Mahindra Satyam has announced its plans to collaborate with defence and security company Saab to develop its operations in India for the global defence and homeland security market.

Mahindra Satyam and Saab have already initiated the setup of a Centre of Excellence for Network Centric Warfare (CoE - NCW), which will offer comprehensive skills and a repository of tools, systems, middle ware, integration platforms and system showcases in the field of NCW. This will be a development centre for mission critical applications and C41 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence) solutions for global opportunities accessible to either of the partners. The capabilities of the CoE shall also span in the area of homeland security where focus is planned on end to end security solutions. In the wake of Indian government's large investment plans on nationwide security, this CoE's homeland security expertise shall be targeted towards tapping this high potential market.

One of the activities under this initiative is that Mahindra Satyam and Saab will jointly address the Battlefield Management system (BMS) for the Indian Army. The solution for BMS proposed by Saab, is field proven and deployed in many countries. Both parties intend to work together for Indian BMS program and explore globalization of artifacts co-developed. C P Gumani, CEO, Mahindra Satyam and Ake Svensson, also signed a Memorandum of Understanding in this regard.

The company made this announcement after the trading hours on 03 November 2009.