§ Lord Astor of Heverasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which companies are currently involved in the NITEworks partnership; and what topics NITEworks is currently addressing. [HL4018]
§ Lord BachThere are 10 alliance partners (AMS, BAE Systems, EADS, EDS, GD(UK), Logica CMG, MBDA, QinetiQ, Raytheon, Thales) who have full visibility and rights to participate in NITEworks experiments, together with a further 31 associate participants who are involved as appropriate depending on their specialist skills or expertise.
NITEworks has six current experimental themes, they are: Kill Chain Development stage 2; Indirect Fire Integration; Joint Operational Picture; ISTAR Request For Information Management; Command & Battlespace Management (Land); and Component Command Information System Integration. New themes are being developed in the areas of combat identity; effects-based operations; maritime command and control; logistics command and control; and the exploitation of network enabled capability in our exercise programmes.