SAFEmail MMHS (Military Message Handling Solution) Selected for the UK MoD's Type 45 Destroyers

Maidenhead, Berkshire, U.K. – 20th September 2007 – Boldon James, a leading provider of Secure Information Exchange solutions, today announces another contract to supply SAFEmail version 2.2, our Secure Formal Email offering based on a Microsoft platform (Exchange & Outlook).

The British Royal Navy’s new class of anti-air warfare Destroyer, the Type 45, is recognized as being the most advanced and powerful ships of its kind due to its state of the art communications, radar, weapons and countermeasure systems.

British Aerospace (BAe) has received orders for up to 8 ships from the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD), the first of which - HMS Daring – is due for delivery into service in 2010. On completion of Daring’s current sea trials, another 5 will follow; Dauntless and Diamond due for service in 2011, and thereafter the Duncan, Dragon and Defender at six monthly intervals.

SELEX Communications selected SAFEmail v. 2.2 with v. 3.0 as a clear upgrade path, due to its new Secure Information Exchange (SIE) based architecture. SAFEmail v. 3.0 has been designed to leverage Microsoft’s Unified communications platform strategy (specifically the integration of Email, Chat, Video, Voice & Information Management) providing functionality required by military & intelligence organizations in the key areas of Identification, Security, Assurance and Automation.

As Microsoft’s only ‘Global Go To Market Partner for Secure Messaging in Defence and Public Security’ the market expects us to continue providing thought leadership supported by rigorous development of advanced functional capabilities to military standards.

Contact Information

Jim Kidd
Marketing Manager
+44 (0) 1628 506875