Day: April 4, 2017

  This Accelerator themed competition is looking for novel proposals that use autonomous systems to deliver mission critical supplies to users in the military front-line. For for this competition we’re focussing on the challenging ‘last mile’ of resupply. The aim of an autonomous last mile resupply system is to: reduce the demand on existing platforms and infrastructure […]

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The US Navy has christened its newest guided-missile destroyer the future USS Thomas Hudner in a ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The vessel has been named after naval aviator Thomas J Hudner Jr, the last living Navy recipient of the Medal of Honor to have served in the Korean War. […]

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  The Battlefield and Tactical Communication and Information Systems (BATCIS) team will conduct an Industry Day on 5 May 2017 for the BATCIS Support and MORPHEUS Programmes at The Defence School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at MOD Lyneham. The Day will be split into two sessions.     Time Event Location   0900 – […]

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Defence spending and procurement must place as much emphasis on the whole-life costs of equipment as the initial procurement. This was the message from Nick Elliott, Director General Commercial at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), speaking in the Keynote Arena at DPRTE 2017. He said: “We need to focus on the support spend as much […]

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The latest phase in the Army Basing Programme is rolling forward with the appointment of O’Brien Contractors as Infrastructure contractor. O’Brien is a leading groundworks and civil engineering specialist, with experience of large, involved projects such as: Beacon Barracks SFA development with Lovell Partnerships and the regeneration of Longbridge town centre with Morgan Sindall. Working […]

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Brexit will not mean an immediate end to EU procurement regulations in the UK, according to Les Mosco, keynote chairman at DPRTE 2017. In his welcoming address in the event’s Keynote Arena, Mr Mosco, Chief Executive of Commercial Strategies Ltd and former Ministry of Defence Commercial Director, said he believed there would be no sudden […]

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