The Royal Navy Special Investigations Branch (RNSIB) placed a contract for a number of VEEcam systems and ancillaries. BBC High Risk Team and South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue also placed contracts for VEEcam.
Persides is building on its growing reputation a credible Training Needs Analysis provider and recently attended I-ITSEC to brief a number of potential customers and partners on its growing capability.
Persides has launched C-CAT (Capability Cost Assessment Tool) and is using it on a number of Persides Programmes. This version of the simulation based Whole Life Cost modelling tool aligns to the MOD’s Through Life Capability Management initiative.
The tool has been designed to be used throughout the life of programmes and can model costs across multiple CADMID cycles and all Defence lines of Development. Further to this the simulation engine allows the model to assess costs against a range of operational and what-if scenarios.
Persides took VEEcam to this extensive industry exhibition and conference. This independent event brought together all types of emergency organisations and specialist equipment suppliers from across the UK. It was a unique environment for visitors, exhibitors and conference delegates to source new products like VEEcam, to network and to share information.
Global MSC Security hosted their second seminar and exhibition in conjunction with Safe Newcastle and Government Office for the North East in Newcastle. The event took place at the Gosforth Park Marriott on the subject of “The National CCTV Strategy – Where are we one year on?” The event attracted nearly 50 exhibitors including Persides exhibiting VEEcam and over 130 end users to listen to informative and lively presentations and to view the latest developments in CCTV and security products.
The Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering (RNSME) hosted the Modern Learning Symposium (MLS) on 13th November at HMS SULTAN in Gosport.
This year's MLS exposed those who lead and manage learning and training within the entire defence environment to the emerging trends and technologies which contributes to the delivery of trained personnel. There were 30 exhibitors at this event and Persides was one of them.
The Army’s top motorcycle endurance team has hailed a sophisticated body-worn video recorder ‘an amazing bit of kit’ after putting it to the test at a gruelling three-hour beach race.
Strapped to the back of a powerful bike, the VEEcam was pushed to the limit by the RideMX.com Royal Logistics Corps (RLC) Enduro Team at the famous Weston Beach Race 2008.
As the motorcycle ploughed through water and leapt over 30ft sand dunes along the beach at Weston-super-Mare the robust new kit produced stunning footage of the race.
Captain Rob Howard, Manager of the RideMX.com RLC Enduro Team, was delighted and amazed by the clarity and quality of the film from the VEEcam: “This piece of kit has been amazing. The VEEcam held up incredibly well through the rough Weston Beach Race and provided us with excellent uninterrupted footage which was instantly snapped up by Channel 4 and Sky Sports because it was of such high quality,” said Rob.
He added: “In the past we have bought and tried helmet cameras with self-sufficient memory card cameras but they couldn’t deal with the speed or length of races. With the VEEcam we didn’t have to worry about changing the batteries, the speed or terrain, which meant we had constant footage for the whole race.”
Rob is planning to use the VEEcam race footage for a recruitment video to attract new blood to the existing RLC Enduro Team. The team currently consists of eight talented off-road motorcyclists from the Army’s Royal Logistics Corps.
Persides was one of over 320 exhibitors taking part in the Dive Show. We were exhibiting and selling VEEcam on the stand.
Persides supported Raytheon's bid into the MoD for the D&M phase of JETTS (Joint Effects Tactical Toolset System). Persides took the lead role in managing the bid and proposal writing. Work was varied and included writing the proposal aspects of Programme Management, Risk Management, Team Structure, Ways of Working Framework, Contracting and Payment mechanisms, Assumptions and Risk Capture. Persides also reviewed the Technical Proposal and ILS parts of the Bid. JETTS is a significant capability with immediate utility in theatre of operations right now. Raytheon Systems contracted Persides to do this work as a result of their award winning contributions in the JETTS AP phase programme.
Persides exhibited at the Land Warfare Conference & Exhibition (LWC) in Brisbane, Australia. The Land Warfare Conference has become a major event down under and is very well supported by defence industry, defence research institutions, academia and military organisations.
Persides has been contracted to assist Qioptiq in support of the development of the VIPIR 3 product in response to the FIST requirement. Phase 1 activities relate to consultancy support in the project and through-life management areas as well as Supportability Management and Availability Reliability and Maintainability (AR&M).
Persides is supporting fire-fighters from Avon Fire Service in a charity challenge to help disadvantaged children. Three fire-fighters from Bristol are riding mopeds from the most northern point of Europe, John O’Groats, in Scotland, to the most southern tip, Tarifa in Spain, in a bid to raise £10,000 for BBC TV’s Children in Need appeal. Dressed in fire kit and wearing bright yellow crash helmets, the team hopes to complete the grueling 2,000 miles journey in 12 days stopping at numerous fire stations on route. Thanks to Persides, the firemen will be able to record their moped marathon using VEEcam - a state-of-the-art body-worn video system.
Persides Managing Director Mark Cook said: “We are delighted to offer our support to these fire-fighters by supplying them with VEEcam equipment so they can record their exploits. It’s a fantastically good cause and we hope they reach their target. VEEcam has become a great success for us because we have managed to develop an immensely robust device, which is lightweight with maximum mobility, which can be operated hands-free in the most extreme of environments and still capture and transmit remarkably clear images. “
The challenge gets underway on Friday, October 24 and anyone wishing to donate money should visit www.justgiving.com/theslowwaydown.
Persides are identifying methods and technologies that will provide the capability to locate and track third parties/targets, both dismounted and mounted and investigating the integration issues with networking this capability. Persides will be looking at the balance of sensor systems to provide ISTAR data and identify the requirements and techniques to extract information from that data.
The unique and robust body-worn video system is being used by military and security operatives working in some of the world’s most dangerous hotspots. VEEcam is currently being used in some of the most extreme environments on earth including by military personnel operating in Afghanistan.
As well as defence operations, body-worn video recorders are proving popular with police forces. Persides is currently supplying VEEcam to North Wales, Norfolk and Surrey constabularies, following successful trials, and the company is now in discussions with a number of other police forces in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile emergency services, including fire and ambulance, are also carrying out evaluation tests and it is also being trialled by British Transport Police.
In military environments VEEcam is capable of gathering video or stills surveillance from unattended ground sensors, unmanned air vehicles and dismounted close-combat soldiers. The device is also ideal for gathering overt and covert intelligence for police forces or security guards who require the ability to reliably record skip-free, high-quality video images.
Persides Managing Director Mark Cook said: “Body-worn cameras are becoming hugely popular particularly in military operations and in the fight against crime. VEEcam has become a great success for us because we have managed to develop an immensely robust device, which is lightweight with maximum mobility, which can operate in the most extreme of environments and still capture and transmit remarkably clear images. We feel there are unlimited opportunities where this kind of equipment can be utilised. Our research and development teams are working with our customers such as police forces to provide them with bespoke equipment and software programmes to meet their individual requirements. We not only understand the technology but we also have an excellent understanding of areas such as the judicial system and how our equipment can be of benefit. We aim to offer our clients a complete end to end solution including training, logistics support and specialist advice.”
Persides exhibited at Defence Equipment & Support in October. This conference was well attended by senior management of DE&S, MoD, the Department of Defence Research & Development and other Security/Special/ Police forces and Civil Aviation sector.
Persides became members of the CCTV User group this year and attended the Autumn Conference exhibiting VEEcam®.
Persides are members of DEMA and exhibited at the annual trade show in Las Vegas where many businesses in the Scuba Diving and Action Water Sports Industries get together. The DEMA show is the only international trade only event for these industries and attracted more than 11,500 professionals at the event. Persides were exhibiting and selling VEEcam at this show.
This event was sponsored by Brigadier Martin Boswell DE&S Director Through Life Support and held at the Defence Academy Shrivenham, attended by an audience of senior military personnel and leading industrialists. Persides Senior Management Consultant, Graham Tanner delivered a very well received paper ‘An Industry Perspective on Cost Modelling and Decision Support for Through Life Capability Management’ which identified the issues and risks faced when balancing ‘affordability with operational effectiveness’. Graham’s presentation was supported by a case study detailing Persides role for the System of Systems Integrator in the Future Rapid Effects System (FRES) programme; Persides undertook an End-To-End Simulation of the Joint Supply Chain and a series of Whole Life Costs (WLC) vs Affordability modelling using Persides widely respected and versatile Capability-Cost Assessment Tool (C-CAT).
Persides is now a member of the London Chamber of Commerce. It is the largest independent business support and networking organisation in London and membership opens the door to new business opportunities.
Public Security & Equipment Exhibition (PSE), Glasgow
(September 2008)Persides exhibited VEEcam at the first UK PSE tabletop event. Delegates at this event included Head of Procurements, officers from Scottish Forces and a number from forces in Northern England, officers from public security agencies including Revenue & Customs, Immigration and the prison service.
Persides sponsored Seven Royal Logistic Corps soldiers ranging form Sergeant to Captain to complete seven marathons around the South West of England in Seven days to raise funds for the Army Benevolent Fund. Each team member completed all seven marathons in uniform carrying 30lbs.
Persides sold five VEEcam systems and ancillaries to Computerised and Digital Security (CDS) Systems Limited.
Persides is contracted to provide safety consultancy and safety training to VEGA for the Watchkeeper programme.
Thales has awarded Persides a contract for the provision of consultancy services into the FRES SOSI. The scope of the contract includes all of Persides' key skill areas including through-life capability management, project management, systems engineering and supportability.
Persides was contracted to support Shield in generating their formal response to the FIST Invitation to Tender and undertake the Red Review for the Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Close Quarters Battle-sight (CQB) programme.
The 8th Soldier Technology conference in Europe took place at the Olympia Conference Centre, London from June 3rd-6th 2008 with over 450 soldier modernisation experts from around the world. Persides exhibited its VEEcam product and won the coverted award for Most Innovative Soldier System against formidable competition. This award underlines VEEcam's capability in high performance, tactical body-worn video systems.
VEEcam capability includes GPS and Secure Evidence Gathering System
(June 2008)VEEcam can now be delivered with two new major functions: GPS for accurate time and position recording and the SEGS software for securely managing video/stills recordings from the VEEcam console to the back-office image processing system.
Selex has contracted Persides' support for Project Asteral, an overseas soldier modernisation programme. Persides' responsibilties include Supportability strategy and management, R&M engineering, LSA, training and human factors.
SEA has awarded Persides the lead in the ELS workpackage relating to the use of oils and lubricants in joint deployments.
Raytheon has awarded Persides a contract to conduct the relaibility modelling for a torpedo.
Thales have awarded Persides a 12 month contract to carry out the Software R&M and Safety elements of the AMO programme. This significant amount of work was won in compettion against some major players in the defence consulting market place.
After a hectic few months Persides has completed its work on the Sniper System Improvement Programme (SSIP) for Accuracy International to the delight of the MoD and AI. Persides delivered a turnkey fixed price contract covering Safety, ILS Management, ILS Engineering, Technical Documentation and Training.
Sales of Persides' VEEcam system has now extended into the rail security market with an order from Southern Rail and further systems under evaluation with Southeastern Rail. In the commercial market, motorcycle activity centres have seen the benefit of the rugged design and high quality video.
FRES - MRO Study
(May 2008)Persides has secured a major part in the MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) study for the FRES Utility Vehicle, under contract from Thales. The objective of the study is to determine the current capability of the UK industrial base in delivering the MRO capability and where that capability falls short of best-practice define a migration plan to improve performance.
Raytheon contracts extended
(April 2008)Persides' contracts with Raytheon on a number of surveillance platform programmes have recently been extended both in terms of duration and scope. Persides is now delivering services from two of its main business areas, namely Project Management and Supportability.
Additional Police Constabulary orders VEEcam system
(April 2008)The number of Police Constabularies that have ordered VEEcam systems increased to 5 this month on the back of successful trials with end users. This success sets the scene for bidding into other upcoming body-worn video requirements.
Jacobs Defence contracted Persides to support their bid for the OUVS (Operational Utility Vehicle System) prospect. Persides' responsibilities included DLOD integration, Through-life Capability Management with support in SRD development, benefits analysis and supplier evaluations.
Persides became members of the DMA and APPSS this year to improve its business opportunities in the Defence & Pubic Security arena.
Persides receives signifcant orders from two UK police forces for their rugged video system, VEEcam. The system’s image performance, ruggedness and value-for-money were key discriminators in selecting the VEEcam product.
Persides' sales of its VEEcam product continue to grow as another two UK police forces select the world-leading ruggedised video system for operational use. Interest from other police and security organisations is also on the increase as the capability and value-for-money becomes known to these demanding customers.
Persides receives a significant order from the UK MoD for its VEEcam product together with a unique load carriage solution, different camera options and integrated GPS receiver. The system video performance, ruggedness and value-for-money were key discriminators in selecting the VEEcam product.
Persides is has secured a Subcontract Management role in the homeland defence programme e-Borders, a flagship project led by Raytheon as part of the Trusted Borders consortium to modernise UK border and security systems and processes.
Persides is now a member of NDI, a business development company that matches the capability of over 200 companies with the procurement requirements of the global defence and aerospace industry.
Once again Persides will be exhibiting at Soldier Technology 2009 in North America. There will be over 300 infantry modernisation experts attending from agencies including PEO Soldier, Marine Corps Systems Command and the Canadian Army as well as over 80 international vendors. Come and see us at Stand 23 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Independence Center at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.