Pennant and Mission Decisions Collaborate to Deliver Generative AI to their Integrated Product Support Suite

Jun 12

Pennant International Group Plc, developers of systems support software and training solutions to the world's leading technical and defence organisations, and Mission Decisions, a leader in MILSPEC Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), are pleased to announce their new collaboration designed to deliver a step change in productivity for their users.
A joint team from both companies has been exploring the integration of some of the most advanced Open Source Large Language Models (LLMs) into Pennant’s Integrated Product Support (IPS) suite – Auxilium (comprised of GenS, Analyzer and R4i) - with the aim of reducing the time and resources required to develop high quality technical publications.

Making use of advanced Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques, hosting LLMS within a secure cloud environment, the team aims to overcome the limitations with using commercially available LLMs. Data and IP would be protected, whilst not compromising on performance and accuracy when compared to content generation by humans.

In addition, a full audit trail can be provided, for comprehensive quality assurance and validation of information. All whilst reducing project timescales and making projects viable through reduced delivery costs.

Philip Walker, Pennant Group CEO said, “As a technology led business, it is vital we embrace and look to adopt innovative solutions that can deliver value to our customers. By working with innovative startups like Mission Decisions we can explore and incorporate the latest developments in AI and ML into our software suite.”

Colin Hillier, CEO of Mission Decisions followed, “From the beginning, we recognised that some of our key government and defence users might get left behind in the GenAI revolution. For us the quickest way to get this technology to users on the front line, was to work closely with those companies already serving these users. We have been impressed with the vision demonstrated by the Pennant team and grateful for the opportunity to prove this technology in the real world.”

The collaboration will leverage the capabilities of both companies to deliver AI-driven technical publications and training solutions that significantly improve speed of development, training efficiency and effectiveness for e-learning content developers.

EDITORS' NOTES:

Pennant is a market leading, technology driven business with a global customer base. Pennant International Group plc was established over 65 years ago and is a leading global provider of a suite of systems support, technical services and training solutions that supports the design, development, operation, maintenance and training of complex assets, to maximise operational and maintenance efficiency. The Group operates worldwide, with offices in Europe, North America and Indo-Pacific, and employs over 140 colleagues, who are an innovative and ambitious group of people. Pennant’s extensive portfolio is achieved through our global teams.

Mission Decisions is a British data intelligence company delivering MILSPEC Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions into Defence. By deploying these intelligent products into existing workflows, Mission Decisions will help unlock the true potential of defence’s two most important assets: people and data.