Thanks to everyone for making the recent company Christmas Lunch a really enjoyable occasion. It was great to have everyone all together from our offices to share this.
Yearly Archives: 2015
University of Portsmouth and Polaris Consulting are looking to attract an ‘Associate – Decision Support Analyst (Renewable Energy)’
Jo Llewellyn joins Polaris this week, bringing with her over 15 years’ experience of providing systems engineering consultancy to defence
Jo has over 15 years’ experience providing systems engineering consultancy to defence with specific expertise and achievement in technical delivery of projects within the C4ISTAR domain. She has experience at the business and system design level, including planning and oversight of complex work programmes undertaken by multi-disciplinary and consortium based development teams.
David Bangert, Polaris’ Managing Director, and Neil Davies, ex MOD Chief Economist, gave a paper at the Annual Conference of the Society for Cost Analysis and Forecasting (SCAF) in London
David Bangert, Polaris’ Managing Director, and Neil Davies, ex MOD Chief Economist, gave a paper at the Annual Conference of the Society for Cost Analysis and Forecasting (SCAF) in London on 15 September 2015. The paper focused on the challenges which cost escalation pose towards current and future defence programmes, with a response from Professor Trevor Taylor of RUSI. The paper may be found on the SCAF Website at http://www.scaf.org.uk/library.html.
Ryan Watson
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Ryan Watson
Ryan has been with Polaris since 2015 and is an analyst for the company with a BA(Hons) in War and Security Studies from the University of Hull. With a background in International Politics and Strategic Studies, Ryan was hired as a graduate and has since worked on a number of tasks, particularly in Operational Research and Analysis. He has provided support to tasks for a range of customers and the company itself, covering a wide range of subjects and approaches. |
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Ryan Watson, an analyst at Polaris, delivers a presentation at the Young Operational Research 19 Conference
Ryan Watson, an analyst at Polaris, delivered a presentation on the issue of Defence Acquisition Growth in the Royal Navy using data from an internal study here at Polaris at the Young Operational Research 19 Conference at Aston University, Birmingham. Turnout was great and there were a number of interesting responses from those in attendance.
Come and visit us at DSEI stand S3-353
Social News – Company Director Carl Dalton gets married
Congratulations to Carl and Miriam who got married on Sunday 30th August 2015 at Farnham Castle. 
Polaris Consulting to exhibit at DSEI Exhibition at ExCel in Docklands, London (15th – 18th September 2015).
Polaris Consulting are pleased to announce we will be exhibiting at the DSEI Exhibition next week at ExCel in Docklands, London (15th-18th September). If you are attending the event, then please come visit us at stand S3-353 in the UK Pavilion and we look forward to meeting with you then.
Polaris wins the Morpheus (LE TacCIS System House) opportunity with PA consulting
Press release follows:
Future Proofing Front Line Communications
A contract to deliver future vital communication equipment used by troops has been secured by the MOD.
The System House contract is worth around £11M and has been awarded to the NEO consortium led by PA Consulting Group and its partners QinetiQ, Roke Manor Research, CGI, Polaris Consulting and SVGC.
Under the contract a team of experts, supported by military personnel and acquisition specialists, will engage with UK industry and seek to deliver innovative approaches for ‘best of breed’ design solutions to the next major evolution of capability for Tactical Communications and Information Systems (TacCIS).
This research will support the Battlefield and Tactical Communications and Information Systems (BATCIS) Delivery Team as part of the £3 Billion MORPHEUS which is looking to address obsolescence challenges in radio and communications equipment used by front line forces.
This evidence will support a Main Gate investment decision to determine whether UK Defence will seek to sustain, evolve or replace the current BOWMAN system. A Combined Operational Effectiveness and Investment Appraisal (COEIA) will be employed in order to assess the merits of each option and support the Main Gate decision.
Brigadier Richard Spencer, BATCIS Director said: “Awarding this contract means future proofing the vital communication kit used by our Armed Forces whether on deployed operations or here in the UK. We have a real opportunity here to look at current, near-horizon and emerging state-of-the art technology and to engage with industry partners to deliver the best kit possible for our troops. It is the question that drives us and we are excited to embark on the journey with NEO.”
“Andrew Creber of PA Consulting said “All the members of the NEO Team are excited about this opportunity to work with the MOD on this key programme. We are committed to being impartial, have exceptional complementary skills, and are determined to identify technical architectures and cost-effective commercial constructs which will facilitate the exploitation of innovative technologies throughout the life of the programme.”
The MORPHEUS Programme, which is currently in its assessment phase, is part of the wider Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems (LE TacCIS) Capability Change Programme that will deliver improved tactical communications and information systems in the Land Environment.