government entrusted it to maintain the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System at RAF Fylingdales. From this landmark contract, the company has established a strong reputation in the defence and aerospace markets for reliability, innovation and successful long-term working partnerships.

EADS Astrium, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, is dedicated to providing civil and defence space systems and services. In 2006, Astrium had a turnover of €3.2 billion and 11,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands. Its three main areas of activity are: the business units Astrium Space Transportation for launchers and orbital infrastructure, and Astrium Satellites for spacecraft and ground segment, and its wholly owned subsidiary Astrium Services for the development and delivery of satellite services. The Paradigm team is contained within Astrium Services.

EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2006, EADS generated revenues of €39.4 billion and employed a workforce of more than 116, 000.

Paradigm supplies a range of services internationally to defence and governmental users as well as multinational organisations. To date, Paradigm has signed agreements to provide resilient, secure military satellite services to various countries and organisations including NATO, the Portuguese Chief of Defence and the Canadian Department of National Defence.

Paradigm is also able to access the full range of commercial satcom solutions and is now the definitive one stop shop for military satellite communications.

Serco
Serco has been an integral part of the Paradigm team for Skynet 5 since the award of the PFI Study Contract in 1999 and is a full member of the Enterprise. Serco provides spacecraft control, communications network management and facilities management services, including staff deployed in theatre in support of these services. In addition, Serco provides support to Paradigm's welfare communications services, for deployed forces in operational theatres around the world, enabling service men and women to maintain contact with home.

Serco’s track record in the provision of such vital services started over 40 years ago when the

the UK Ministry of Defence. As the primecontractor for the Skynet 5 software, LogicaCMG combines its extensive commercial and defence expertise to undertake the development and operations of the Skynet management system. Now that the newly launched Skynet 5 satellite is operational, the LogicaCMG systems will allow Paradigm to plan, manage and deliver a wide range of communication services.

LogicaCMG has worked with the MoD for nearly 40 years from the business to the Battlespace and is the European leader in military satellite communications ground systems.

LogicaCMG is a major international force in IT services. It employs around 40,000 people across 41 countries. LogicaCMG’s focus is on enabling its customers to build and maintain leadership positions using LogicaCMG’s deep industry knowledge and its track record for successful delivery. The company provides business consulting, systems integration and IT and business process outsourcing across diverse markets including telecoms, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. More information is available from www.logicacmg.com/uk

EADS Defence & Security
A partner in the enterprise, EADS DS has delivered integral elements of the new system including design, development and supply or installation of the baseband network and encryption systems. Installed across 3 UK sites, 36 naval vessels and 44 deployable ground stations, the baseband network that EADS DS has developed comprises a number of bespoke solutions, customising off-the-shelf platforms, and incorporating specific developments, such as the Resilient Rate Adaptor (RRA) – that manages and prioritises the flow of communication through the system, and Baseband Element Management Application (BEMA) a configuration fault and performance reporting tool that supports automatic, rapid provision of service/links in response to controller demand. Three new encryption technologies were developed to ensure completely secure and robust communications and EADS DS achieved on time delivery as promised three years earlier.

EADS Defence & Security (DS) is a systems solutions provider combining military air systems, missile systems, communications and intelligence systems, global security solutions, sensor and avionics systems, as well as test and support solutions into a single effective network. In 2006, DS – with 23,000 employees – achieved revenues of € 5.9 billion.