The contract was placed by the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and will be delivered by BAE Systems' analytical consultancy, CORDA, which has provided analysis and decision support services to the MOD for over 30 years. ASTRID will be the successor to the £120m Analysis Support Construct (ASC), Dstl's current flagship framework for defense and security analysis which has been managed by BAE Systems since 2015. Under the ASC, BAE Systems manages a 150-strong supply chain of defense companies, SMEs, consultancies and universities to deliver more than 300 separate analysis activities. This approach will continue under ASTRID, with a large, diverse supply chain delivering the majority of the work. The framework will be open to all government departments with defense and security decision support requirements. BAE Systems will source and select the best supplier from its specialist supply chain to conduct analysis and inform decision-making.