Day: October 18, 2017

The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published a Green Paper entitled: “National Security and Infrastructure Investment Review: the Government’s review of the national security implications of foreign ownership or control and the mergers regime”. This delivers on the Government’s commitment, made in September 2016, to reform the approach to the […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (Dstl) has announced the winners of the latest round of funding for the Autonomy of Hazardous Scene Assessment (AHSA) which, it is said, will revolutionize the way in which chemicals and bio-hazards are investigated. As part of the UK government’s innovation initiative, the assessment is backed jointly by the Home […]

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The Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has visited QinetiQ’s site at Malvern to meet with the latest intake of graduates who will be part of the company’s expansion plans. Ms Baldwin met with more than 20 new graduates who have been taken on to work in Malvern. QinetiQ is recruiting more than 100 new […]

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The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $59.5 million contract for additional APKWSTM guidance kits to transform unguided 2.75-inch (70-millimetre) rockets into laser-guided precision munitions. The new award is part of a 2016 indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract for more than $600 million and will see the company further reduce the per-unit cost […]

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