# PICASSO - Aeronautical Information Capability

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: IMaGE Delivery Team
- Contract winner: [QinetiQ Limited](/contract-winners/qinetiq/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £32,527,000
- Tender value: £32,527,000
- Award date: 27 August 2021
- Published: 10 September 2021
- Contract start: 27 August 2021
- Contract end: 26 February 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: works
- Notice ID: 52c16b5b-3121-45b0-bcfc-d93b7cb68eab-467532
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d7b72acd-2a6e-480b-8c6e-893bc3b0bcec

## Description

Picasso-Aeronautical Information Capability \(P-AIC\) to deliver a single end-to-end capability for the collection, processing and production of authoritative and assured AI to meet UK Defence aviation requirements\. It will replace an existing system with a growing number of Obsolescence issues\. It will ensure Defence AI complies with Commission Implementing Regulation \(EU\) 2017/373 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation \(EU\) 2020/469\. It will also enable continued collaboration and sharing of Defence and Civilian AI with Five Eyes partners through the Allied System for GEOINT Aeronautical Sub-Group \(AASG\) by adopting common data standards, practices and procedures to deliver a co-production capability that allows ingest and export of data between No 1 AIDU and the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency \(NGA\) and other Five Eyes partners 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: Installation services of computers and information-processing equipment\.'\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52c16b5b-3121-45b0-bcfc-d93b7cb68eab-467532)