Defence Blog Posts

The wait for Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2018 to take place at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on 27 March is almost over. Here we take a look at what’s on offer at this must-attend showcase.  The stage is set for buyers, suppliers and defence thought leaders to be brought together in an engaging environment where they can network and discuss the latest market developments […]

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Scientists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are collaborating with Nottingham Trent University on knitted sensors to guard against hearing loss for troops. Dstl is supporting the Materials Research Exchange exhibition and conference (MRE) and the acoustic yarn will be amongst other projects from industry and academia being presented at the event. Funded by […]

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Airbus has secured a contract from Europe’s organisation for the management of cooperative armament programmes – OCCAR – on behalf of NATO Support & Procurement Agency (NSPA) to provide an Airbus A330 MRTT Multi Role Tanker Transport. The order follows the announcement in February of Belgium’s official accession to the European/NATO Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport […]

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Royal Navy Lieutenants Tim Dunning and John Phillips have joined the hunt for a US nuclear boat off the coast of Sicily as part of NATO’s biggest ever Mediterranean anti-submarine exercise, dubbed Dynamic Manta. Aided by the USS John Warner, a Virginia-class hunter-killer skimming the surface of the Ionian Sea, the Royal Navy Wildcat crew […]

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Colonel Al Long, Deputy Head (AS) of the Intelligence Systems Team within ISS, MOD Joint Forces Command, will host an Industry Briefing on 11 April 2018 at Shrivenham, Swindon. Aim: To inform Industry of the upcoming opportunities to tender for the provision of services into MOD, to meet their requirements in the Above Secret (AS) […]

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The SKYNET 6 project team has established an information sharing environment to share information at OFFICIAL and, by exception, at OFFICIAL SENSITIVE, with industry in advance of SKYNET 6 entering competitive procurements.   Defence Share is the approved, and accredited platform that will host this environment with access to Defence Share controlled by the project […]

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The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin an $80.6 million fixed-price contract for modified ballistic re-entry vehicles and separation modules for missile defence tests. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin will develop and produce unarmed re-entry vehicles for integration into target missiles through 2022. The contract also includes options for additional modified re-entry vehicles and […]

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Leidos has been awarded a follow-on task order by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide mission support services to the US Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Prototyping Integration and Testing Division (PI&TD). The single-award follow-on task order has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a total contract […]

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His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge has visited RAF Coningsby in his role as the Honorary Air Commandant to the Station. During the event the Duke visited 29 Squadron and spoke with personnel who fly and maintain the world-class Typhoon aircraft, including trainee pilots learning to fly the aircraft. The Duke then opened the […]

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MBDA Deutschland and Lockheed Martin has announced a new joint venture to pursue the next generation Integrated Air and Missile Defense System, TLVS, for the German Bundeswehr. The joint venture is expected to become the prime contractor for the new system, which is currently being negotiated with Germany’s procurement office for the Bundeswehr, BAAINBw. TLVS […]

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Two Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) interceptors successfully intercepted two tactical ballistic missile targets recently in a test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The PAC-3 CRI intercepts support the US Army’s Field Surveillance Program (FSP) ensuring the reliability and readiness of fielded PAC-3 missiles. The test also marked the tenth and […]

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Leonardo has entered into partnership with Nozomi Networks to capitalise on the cyber security specialist’s deep network visibility, non-intrusive monitoring and continuous threat detection capabilities. On a daily basis, our infrastructure is subject to an increasingly complex barrage of cyber attacks. A greater level of detection is therefore needed to shore up online protection and […]

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