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Her Majesty The Queen has commissioned the UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy. The Queen spoke at a ceremony in Portsmouth’s naval base, attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and military chiefs. Her Majesty addressed guests before the Ship’s Commanding Officer, Captain Jerry Kyd, read […]

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Raytheon BBN Technologies is putting artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to the test so that military personnel might better understand how cultural impacts and other factors combine to cause conflict. To do so, Raytheon BBN will make canny use of its machine reading system – a computer programme able to read and parse prose […]

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During Expodefensa 2017 – Colombia’s leading defence exhibition – Thales announced the renewal of its partnership with Cotecmar with a view to strengthening relationships within the Colombian defence sector. The partnership was first penned in 2015 and now both companies have reaffirmed their shared commitment to bolster Colombia’s defence capabilities. Signed by Ruben Lazo and […]

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Elbit Systems has been chosen by the Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMOD) to provide and operate flight simulators for the upgraded C-130H and C-130J transport aircraft of the Israeli Air Force (IAF). The contract is worth around $74 million for a thirteen-year period, which includes a set up phase of approximately three years and a […]

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Mikros Systems has successfully completed the first ship and shore installation and testing of its ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite (ADSSS) on the Littoral Combat Ship USS Independence. ADSSS provides condition-based maintenance for mission-critical complex distributed systems using smart sensors, model-based prognostics and secure fault-tolerant networking. ADSSS’s model-based prognostics framework converts large amounts of data […]

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Northrop Grumman has been contracted to carry out a £750M modernisation, providing life-cycle services for the U.S. Army’s fleet of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA). For Northrop Grumman the lucrative award win represents a base year contract with eight option years, extending to 2027. As part of this, the contractor will deliver specialist services in […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has paid tribute to the vital contribution that businesses have made to the construction of the Royal Navy’s largest ever ships. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the nation’s future flagship and the first of Britain’s two new 65,000 tonne aircraft carriers, is set to be formally commissioned into the Royal Navy by Her Majesty […]

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QinetiQ Target Systems has demonstrated the threat posed by small multi-rotor drones to large naval vessels at the behest of the Royal Canadian Navy. A live demonstration involving a Halifax Class frigate took place in early November with QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) at the helm as part of a previously awarded C$8.5M Unmanned Targets Repair, […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has unveiled a cutting-edge new armour project, which will protect troops from bullets on the battlefield. Mrs Baldwin made the announcement as visited the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down where she was able to speak with scientists who are creating a lighter, more flexible body armour for […]

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The new Officer Commanding Number 617 Squadron, Wing Commander John Butcher, has taken his first flight in an F-35B Lightning, the UK’s new multi-role stealth combat aircraft. 617 Sqn ‘Dambusters’ is designated as the first frontline UK F-35B Lightning squadron and will return to RAF Marham next summer. The first flight followed weeks of ground […]

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The wider defence industry makes an invaluable contribution to the UK’s national security and economic prosperity. According to figures from leading trade body ADS, the UK Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors support 900,000 jobs across the country. In 2016, the turnover for these sectors was a combined £72 billion with £37 billion worth of […]

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Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has visited Kosovo and Serbia to commemorate the past and discuss future defence cooperation. Mr Lancaster’s visit to Kosovo comes at a time when the UK has boosted its presence in the country, having recently deployed 30 troops to NATO’s Force based there to work with allies to promote safety, security and […]

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Cubic Global Defense has been awarded a contract worth more than $61 million from the US Army Contracting Command to support rotational and pre-deployment training exercises at the US Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC). Cubic will continue to assist the JRTC with integrating US and allied forces into rotational training exercises through scenarios focused […]

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