Defence and National Security

Defence Business Services: Our business service brand SSCL plays a central role in delivering core payroll, HR and pension services for 230,000 military personal and reservists and 2 million veterans. This includes delivering 70 payrolls every month, disbursing and accounting for £9bn, including £3.8bn in pensions to 80 currencies and 100+ countries annually and providing one of the largest Oracle HR systems in Europe; our call centre teams are available 24/7 365 days a year, providing an exceptional user experience.

• ​ Defence Infrastructure Organisation​ Housing Management​: Sopra Steria’s digital solutions support the allocation and management of family accommodation to military personnel and supports national accommodation management services.​ ​

Information security is fundamental to Defence and National Security. We provide a wide range of secure information management solutions to the UK government at all levels of security.  We specialise in messaging services and adjacent technology, delivering these to fixed, deployed and tactical locations.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) relies on Sopra Steria to deliver critical inventory management and warehousing services that underpin the digital transformation of defence logistics and support. We ensure that end users have access to relevant and trustworthy master data which in turn allows effective, timely decision making.

• MJDI: We provide the core tri-service inventory management service that enables military logisticians to manage inventory requirements, both at military units and deployed on operations.  MJDI interfaces with engineering and asset management systems to enable optimised maintenance, returns and disposals. Our solution also integrates with finance and planning systems to determine stock availability and value, providing a trusted and auditable demand signal. 

BLUEJAYSecureCollaboration is a secure collaborative working environment that enables government and industry partners to work with integrity and assurance at SECRET. Created by Sopra Steria, BLUEJAYSecureCollaboration is developed to support the whole range of digital services including document/project collaboration, data-sharing, voice/video communication, IMPEX & large file transfer. ​ It provides an evergreen model with future service development roadmaps for engineering toolsets such as BYOA (bring your own applications), BYOW (bring your own workload) and connected site services. ​

The core of our Defence Capability is our solution and business integration expertise, with a deep understanding of Defence systems and business process enabling us to integrate multiple systems to enable more efficient services. 

CIMPA, a Sopra Steria company, specialises in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services, supporting transformation projects across the defence, aerospace, transport and energy sectors. We have experience in end-to-end PLM, from creating a PLM strategy, developing roadmaps, deploying processes, methods and tools as well as delivering training and support. Ultimately, CIMPA gives customers a competitive edge by improving overall efficiency during the whole product lifecycle. ​

At Sopra Steria, our teams combine in-depth expertise in the aerospace business with a high level of knowledge of information systems and digitalisation. Our expertise spans across the aerospace lifecycle, from conception to maintenance with a focus on the critical functions of the sector: Engineering, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Maintenance and Services.

Effective C2 enabling decision advantage is fundamental to Defence.  CS GROUP, a Sopra Steria company, have developed interoperable command and control systems combining information management with decision-making support for: Air-to-Air, GBAD (Ground Based Air Defence), ASI-ALI (Air Surface Integration), ASW (Anti-submarine Warfare), ASuW (Anti-surface Warfare), and C-UAS (Counter Uncrewed Air Systems) or use in training, simulations and operations.