MALMO, Sweden and BIRMINGHAM, U.K., April 17 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Telelogic, the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development, today announced that BAE SYSTEMS Avionics Ltd., Europe's largest avionics company, has extended until 2006, its selection of Telelogic's DOORS (r) Requirements Management and DocExpress programs across all sectors and disciplines of the business.
This innovative corporate licensing deal enables Avionics to roll out comprehensive functionality to the desktops of its 5000 engineers.
"Requirements management is key to our business," said Melvin Simpson, Engineering Director for BAE SYSTEMS Avionics. "The ability to work closely with our Customers to develop and capture a mutual understanding of the operational need, will greatly improve our ability to deliver world class products on schedule."
"Telelogic's DOORS is the ideal solution for us," said Jayne Bryant, Engineering Process Manager for BAE SYSTEMS Avionics. "The software delivers capability without complexity and the corporate licensing deal provides 'packaged capability' which simplifies the introduction of new team members. In short, the contract allows us to get on with the job and concentrate on the technical issues."
BAE SYSTEMS Avionics has already applied the DOORS technology successfully to a number of key projects associated with equipment used in world-leading airframes, including Eurofighter Typhoon and JSF. The use of DOORS has now been tightly integrated with the BAE SYSTEMS Requirements Management process, with considerable support from Telelogic's professional services team. The tool will be further integrated into Avionics engineering Integrated Business System during the next 18 months.
"User and vendor both benefit significantly from this close partnership. Telelogic has tailored its software to support our own Best Practice processes and provided process training. We in turn now promote it as our preferred tool, on all-new projects and bids. The strategy is to make it the standard tool for Requirements Management, first in engineering departments and ultimately in all other disciplines, such as commercial and procurement. We also recommend it to suppliers and customers," said Bryant.
Telelogic DOORS is an enterprise-wide requirements management system that captures, links, traces, supports analysis and manages information in order to ensure a project's compliance with specified requirements and standards. BAE SYSTEMS Avionics first nominated DOORS as its preferred solution for Requirements Management activities in December 2000. Although competing products were considered, DOORS delivered best 'Bang per Buck', according to Bryant. Moreover, the company was impressed by Telelogic's 'switched on' attitude and flexible approach to licensing.
Announcing the news, Paul Hewitt, Director of Military, Aerospace & Government Division with Telelogic U.K., welcomed the new agreement. "By extending the period of the existing corporate licensing agreement from December 2003 to October 2006, this new contract represents a significant enhancement to the successful relationship between Telelogic and BAE SYSTEMS Avionics Ltd. We look forward to sustaining this partnership for many years with a total commitment to supplying high quality software, professional services and training."
About BAE SYSTEMS Avionics
BAE SYSTEMS Avionics is the world's leading supplier and integrator of avionic displays, flight control and associated subsystems. Its position as the U.K.'s foremost supplier of avionic systems for civil and military aircraft makes it also the largest avionics company in Europe, with a significant presence in the United States aerospace market. Its parent company BAE SYSTEMS has international markets around the globe producing annual sales of some 12 billion pounds. Including joint ventures, it employs worldwide more than 100,000 people.
About Telelogic DOORS
Telelogic DOORS(r) is the world's leading requirements management tool; a standard used by more than 50,000 users at over 1,000 companies around the world. DOORS is the industry's leading requirements management solution according to the Standish Group in its December 2000 industry report.
About Telelogic DocExpress
DocExpress(tm) is the industry's most widely integrated automated reporting and documentation product. It simplifies and automates the task of gathering, formatting and publishing data from various systems and software development tools into archival and deliverable documentation. DocExpress provides automated reporting and documentation services that are also integrated with other popular third party tools and along with other Telelogic best-of-breed products, forms a comprehensive solution for advanced software and systems development.
About Telelogic
Founded in 1983, Telelogic(r) (www.telelogic.com) is the leading global provider of solutions for advanced systems and software development. The company's automated application lifecycle solution includes integrated best-in-class software and professional services for requirements management, change and configuration management, development, testing, and documentation. Telelogic enables organizations to improve quality and predictability, while reducing time-to-market and overall costs in systems and software development. Built on an open architecture that ensures interoperability with other leading third-party solutions, Telelogic's products are based on international standardized languages and notations. Telelogic participates in 3GPP, Bluetooth SIG and OMG to create future communication technologies and visual software development languages.
Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden the company has more than 1,000 employees worldwide. Customers include Airbus, Alcatel, BMW, Boeing, BT, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Philips and Siemens.
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