BAE Systems’ Eurostep Wins ShareAspace Order from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency

“The new DIGIMAT solution will sharpen NDMA’s and the Norwegian Armed Forces’ data collection from suppliers.” BAE Systems Digital Intelligence-owned Eurostep has won a cloud contract from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA). It involves delivering DIGIMAT, which is a future-proof, standardized cloud service for secure, automated and quality-assured collection of defence materiel data.
“DIGIMAT is a strategic digitalization initiative within NDMA and the Armed Forces. This new IT tool is expected, according to NDMA’s business plan for DIGIMAT, to reduce time-consuming processes related to collecting data from our suppliers, as well as improve data quality by ensuring that it is in a standardized format. We believe that Eurostep and its proven solution, ShareAspace, will meet our expectations,” says Dag Øyvind Hagen, Deputy Director and Head of the Materiel Information Department and project owner for DIGIMAT, in a comment.
Notably in this context is that Swedish Eurostep was acquired by BAE Systemes in 2023 and is now a unit within the Digital Intelligence division. A key point of Eurostep and the ShareAspace platform is that it is based on internationally recognized, standardized information models, including product lifecycle support (PLCS) and integrated product support ASD S-series specifications. This makes Eurostep and its solution well positioned to support NDMA’s strategy to adopt international standards to enhance efficiency, quality and interoperability. It is moreover clear that the company generally has a strong track record in the defense sector, which makes Eurostep’s functionality – delivered through the ShareAspace solution – an excellent foundation for multiple organizations to collaborate and share data in a controlled manner throughout the life cycle of an asset or product.
“This functionality forms an ideal foundation for DIGIMAT, which supports the procurement of information throughout the Norwegian defense supply chain,” says Simon Pettersson, Head of Defense Industry Vertical at Eurostep. “With this contract, we will deliver a secure cloud service to NDMA. The vision and requirements for DIGIMAT are strongly aligned with the requirements for our ShareAspace platform, which we have designed to improve collaboration and information assurance in the defense supply chain.”