# NATO Armaments Ballistic Kernel \(NABK\) S4 Application and Code Development & Support to UK Equipments

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Armoured Vehicles Programmes - Artillery Systems Programme
- Contract winner: [QinetiQ Limited](/contract-winners/qinetiq/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £3,600,000
- Tender value: £3,600,000
- Award date: 13 March 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 April 2016
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 9bb116bd-6099-48dc-8b32-4a121aecd035-91153
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-71c599da-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

This contract procures the development and maintenance of a suite of high integrity software projects and component products, considered fundamental capability for NATO and support for UK defence equipment programmes\. The capabilities delivered include ballistic trajectory calculations, terrain data management and deconfliction, management and use of meteorological data, providing coordinate transforms and gross error checks on Fire mission data for a number of UK defence equipment programmes\. These capabilities are delivered to the following projects: Operational METGM production at the UK Meteorological Office, Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application \(FC BISA\), Fire Control Application \(FCA\) and the Type 26 Global Combat Ship \(GCS\) Gun Fire Control System \(GFCS\)\. The following projects that may require these capabilities are Advanced Sound Ranging Programme \(ASP\), Type 45 Destroyer Gun Fire Control System \(GFCS\), and the Light Gun \(105mm L118\) & AS90 \(115mm\) weapon platforms\. Additional information: To view this notice, register as a supplier here: http://www\.contracts\.mod\.uk/delta/signup\.html?userType=supplier and search for the notice with reference 'UK-Bristol: Development of software for military applications\.'\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9bb116bd-6099-48dc-8b32-4a121aecd035-91153)