Paris, 18 Jun 2010
Atos Origin, an international IT services company, today announced that, as part of a significant competitive framework for procurement launched by the European Space Agency (ESA), it has been selected by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) - the organisation that ensures the operations of ESA missions - as Qualified Partner from 2010 to 2014 for Ground System Software Related Activities.
This framework agreement is valid for a period of five years, and is expected to be worth up to 20 million euros a year. It will support a wide range of space missions and enable the development of related infrastructure (linked to, for instance, the GMES Satellites - Sentinel 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Bepi-Colombo interplanetary mission and the Galileo GNSS programme).
Through this framework programme, ESOC wants to be able to rely on a network of relevant European partners in order to develop innovative solutions, while optimising the development and maintenance costs of its systems.
“We are particularly proud that the European Space Agency has confidence in us and is choosing us as Qualified Partner. Atos Origin's teams has contributed to the success of more than 50 space programmes and collaborated on a large number of projects for the CNES (the French Space Agency) and major industrial players within the sector (EADS, Thales Alenia Space) over the past 20 years. Capitalising on our expertise and solid track record, Atos Origin has the ambition to enhance its position within the areas of space, aeronautics and defence in Europe and internationally,” declared Gilles Grapinet, Senior Executive Vice-President of Atos Origin.
Following a rigorous selection process, Atos Origin is one of 49 partners involved at a global level with the Ground System Software Related Activities. The ESA has emphasised the wide variety of areas covered by Atos Origin, and its expertise in key areas, such as flight dynamics and space debris. Thanks to this selection, Atos Origin will be able to contribute to the following areas:
Application domains
* Ground segment data infrastructure
* Flight dynamic systems
* Mission specific data systems, new applications
* Space debris systems
IT domains
* IT architecture
* Object-oriented analysis, design methodologies and technologies, programming, artificial intelligence
* System approach
* Virtualisation
* Web-based applications, man-machine interface, data management, business information framework
Atos Origin's Space and Aeronautics Centre of Excellence brings together specialist skills in different areas, enabling us to respond to challenges posed by our scientific clients with regard to both information technology (complex system architecture, real-time techniques, management of standards in place relating to aeronautics and space...) and our clients' core requirements (flight dynamics, physics, structural mechanics, digital simulations and probability, calculation of orbit, satellite navigation...).
The teams within this centre also draw on the group's substantial skill-base with regard to critical, on-board and security systems. Its outstanding skills in critical systems has enabled it to be a partner within the French electro-nuclear programme for 30 years, and the only large IT services company able to supply digital control systems for nuclear power plants.
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