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The Student Loans Company ( SLC ) appoints Atos as its final strategic partner for customer software delivery
The Student Loans Company ( SLC ) has announced the appointment of Atos as its fourth and final Strategic Partner for Customer Software Delivery which will include the development , maintenance and support of SLC customer and user-facing systems .
SLC ’ s Strategic Partnership Programme involves working with a small number of skilled partners to modernise , deliver and support its technology estate as part of a technical transformation programme . Following a highly competitive procurement exercise , Atos completes the Strategic Partner appointments under the programme , alongside Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS ) and Capgemini .
Atos was awarded the first contract in September 2020 to support SLC ’ s Customer Enablement Services – including the development of its customer interface and the associated technology infrastructure . In this fourth and final contract , Atos will provide a broad range of outcome-based services and capabilities which will be key to delivering the over-arching expertise , services , capabilities and capacity required by SLC ’ s technology strategy . This includes Modern Application Development and Maintenance ( ADM ) and Support Services , including on-premises and cloud-based , bespoke , Commercial-of-the-Shelf ( COTS ) and Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) products , which will develop the technical capabilities and deliver on critical policy .
“ I am pleased to confirm that our Strategic Partner Procurement Programme has now concluded with the appointment of Atos as the final Strategic Partner for Customer Software Delivery ( CSD2 ),” said Stephen Campbell , Chief Technology Officer at SLC .
Indra revamps Germany ’ s entire air surveillance network
Indra , a leading global technological engineering company for the aerospace , defence and mobility sectors , has signed a contract with DFS , Germany ’ s air navigation service provider , to modernise the country ’ s entire network of air surveillance radars with state-of-the-art technology .
The project , with an execution period of 13 years , has an amount over € 100 million , which would be extended depending on the release of the different options envisaged .
The company won out over the other top manufacturers in the market in an open competition , thanks to the best technically rated and most competitive proposal . It has thus won its largest Air Traffic Management ( ATM ) contract to provide surveillance for a large and technologically advanced country : Germany , which operates many key routes in Europe .
The project will enhance the safety , capacity , efficiency and environmental friendliness of air traffic in the country and help reduce CO 2 emissions .
Indra ’ s technology will replace the systems currently in operation , which are reaching the end of their useful life . More specifically , the company will deploy a minimum of 23 new sensors , 19 of them equipped with a primary
PSR radar and a secondary mode S radar and four stations with secondary mode S radars only . They will be used for en-route air traffic surveillance and approaches to Germany ’ s main airports .
Due to the efficient surveillance network structure , the installation of interims sensors and their relocation to their final facilities will be necessary .
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