Defence contractor BAE Systems has announced a new deal with mobile communications company Vodafone.
The five-year partnership will initially focus on smartphones and tablets.
One of the first products is expected to be a new cloud-based mobile security solution, Vodafone Mobile Threat Manager, to be launched this spring.
BAE Systems is part of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance working to assemble the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth.
Vodafone will provide services to 35,000 UK BAE employees from July, with a view to expanding its reach across the firm’s global workforce over the term of the contract.
BAE Systems chief executive Ian King said: “This partnership is unique, not only in bringing together a defence and security player with a major communications provider, but also in its ability to help global enterprises realise their ambitions around leveraging the future of communications technologies in a secure manner.
“These technologies are subject to the vulnerabilities of cyberspace, and we can provide the mobile marketplace with protection against today’s threats and the advanced threats of the future.”
