Day: June 19, 2018

12 JULY 2018 – LAND WARFARE CENTRE, WARMINSTER The UK MOD is researching the options available for a full task 81mm mortar training system to enhance the realism of collective training and also individual and detachment skills ab initio. It is envisaged that potential solutions will replicate the operation of all aspects of the mortar […]

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The Bank of England has warned banks they need to be better prepared for the increasing threat of cyber attacks and technology failure. In his speech at the 20th Annual Operational Risk Europe conference in London, Lyndon Nelson, deputy CEO & Executive Director of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority highlighted the threat posed […]

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Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon to develop and deliver the next generation Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 fighter jet. The F-35’s DAS collects and sends high resolution, real-time imagery to the pilot’s helmet from six infrared cameras mounted around the aircraft, allowing pilots to see the environment around them – day or night. The ability […]

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Northrop Grumman has been chosen by the US Air Force for a contract to sustain and modify a worldwide network of ground-based radars deemed critical to the success of its missile warning/missile defence and space tracking missions. The competitively awarded Sustainment and Modification of Radar Sensors (SMORS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a seven-year […]

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