BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited

BMIS (Battlespace Management and Intelligence System)

BMIS is a modular, AI-powered solution that enables true problem-centric ISR and threat analysis at a holistic level, giving Defence/Military and National Security customers the intelligence to make lawful and effective decisions. BMIS facilitates Multi-Domain Integration through advanced data assimilation, with automated mission planning and monitoring capabilities providing decision advantage.

Features

• A structured knowledge graph complying with the MIM Ontology
• Extracting structured data from free text into the knowledge graph
• Recall information from a knowledge graph based on semantic matching
• Processing structured data and ingesting it into BMIS knowledge graph
• GIS engine - map/chart data and geospatial calculations
• User Interface elements inspired by social media eg commenting, voting
• Select and direct appropriate assets at a strategic level
• Time Slider - Visualise SA at a different time point
• Ingest, store and display media information (e.g. live video feeds)

Benefits

• Lower cognitive burden for decision makers
• Superior battle space understanding and Situational Awareness
• Rapid and adaptive force planning and application
• Multi domain at the data layer
• Lower training burden
• Holistic view at the data level reduces missed emerging events
• Addressable historical record allows learning and review
• Near Real time alerting for configured specific courses of action

£1,200,000 a licence a year

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at government.tenders@baesystems.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

482439551421708

Contact

Jules Fraser
03301 580 051
government.tenders@baesystems.com

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: Any data sources or assets requiring tasking through this system will need to be integrated for BMIS to provide value.
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Community cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: Constraints may be context dependent.
• System requirements:
  • Neo4J enterprise license based on scale and availability
  • BMIS deploys using Kubernetes and Docker onto cloud environments

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support response times: Refer to T&Cs for priority definition; Priority 1 - 4 Business Hours; Priority 2 - 8 Business Hours; Priority 3 - 2 Business Days
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: No
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: 3rd and fourth line support can be provided either remotely or with elements of on site assistance.; ; Cloud Support Engineers are available upon request,; Arrangements will be determined with the customer as required
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: There would be a delivery phase for any implementation which would be used to shape the offering and what training/on boarding is required.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Customer always retains data.
• End-of-contract process: Please refer to our T&Cs document.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: There are multiple channels into the BMIS architecture through an API. these essentially can feed structured or unstructured data into the knowledge graph or perform any of the actions possible through the user interface.
• Accessibility standards: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• Accessibility testing: None
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: There are multiple channels into the BMIS architecture through an API. these essentially can feed structured or unstructured data into the knowledge graph or perform any of the actions possible through the user interface.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: Other
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: UI customisation, and behaviour of the system dependent on integrations with data feeds and service tuning

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Scaled to application specific deployments.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Not a reseller

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: European Economic Area (EEA)
• User control over data storage and processing locations: No
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: Less than once a year
• Penetration testing approach: In-house
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: Protections vary based upon deployment environment. On cloud deployments all media is encrypted as a minimum standard.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type: Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
• Equipment disposal approach: A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Data accessible through the UI, via an API and egress to external systems able to be configured to different formats.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats: Customer specific structured formats, utilising formats such as e.g. JSON
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: Can be configured to ingest both structured and unstructured data

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: Other
• Other protection between networks: Data will not pass between customer and BAE network locations.
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: We have a range of availability options which are dependant on specific customer requirements.
• Approach to resilience: Dependent upon deployment environment. Architecture allows distributed storage and processing of data as required.
• Outage reporting: Email Alerts

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: All users are authenticated when accessing the system. This can either be through single sign on through an identity provider or by direct integration into an Active Directory environment.
• Access restriction testing frequency: Less than once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users contact the support team to get audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users contact the support team to get audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: At least 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: At least 12 months

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Lloyd's Register
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 24/11/2022
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: No
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: NCSC Certified Incident Provider

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Details to be provided upon implementation.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Details to be provided upon implementation.
• Vulnerability management type: Undisclosed
• Vulnerability management approach: Details to be provided upon implementation.
• Protective monitoring type: Undisclosed
• Protective monitoring approach: Details to be provided upon implementation.
• Incident management type: Undisclosed
• Incident management approach: Details to be provided upon implementation.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Conforms to a recognised standard, but self-assessed

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  For information on our Environment and Climate Change response please see https://www.baesystems.com/en/sustainability/environment-and-climate-change

  Covid-19 recovery

  For information on our COVID-19 response please see our website https://www.baesystems.com/en/covid-19-our-response

  Tackling economic inequality

  For information on our contribution to the UK and its regions please see https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/our-contribution-to-the-uk-and-its-regions

  Equal opportunity

  For information on our processes in creating Equal Opportunities please see https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/careers/careers-in-the-uk/diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-uk

  Wellbeing

  For information on on how we support Wellbeing in the workplace please see https://www.baesystems.com/en/sustainability/safety-and-wellbeing/wellbeing

Pricing

• Price: £1,200,000 a licence a year
• Discount for educational organisations: No
• Free trial available: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at government.tenders@baesystems.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.