BAE Systems Australia has secured a three-year, A$10 million contract to support the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) ICT systems so that it can produce and maintain nautical charts, publications and hydrographic data to support mariners and the Australian Defence Force in Australian waters. BAE Systems supports and enhances the AHO’s Hydrography, Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) Information Environment (HMIE) ...
...which is an integrated system of both commercial off-the-shelf and bespoke software that includes large databases, and specialist hydrographic software. BAE Systems supports and enhances the HMIE System – including the provision of ‘help desk’ services, maintenance services, data manipulation, plus software and hardware engineering changes.
In 2004, BAE Systems delivered the initial Digital Hydrographic Database (DHDB) used by the AHO to analyse and update hydrographic data....MORE
