BAE Systems has announced a £10 million investment programme to upgrade its Maritime Integration & Support Centre (MISC) in Portsmouth. The MISC is a specialist facility that accurately replicates real-life ship conditions using the same combat system technology found across the Royal Navy’s surface fleet – including systems used to track threats, co-ordinate weapons and […]

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HMS Forth, the first of the Royal Navy’s next-generation of Offshore Patrol ships has been formally commissioned into the Fleet. Held at her home base of Portsmouth, the commissioning ceremony for HMS Forth represents the second ship to join the Royal Navy in less than six months. After the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in […]

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DPRTE 2018 broke new ground with the introduction of a brand new Knowledge Transfer Zone, christened ‘Doing Business with the US Department of Defense’. As the name suggests, the new addition – which co-opted the Keynote Arena for the afternoon of the event – paid tribute to the UK’s innumerable contributions to defence and security in the United States and made available much-needed advice to British businesses looking to break into a lucrative foreign marketplace.  For the […]

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Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed, and his Emirati counterpart, Mohammed Ahmad Al Bowardi, reaffirming the historic and very successful defence relationship. In his first visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman, the Defence Secretary reaffirmed the historic and very successful defence relationship between […]

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Endeavor Robotics has been awarded the Engineering Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract for the US Army’s Common Robotic System–Individual (CRS-I) program. The company are one of two finalists sharing $429 million awarded contracts to compete for the Common Robotic System-Individual (CRS-I) production program Final award of the production contract will occur after the EMD down-select for full […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) will be holding a collaboration event in London on Thursday 3 May 2018 to demonstrate the successfully funded proposals and identify opportunities for collaboration with other organisations. Following the 2017 terror attacks which targeted crowded places, the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) and Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) […]

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Defence Minister Guto Bebb has announced that the Ministry of Defence is upgrading the British Army’s standard combat rifle to ensure troops are equipped with the best possible battle-winning kit. The SA80 A2 hand held assault weapon will be upgraded into the A3 model under the Mid Life Improvement (MLI) project, which will ensure the rifle […]

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Lockheed Martin is combining forces with Cobham as part of the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) competition to replace the US Navy ALQ-99 tactical jamming system currently outfitted on E/A-18 Growler aircraft. The ALQ-99 is a tactical jamming system previously deployed on the EA-6B Prowler and now the EA-18G Growler. Crucially, its replacement – […]

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Expansion of the BAE Systems Typhoon Training Facility at RAF Lossiemouth has officially come to a close, the Royal Air Force has announced. Upgrades to the Typhoon flight simulation training system will now enable RAF Lossiemouth squadrons to train in a four aircraft formation or ‘4 ship’ – a staple of flight operations. Until recently […]

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Lockheed Martin delivered the first HC-130J Combat King II combat search and rescue tanker to the California Air National Guard. This HC-130J will be operated by the 129th Rescue Wing (RQW) at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California. The 129th RQW currently operates a fleet of MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft, which will be replaced by […]

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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has published improved building performance standards which could save the UK taxpayer between 15 and 20 percent on Ministry of Defence (MOD) construction projects. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is responsible for the entire MOD estate. It delivers all of the necessary infrastructure – be it housing, training facilities or critical assets – to allow our […]

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Leonardo has been contracted by the RAF to supply its BriteCloud countermeasure to provide enhanced protection from advanced radar-guided missiles for its Tornado GR4 aircraft. The drinks-can-sized countermeasure, which protects fighter jets from modern radar-guided missiles, will be available for use by Tornado GR4 crews in the near future The RAF will be the first […]

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