Babcock is strengthening its digital defence capabilities through an Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Palantir Technologies UK, announced at DSEI 2023 event.
The partnership with Palantir Technologies will provide Babcock with a data platform aimed at transforming, capturing, integrating, modelling and building data-driven solutions.
Unlocking the power of data
Unlocking the power of data in this way will enable them to make better informed data-driven decisions
Unlocking the power of data in this way will enable them to make better informed data-driven decisions, maximise platform availability on customer assets, and understand where to drive even more value 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.
Data challenges grow in complexity and volume
Welcoming the announcement at DSEI 2023, Babcock Chief Executive Officer (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.”
He adds, “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.”
Babcock and Palantir Technologies partnership
Guy Williams, the 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.”
He adds, “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.”
Consolidation of data streams into one place
Unlocking the real value of that data will build on Babcock’s data intelligence and engineering expertise
The agreement with Palantir will consolidate data streams into one place, whether that’s on supply chains or asset management, with toolsets and analytics.
Unlocking the real value of that data will build on Babcock’s data intelligence and engineering expertise, so as to deliver better data-driven solutions, faster and more cost-effectively – anywhere in the world.
New platform approach
This new platform approach will also allow them to co-ordinate more closely with the customer and improve how they better understand and utilise data, enabling them to be a key part of their customers’ critical defence missions.
For example in DSG, they’re combining this smart data approach with their 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 they 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.