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Northrop Grumman and the US Navy officially welcomed the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the fleet with a ceremony to celebrate the commencement of flight operations. Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu is home to the maintenance detachment of Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP)-19 DET Point Mugu, the Navy’s first unmanned patrol squadron. Maintainers […]

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The General Dynamics Mission Systems team successfully completed all stages of formal Sea Acceptance Testing (SAT) of Knifefish, the US Navy’s Surface Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) system. The tests were conducted off the coast of Boston using Navy mine test targets and included a variety of undersea, MCM operational scenarios in multiple […]

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Saab has secured a contract worth around SEK 110 million from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf ammunition. The order comes under the terms of Saab’s framework agreement signed with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency in 2017 regarding Carl-Gustaf ammunition. The framework agreement enables the customer to place orders for live […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and the Royal Navy Innovation Team, DARE (Discovery, Assessment and Rapid Exploitation) are to hold an innovation event alongside the crew of the HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier in July. HMS Queen Elizabeth, and sister ship HMS Prince Of Wales, are the new cutting edge UK Aircraft Carriers and the […]

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The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has launched an update of the counter-terrorism strategy, which includes plans for MI5 to declassify and share information on UK citizens suspected of having links to terrorism. The document centres on efforts to reduce the risk to the public and preventing safe spaces for terrorists to operate and will see […]

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Viasat has announced the availability of satellite communications (SATCOM) service over ViaSat-2 for Canadian Armed Forces and government applications. The move will see both the Canadian Armed Forces and government users will be able to use the system for bandwidth intensive tasks, with complete security through accredited encryption systems, which have been approved by the […]

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Orolia subsidiary, McMurdo, has been awarded a contract worth around $34 million to manufacture Personnel Recovery Devices (PRD) for the US Army. The dual-mode, MIL-SPEC Personal Locator Beacon will be integrated into the Army’s Personnel Recovery Support System (PRSS). Capable of transmitting both open and secure signals (training-combat dual mode), the PRD will provide alerts […]

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A ‘First Plot’ commemorative stone has been unveiled at the latest service accommodation construction site at Bulford, Wiltshire. The commemorative stone was unveiled by Lieutenant General Nick Pope CBE, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, together with Mr John Leary, Lovell’s Major Projects Director along with representatives of the Army Basing Programme (ABP) , Defence Infrastructure […]

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Babcock Team 31 has unveiled Arrowhead 140 as its design for the Ministry of Defence’s new £1.25 billion Type 31e general purpose light frigate programme. Launching the new platform,  ‘Team 31’ – led by Babcock and including Thales, OMT, BMT, Harland and Wolff and Ferguson Marine – underlined  the vessel’s established, ‘at sea’ design baseline […]

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The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has praised British Army personnel who are preparing to train park rangers in Malawi in techniques that will help them protect African elephants and for the first time, black rhinos from poachers. Mr Williamson met several personnel at West Midlands Safari Park as they prepare to deploy to East Africa next […]

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The US Army has partnered with Northrop Grumman to deploy enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in Japan, bolstering battlespace awareness and missile defence. The Japanese project forms part of a wider programme of JTAGS modernisation awarded to Northrop Grumman some years previous. The system itself dates back to 1997 when it was first […]

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Lockheed Martin has put its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite through its paces in realistic simulations of its future launch experience. The satellite completed the tests successfully and is now in system-level testing in preparation for delivery to the US Air Force in 2019. For the 39 days of Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) […]

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Saab has secured a deal worth around SEK 224 million with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) relating to the upgrade of the Gripen C/D system. The order primarily involves improvements to and modifications of existing capabilities in the so-called MS20 upgrade, which was introduced across the Swedish Air Force Gripen fleet in 2016. The […]

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