BAE Systems : helps to develop the Digital Railway

BAE Systems has worked with the Digital Railway programme to create a vision and industry architecture that will underpin the digital transformation of the rail network.

The Digital Railway is a transformational business change programme to modernise the rail network for the benefit of passengers, the freight industry and the wider economy by delivering capacity, performance and cost improvements. Modernising the network with digital technology will ensure Britain has the railway it needs - one that connects more people and goods to more places and with reduced journey times.

BAE Systems has helped to define the approach to unlock additional capacity by transitioning away from the current command and control approach to a new automatic traffic management solution. This will increase efficiency by managing the flow of trains using mobile communications and distributed software, which will enable trains to travel closer together on the tracks whilst maintaining safety standards.

We applied our proven System-of-Systems Engineering and Business Change processes to establish an Industry Architecture and a capability development framework; a first for the UK Rail industry, enabling a coherent approach to the future evolution of the industry.

As the Digital Railway System Integrator we have played a key role within the programme, delivering significant value to the early development of Digital Railway and look forward to continuing our support in the future. '

BAE Systems has a strong track record of delivering digital transformation in transport incorporating systems engineering, enterprise architecture, digital and systems integration, to improve the performance of national rail networks, motorway networks and metro railways.

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