ITT Visual Information Solutions provides integrated software solutions that allow defense personnel, scientists and engineers turn complex data into useful information. Customers worldwide from engineering to aerospace and defence and space sciences use ITT products to visualise and analyse data and imagery.

For 29 years, a wide variety of professionals have used IDL in aerospace engineering and space exploration projects to get accurate results from data used for engineering, instrument testing, instrument calibration, and monitoring. High profile cases include the Deep Impact project, where the flyby and impactor spacecrafts and onboard imaging instruments were engineered, tested, and monitored using IDL.

In addition, ITT Visual Information Solutions is proud to offer ENVI, which has been used in aerospace, defence and intelligence and scientific applications for over 12 years, and provides a complete image exploitation package with the most advanced, user-friendly spectral tools available. ENVI is easily customised and extended using IDL, and is the most robust solution for today's defence and intelligence needs, including basic image analysis, advanced spectral processing, target detection and identification, multi source image fusion, change detection, terrain visualisation, and more.

The HFI DTC conducts human-centred activities over a broad range of military domians. Now into its fourth year, the Centre's R&D topics include human-centred aspects of Command & Control and networked defence teams, Armed Forces education and training, human performance analysis techniques for complex tasks and systems, Synthetic Environments for training and design and new, quick-to-use field tools for recording human activities across the Armed Forces.

The HFI DTC also provides focused support for the MoD's internal HFI processes via a dedicated team installed at Abbey Wood and through the deployment of key personnel as and when required. Amongst the specific technologies under investigation by the HFI DTC are next-generation wearable computers, advanced display facilities for C4I, virtual environments for uninhabited vehicles and innovative, "games engine"-based simulators for the future training of military personnel including defence medicine specialists.

The HFI DTC is a collaborative venture, primed by Aerosystems International of Yeovil, supported by Lockheed Martin UK Integrated Systems, SEA Group and MBDA Missile Systems, together with the Universities of Birmingham, Brunel and Cranfield.

The Systems Engineering Innovation Centre (SEIC)

The Systems Engineering Innovation Centre (SEIC) is a unique £60M collaboration between industry, academia and government.

Developed in partnership between BAE Systems, Loughborough University and the EAst Midlands Development Agency, the SEIc is spearheading research and training in aspects associated with the development, delivery and maintenance of systems products and /or services which are characterised by integration, complexity, novelty and risk. The centre also aims to support innovative British businesses in improving their Systems Engineering skills.

Every major aerospace and defence organisation in the world uses MathWorks products and services to develop air, naval, land, and space systems. Engineers and scientists rely on MathWorks tools for Model-Based Design and technical computing in programs such as the Airbus A380, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Mars Exploration Rover, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced wireless systems.

MATLAB and Simulink provide a flexible software environment for designing multidomain systems, simulating high-fidelity behavioural dynamics, testing, and generating safety-critical flight computer code. The products also promote agility and communication along the supply chain, by providing a common software environment for sharing data, designs, and specifications across organisations. This approach minimises program risk and enables teams to develop mission-critical systems faster.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading provider of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury's solutions play a critical role in a wide range of applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation.

In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the Company's systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic imaging devices including MRI, PET, and digital X-ray, and in semiconductor imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer inspection.

Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization software and optimized systems to diverse end markets including life sciences, geosciences, and simulation. The Company also provides radio frequency (RF) products for enhanced communications capabilities in military and commercial applications.

The UK National Advanced Robotics Research Centre (UK NARRC) was set up in 1988 as part of the UK government’s Advanced Robotics Initiative with a view to carry out core research activities in advanced robotics and to be the coordination centre for the various National Collaborative Groups that were working in specific application areas.

UK NARRC is now run jointly by Salford University and R U Robots Limited. Salford University have a long track record of innovative research in advanced robotics, particularly in advanced user interfaces, and human augmentation and rehabilitation systems. Salford University performs most of the current research activities carried our within NARRC and maintains links with UK academic organisations. R U Robots is a small, independent advanced robotics company providing robotic solutions to a range of clients and undertakes the industrial liaison activities of NARRC as well as many of the international liaison activities.

NARRC has a five primary aims, vis:

	To encouraging the growth of an advanced robotics community and industry within the UK
	To provide a focal point for advanced robotics companies and organisations and to promote a consistent view of UK advanced robotics capabilities to UK industry and the international community
	To promote the benefits of advanced robotics systems and technologies to potential end user companies and individuals
	To disseminate information and results relating to advanced robotics, particularly in relation to international activities. NARRC also provides the UK government representation to the International Advanced Robotics Programme.
	To carry out research activities related to advanced robotics systems.

Robotics research at RUR and Salford University is focussed within the National Centre and current work focuses on topics of Human Robot Interface, advanced gripper and actuation systems and intuitive control for industrial applications.

NARRC also maintains strong links with other UK robotics organisations, notably the IET Professional Network for Robotics and Mechatronics and the British Automation and Robotics Association.

The Ocean Systems Laboratory is an internationally recognised centre located in the School of Engineering and Physical Science, at Heriot–Watt University Edinburgh. The 30 strong team specialises in subsea robotics and signal processing for Ocean applications.

Particular strengths are in; autonomous underwater vehicles; autonomy and the linkage of perception and action; sonar modelling, design and signal processing (including biologically inspired device); computer aided detection/classification in sonar and video; data fusion; navigation data processing (esp. using SLAM methods); automated mission planning; visual servoing; data visualisation; intelligent diagnostic systems; augmented reality methods for training, mission analysis and operation.

The laboratory boasts a multi-disciplinary team who partner with UK, European and US industrial and research groups on multiple projects supporting Offshore, Naval and Marine Science applications. Major sponsors include Oil Companies, the United States Navy, NATO, the European Union and the UK Ministry of Defence. It contributes to the Edinburgh Research Partnership Joint Research Institute in Signal and Image Processing with the University of Edinburgh

The laboratory works in partnership with it’s industrial arm, SeeByte Ltd (www.seebyte.com). SeeByte makes SEETRACK, the situational awareness solution that enables field personnel to build a single integrated picture of their battle/work space by processing data and directing action across all assets of opportunity from a laptop. It interfaces to tactical decision aids, sensors and platforms, and uses an open modular architecture allowing plug-ins, some of which are sophisticated embedded payload modules in their own right,

Currently SEETRACK Military has been procured by the US Navy, NATO and several other Navies worldwide for mine warfare and ship hull inspection applications using AUVs, UAVs, marine mammals and divers. In the Offshore market SEETRACK Offshore is being used for automatic AUV pipeline following and ROV position keeping. It has also demonstrated autonomous docking and riser inspection, and is being developed for more extended use in Field of the Future initiatives. In a recent success, SEETRACK Military was used with the Hydroid REMUS AUV by US Naval Special Clearance Team One in combat clearing mines from Umm Qasr harbour during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Octec Limited, a member of Radstone Technology PLC, is one of the leading suppliers of real time image processing solutions to the aerospace and defence markets, worldwide. The company’s products encompass rugged, real time image processing modules that perform the following functions:

Video tracking, moving target detection, image enhancement, image fusion, image stabilisation, image mosaicing and image matching. Applications include air defence, ground based, naval and airborne surveillance, infantry weapon sights and unmanned systems.

Pentland Systems specialise in design of rugged, conduction-cooled high-performance signal acquisition and reconstruction sub-systems for the military sensor processing market. Successful design of ruggedized, conduction-cooled systems relies on experience, for which Pentland Systems possesses an extensive knowledge base, gained from a series of rugged product designs.

This is crucial for tackling the new power dissipation challenges associated with modern FPGA and uPx technologies. The company has over 20 years product development experience in this area, covering VME, PMC and XMC form factors combined with performance optimized GHz & MHz acquisition/reconstruction technologies. Pentland Systems Ltd is one of the very few companies in the world with this level of capability.

Our product technology also covers high precision analog I/O, flexible digital I/O and Synchro-Resolver technologies.

Our customers include all the major defence prime contractors including Boeing, BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin. The company sells into 15 countries and more than 75% of our customers are export clients.

Plexus is unique within the fast growing Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry. With over twenty years experience in turning product concepts into world-class products, Plexus offers customers a comprehensive set of value-added product realization services.

Plexus provides end-to-end product design, test, manufacturing, fulfillment and aftermarket solutions to branded product vendors in the Medical, Wireless Infrastructure, Wireline Networking, Industrial Instrumentation and Defence sectors.

The Company’s unique materials and manufacturing solutions strategically enhanced by value-added product design and engineering services, are developed to optimise lowest total cost, scalability and responsiveness for programs requiring flexibility, technology and quality. Plexus provides award-winning customer service to more than 150 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Europe, North America and Asia.

Plexus is where ideas become reality.

What is Product Realisation?

The Plexus Product Realization Process is a time-proven, structured, product development and manufacturing methodology. It is the value added Plexus intellectual property that facilitates the seamless and expedient transition through every stage of the product life cycle. This cycle includes the conceptualisation, design, proto-typing, test, new product introduction (NPI), full scale manufacturing, fulfillment and sustaining services.

Customer focused functional teams concentrate their full energy on the specifics of the project utilising a certified process. The result? Time to market is optimised, total costs are minimised, quality and customer satisfaction are maximised.

Altium
Altium Limited is the leading global developer and supplier of electronics design software for the Microsoft Window environment. Founded in 1985, Altium released the world’s first Microsoft Windows-based printed circuit board design tool in 1991 and continues to provide advanced, easy-to-use, and affordable software design tools to electronics engineers, designers and developers worldwide.

Altium Designer
System-on-FPGA Development tools
Altium Designer is the worlds first and only unified tool to encompass all aspects of electronic product development. Altium Designer integrates board- and FPGA-level system design, embedded software development for FPGA-based and discrete processor, and PCB layout, editing and manufacturing within a single design environment.

Premier EDA Solutions
Founded in January 1994, Premier EDA Solutions is Altium’s UK & Ireland Sales and Support Centre. Over the past 12 years, Premier's reputation and customer base has grown dramatically. It offers a unique portfolio of Altium software products, training and skills solutions.

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QinetiQ is one of the world's leading defence technology and security companies.

In today's world the challenges faced by governments to detect, identify and respond to both defence and homeland security threats requires the most advanced technical capabilities science can offer.

We operate at the leading edge of technology which enables us to give our civil customers access to solutions that are often beyond those readily available in commercial markets.

From integrating legacy weapons systems with state of the art sensors and software for the British MOD, to fielding advanced robotic systems for the US Department of Defense; providing port security products for the US Department of Homeland Security, or designing advanced security systems for many of the City's computer systems, QinetiQ is committed to delivering Brilliant Solutions to Important Problems.