Day: October 10, 2019

The House of Commons Research Library has released a report examining the UK’s defence relationship with the European Union post Brexit. Since the result of the Brexit referendum in 2016, there has been a renewed ambition within the European Union to move towards a model of closer defence cooperation. Britain’s reluctance to countenance such steps […]

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Virgin and the RAF have chosen an RAF pilot for the Virgin Orbit small satellite launch programme.

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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $281 million contract by the United States Army to develop the Sentinel A4 radar system.    Sentinel A4 is a high-performance modification of the Sentinel A3 (AN/MPQ-64A3) air and missile defense radar that will provide updates to improve the existing Sentinel capability against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems, rotary wing and […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced funding for Phase 2 of its Regenerative Medicine themed competition. The Universities of Bristol and Nottingham will share over 500k from DASA to lead a consortium of experts on research projects into bioengineered blood and soft tissue regeneration, respectively. The research could not only save lives, but […]

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