BAE Systems
BAE Systems is a multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, and the UK’s largest defence prime contractor. It designs, manufactures and supports combat aircraft, warships, submarines, electronic systems and cyber capabilities for the UK, US and allied governments, employing around 100,000 people worldwide.
Website: baesystems.com
Relationship
NQM partners with BAE Systems across several programmes, with BAE acting as prime on defence work and as a collaborator on standards development.
The DTEP collaboration with BAE Systems helped NQM, a non-traditional supplier, understand defence requirements and break into the defence supply chain. BAE is also a founder/partner member of the TAIBOM collaboration alongside NQM, TechWorks, Copper Horse and BSI, which is establishing a Trusted AI Bill of Materials to provide continuous assurance of AI systems.
Case studies
NQM engagements with BAE Systems:
- Naval situational awareness for defence using multi-agent AI data fusion — BAE as prime contractor.
- Autonomous AI agents for Integrated Air and Missile Defence using BAE INTeACT — collaboration on the BAE INTeACT IAMD engagement.
- AI supply-chain assurance for the AI industry using cryptographically signed bills of materials — BAE as a partner/founder member of the Trusted AI Bill of Materials initiative.
