And it’s getting a very warm reception.


14 Power base


Creating an integrated Forward Operating Base solution requires advanced capabilities.


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