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Niteworks Brief
May 2014

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What is Niteworks?
 Niteworks is an MOD and Industry Partnership
 It is designed to conduct multi-industry experiments and
decision support activities, before the competitive process
starts
 It benefits from a unique intellectual property model
 It aims to benefit both the MOD and Industry
 It is considered part of the MOD

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Fully Inclusive MOD and Industry Collaboration
12 industry partners
drawn from the
major defence
providers
MOD unified
customer
114 associate
members comprising
small & medium
sized enterprises
(SMEs), specialists,
academia and
consulting
companies

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Strategic role of Niteworks
The Niteworks partnership exists to provide practical, impartial responses
to complex defence problems by combining evidence, experience and
innovation from across the whole defence enterprise, including MOD,
Dstl, industry and academia, in an agile and timely fashion
To provide support to MOD:
 Decision making for:
– Defence Business, Contingency, and Military Operations
 Capability planning
 Capability-based acquisition
 Enterprise design and transformation

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Delivery
Generating the
solution
Divergence
[Exploring the question, testing the
problem]
Convergence
[Examining what’s possible, shaping
the requirement]
Divergence
[Exploring the supply side,
choosing the partner]
Convergence
[Bringing the solution together,
Delivering the integrated
components]
[Ideally Capability across the DLoDs, through time]
Warfighting x-DLoD
Exploring and
defining the
problem space
Decision Support
Robust requirement,
Qualified and costed
Where does Niteworks fit?

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Start-up
Assurance
Technical
support
Delivery
Director
MOD
Sponsor
“The
Question”
“Execution”
Request
Supply
Supply
Supply
Partners
Associates
Delivery
How does Niteworks work?

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C4ISR & Cyber
Air Platforms
& Test, Simulation and
Training Programme
Communications,
Infrastructure
& Services
Intelligence
Non-Aligned
Current Planned
Niteworks Portfolio May 2014
CD Cbt Experimentation Yr 2
UAS Programme Support
DSA IAEP Phase 2
C4ISR
Interoperability
C-IED Contingent Capability
Future COEFOR CCD
Command Change Programme
Support Air, Army, Navy & Joint
Command PSFSupport
- Army DG Cap
- Navy PSF
JFIG Innovation
Dstl OSINT CCD Exploitation 2
Open Source Intelligence
CCD Phase 3
JIOC Dev Sp
ACDS (Log Ops) DS
Support to CCEB
CD CSS Sustainment
UW BLOS Comms
JACKDAW C2IT Prog Dev
A400M In-Service Support
& TAA
Defence Operational
Training Capability (Air)
DOTC (X)
Defence Test & Evaluation
Capability
Common Defensive Aids
Suite Programme
Joint BM Trng
Decisive Action Training Env
Nimrod LFE
HRMS Study
LE TacCIS Blueprint
Phase 2
LE TacCIS PMO Support
Brockworks 4
Support to OP IS
NTA Technical
Framework 3
Support to DE&S CIO IA
C4IDC 14/15
DOTC (A) Battlefield Helo
Exportability 2
Bde HQ C2 A&E
Army Brigade CONEMP
Brockworks 5
CIPHER

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Niteworks Pipeline Breakdown May 2014
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Joint
Air
Land
Maritime
Centre
Number of Projects
Domian
Start Up: Potential
Start Up: Identified
Start Up: Development
Start Up: Transition
Initiation
Execution
Completing
Completed in Last 12
Months

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Niteworks
Organisation
February 2014
Senior Military Advisor
& Military Adviser (Air)
Wg Cdr Edd Watkin
Portfolio Manager
Michael James
MOD Niteworks Team
Leader
Paul Lowe
Battlespace Context
Manager
Rob Baldock
Chief Scientist
Andy Stocks
Chief Analyst
Chris Jordan
Chief Systems
Engineer
Nick Frall
Knowledge &
Benefits Manager
Nigel Burke/ Mark
Schofield
Partnering
Coordinator
Christine Bewley
Technical Director
Prof Mike Wilkinson
Head of
Commercial/Partnering
Samantha Page
Head of Finance
Keith Hurst
Snr Commercial/
Procurement Officer
Tricia Borgnis
Commercial
Administrator
Abarna Sanjeev
Commercial,
Procurement &
Programme Manager
James Shiplee
IT Manager
Dominic
Clover- Lambert
Delivery Director
Rick Bounsall
Managing Director
Simon Jewell
Dstl/Niteworks
Liaison
Phil Taylor
Stakeholder
Managers
2 FTE
Deputy
Delivery Director
Paul Bradley
IPT Project
Coordinator
Dave Pilbeam
MOD Niteworks
Manager
George King
Communications
Manager
Jessie-May Brown
Military Advisor
(Mar)
TBD
Operations
Manager
Tom Partridge
Chief Systems
Architect
Dave Evans
Leadership Team
Tac C4ISR
Al Campbell
Cyber
Nigel Jackson
TEST & Air
Platforms
Peter Waring
Project Funded
Project Support
Manager
Jim Sanderson
Project Support
Manager
Debbie Kempton
Project Support
Manager
Sam Earner
Project Support
Manager
Gavin Templeton
Military Advisor
(Land)
Major Mike Baxter
Project Accountant
Paul Eason
Intelligence
Steven Harland
Accounts Payable
Sally Neems
Finance Assistant
Jean Mattin
Resourcing
Coordinator
Louise Barltrop
MOD Team

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BAE Systems
EADS
Finmeccanica
GDUK
HP
LMUK
Logica
MBDA
NGMS
QinetiQ
Raytheon
Thales
Associates
Suppliers
3SDL Abedas
Actica Consulting Agile Ideas
Altran Praxis Atkins
ATOS Origin IT Services Arke
Aviation Requirements Bill Robins
BMT Hi-Q Sigma BOEING DEFENCE UK LTD
Burchelli Consulting C3IA Solutions
Cap Gemini UK Concinitas
Cranfield University Cuerden Consulting
Decision Analysis Services Deloitte MCS
Dytecna E2E Services
ELS Emerging Technology
Envitia Etchells Consulting
Ernst and Young Fujitsu Services
Glue Reply Harmonic
Helios Helyx
IMES Integrate Systems Engineering
Inzpire J C Sys
JA Consulting JRA Aerospace
Kaplan IT KNK
L-3 LSC
Magna Parva Model Futures
MooD International Mott Macdonald
Newman and Spurr Nexor
NRB Persides
Polaris Consulting Purple Secure Systems
PWC R2B2
RED Scientific RJD Technology
Roke Manor Safetech Engineering
Saab SAIC
SCS SEA
Simutec Soteria Consulting
Sula Systems Steria
SVGC SyntheSys
Systematic Talascend
Telaugos Solutions Torchlight
TRTDC Triad
Ultra Vedette
Warner McCall
Industrial Participation
Associate contracts
(of which SMEs c. 52% by spend)
2007 to Jan 2013

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Resourcing – Annual Comparison
Resourcing – Partnership Spread (12 mths to 31 Oct)
Partners comprise 10.6% of
Partnership entities (at 31 Oct),
but:
+ make 21% of applications
+ are appointed to 16% of all
roles
+ 10/12 (83%) Partners made
at least one application (year
to 31 Oct)
+ All Partners who have made
applications have won at
least one role
440 total roles to end
Oct 2013 vs 322 to end
Oct 2012
197 competed roles to
end Oct 2013 vs 137 to
end Oct 2012

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Project Sponsor Funding
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