The University has announced it is to sign a strategic framework agreement with multinational defence, security and aerospace company , to strengthen the long-term relationship in research, education and consultancy. The announcement was made today at the .
Southampton will be one of the first of a few selected universities in the UK to sign such an agreement, after BAE Systems announced it will focus on building partnerships with a smaller number of universities in the future.
Professor Mark Spearing聽said:
鈥淭he University of Southampton is delighted to be able to consolidate its longstanding, multi-stranded relationship with BAE Systems. 聽We highly value the relationship with a world-class company and look forward to strengthening our relationship to achieve even greater mutual benefits.鈥�
The University and BAE Systems have worked closely together for many years on a number of research projects, including a BAE Systems Centre for Research Centre in Active Control and , a major research programme on Human Agent Collectives.