Press Release

8th August 2002

Somerset based Aerosystems International Ltd (AeI) is providing key systems engineering and system integration services to the Lockheed Martin Watchkeeper team. The project will use unmanned air vehicles, equipped with all weather sensors, to gather imagery from behind enemy lines, and relay it to ground stations where any critical intelligence can be extracted.

AeI will build, manage and operate the Software Integration Facility (SIF), bringing together a variety of software components and integrating them into a coherent system. As part of this activity, AeI will provide the 'glue' software that allows the end user to operate the Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Software packages as a unified whole.

Work has already started on the software architecture and in designing the Software Integration Facility (SIF). Early in the System Integration Assessment Phase (SIAP) the SIF will be built at AeI in Yeovil to support integration and testing of the Lockheed Martin Watchkeeper solution.

Aerosystems International is a leading company in the analysis, design, development and delivery of complex, software intensive systems for the aerospace industry. It also develops cutting edge systems and smart technologies for various industrial applications. AeI was founded in 1985, with 15 staff. Today it has a total of 500 in the UK and the United States.

For further information please contact:
Emma Taylor
Aerosystems International Ltd
Alvington
Yeovil
Somerset
BA22 8UZ
Tel:+ 44 (0) 1935 443000 or Fax +44 (0) 1935 443111.