Day: December 12, 2018

MOD contract for Dreadnought will safeguard over than 8,000 jobs

Last week Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced that the Dreadnought programme will receive a ┬г400 million funding boost. This investment will safeguard over 8,000 jobs in Barrow-in-Furness and across the UK, all of which are supported by the ┬г31 billion Dreadnought programme and its supply chain.   Defence Secretary visited

US Air Force proposes Tyndall AFB F-35 rebuild

As Tyndall Air Force Base recovers in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, the US Air Force has called upon Congress to allocate additional funding for the F-35 Lightning II. Following a preliminary evaluation, the US Air Force confirmed a rebuilt Tyndall AFB could accommodate up to three F-35 squadrons. Additionally, operational F-22 Raptors could also [тАж]

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Two new keynote speakers announced for DPRTE 2019

Two new keynote speakers have been announced for Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2019, which will take place for the first time at BirminghamтАЩs NEC on 28 March next year. Professor Trevor Taylor, Professorial Research Fellow in Defence Management, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and Tracy Buckingham, Head of Operations and Security Exports, [тАж]

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The new battlespace: Latest technology drives defence space strategies

An increasing number of military systems are now dependent on space technology, with communications, imagery, precision targeting and friendly force tracking all reliant on satellites and space-based services.  The same is true for many aspects of modern living, with space technology enabling a diverse range of civilian activities from agriculture to GPS navigation, banking and transportation.  This growing reliance saw Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announce the launch of the UKтАЩs first Defence Space Strategy and hand over command and control of [тАж]

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