Ballistic Panels and Window Obscuration

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are b

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ASC West facility upgrade strengthens Australia’s submarine capability

ASC has opened its Western Australian submarine maintenance facility following a major $12.5 million innovative upgrade. The revamped facility will boost Australia’s sovereign submarine capability and is part of ASC’s continuous improvement of the maintenance of Australia’s Collins Class submarine fleet, as part of the Submarine Enterprise. The redevelopment will enhance productivity and reliability through […]

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BAE develop Bluetooth-enabled sensors to detect health of military bridging systems

Engineers based at BAE Systems’ site in Telford, Shropshire are testing an integrated Bluetooth and sensing technology which reports the remaining service-life of military bridging systems. The new ‘fatigue monitoring’ technology continuously detects the stress and strain on bridges designed to be used by tanks such as the Challenger® 2, which weighs in at more than […]

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RUSI examines Defence Innovation and the UK

RUSI experts have delivered a new paper that examines Defence Innovation and the UK, and implications of the US Third Offset Strategy. Delivered by Professor John Louth, Professor Trevor Taylor and Doctor Andrew Tyler, the paper looks at UK defence equipment and its vulnerabilities, suggesting there needs to be more commitment to research, innovation and […]

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Horizon 2020: apply for innovation funding in Europe

Millions of euros available to work with European partners across a range of fields. If you’re an innovative UK business or researcher who wants to collaborate with peers in Europe, you can apply for funding in areas including: aerospace critical infrastructure digital security high-performance computing (HPC) clean technologies You can also take advantage of individual fellowships, […]

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Welcome to ThunderDrone!

SOFWERX invites SOF Warfighters, Interagency Partners, and select contributors from Industry and Academia to participate in a two-month Rapid Prototyping Event (RPE) focused on drones (sea, land, air, and space), tactical swarms, effects, and their associated data science applications for the Special Operations community. In the latest of our rapid prototyping events at SOFWERX, US Special […]

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Building Information Assurance into the heart of your projects

A full lifecycle IA approach for suppliers and buyers  Information Assurance (IA) is now a well-established countermeasure to the growing cyber threat that all organisations and citizens face. The UK Government’s new Cyber Security Strategy 2016-21 is testament to the importance we should all afford the issue. This importance is particularly applicable to the defence […]

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GB-Cardiff: HMS Training Centre

Scheme comprises construction of HMS Cambria secure training and education facility (use class: sui generis) for use by Royal Navy Reserve Unit, including means of access, parking, landscape works, boundary treatment, and external exercise area, following

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Queen Elizabeth sails

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the new QE Class aircraft carriers, has taken to sea for the very first time. History was made when the new ship launched from Rosyth to commence the first stage of sea trials off the north-east of Scotland. Spending the next six weeks at sea, the crew will monitor […]

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Armed Services links helps IT consultancy succeed in security marketplace

Supplying goods and services to the Ministry of Defence can be easier when the supplier employs ex-Service personnel, as defence features writer Peter Jackson learns talking to Forfusion’s Chief Technology Officer, Ian Musgrave. Forfusion is a business and IT consultancy which has provided unified communications solutions to the Ministry of Defence since 2012. Based in […]

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