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Ploughshare Innovations, the technology transfer office for the UK Ministry of Defence has announced the appointment of two new Non-executive Directors to its board. Professor Penny Endersby and Dr Cerys Rees OBE will fill the vacancies left by Jenni Henderson and Dame Wendy Hall. Piers White, Chairman of Ploughshare Innovations welcomed the appointments, highlighting the pair’s experience […]

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The British Army has bid farewell to the venerable Lynx helicopter, a stalwart of the UK Armed Forces, after almost four decades in service. As the British Army’s primary battlefield utility helicopter, the Lynx has been destroying tanks, evacuating the wounded, gathering intelligence and providing humanitarian aid since 1978. In the years since, the Lynx […]

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The Defence Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded a $22 million contract to Rockwell Collins which will see the specialist contractor provide much-needed support to the Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot. This is the DLA’s first performance-based logistics (PBL) contract with the US Air Force. It will run for an initial three year period, during […]

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Cobham this week announced that its Special Mission business has won a follow on contract courtesy of NATO to deliver Operational Readiness Training for a maximum of five years. Awarded via a competitive tender process, the contract will provide electronic warfare and threat simulation training with a view to readying NATO allied forces for the […]

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DPRTE 2018 is delighted to announce that Roll Royce and Raytheon will join Qinetiq, General Electric and Cammell Laird at the Prime Contractor Engagement Village at the UK’s premier defence procurement event taking place at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on 27 March. DPRTE 2018 offers the defence supply chain a vital opportunity to connect with MOD […]

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Viasat has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) worth up to $350M for advanced equipment, systems, services and support. The global communications company will provide advanced equipment, systems, services and support to significantly modernise ground/air situational awareness, tactical data links, terrestrial networking, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), tactical satellite communications, information assurance, network […]

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The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has officially welcomed the country’s very first C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the Armée de l’Air’s 62st Transport Wing. Government officials from France and the United States of America attended a ceremony held at Orléans-Bricy Air Base on 15th January 2018 – alongside representatives from Lockheed […]

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Even the most security conscious organisations can have holes in their cybersecurity defences. This was highlighted by the recent incident when an unencrypted USB stick containing confidential data from Heathrow airport was found by a member of the public. How the device came to be lying in the street is not yet known. Whether it […]

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The fourth US Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite to be built by Lockheed Martin has now been encapsulated. Completion of this final milestone means that the SBIRS GEO Flight-4 satellite will meet its planned January 18th launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, propelled by a […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) are to hold a Market Interest day on 7 February 2018 in London to help shape the upcoming Defence People Challenge. In September 2016 the Defence Secretary launched the Defence Innovation Initiative, which acknowledged that we needed a new approach to innovation in order to maintain our military advantage and […]

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MASS has supported the RAF-led Exercise Eagle Warrior at the RAF College, Cranwell, which saw over 200 personnel participate in the event, including several senior members of the RAF leadership team. The event formed part of an annual series of horizon-scanning events run by Air Command to shape, test and review RAF capability development. Eagle […]

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Cascade Aerospace has secured a contract for the avionics modernisation of one Fuerza Aérea Mexicana (FAM) L-100 (C-130) Hercules aircraft. The contract follows on the recent delivery of two modernised C-130K Hercules aircraft delivered to the FAM and fitted with advanced digital avionics from Rockwell Collins. This program will be contracted through the Canadian Commercial […]

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