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The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, has announced the successful completion of the Army’s AH-64E Apache Follow-On Test and Evaluation II (FOT&E II) for the AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR). During the FOT&E, the modernised LONGBOW FCR successfully demonstrated many new operational modes and capabilities, including […]

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Saab carried out the first flight tests with its new advanced Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP) with successful results earlier in November. The pod’s interfaces with the aircraft’s hardware and software as well as cockpit control and monitoring were tested during the flight. The purpose of Saab’s new EAJP pod is to protect aircraft against […]

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BAE Systems has been awarded research and development funding through the US Army to create an advanced radar jamming technology. The technology aims to improve air survivability and mission effectiveness for US Army rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) by detecting and defeating complex and unknown threats in electronic combat. As part of the […]

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This year’s Defence Aviation Environment Conference looked at how air safety has improved ten years after the Nimrod Review was first published. 

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The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has ordered Leonardo’s KRONOS LAND radar to provide air surveillance, allowing operators to detect and track targets in tactical environments. Leonardo made the announcement at BIDEC (Bahrain International Defence Exhibition and Conference) tri-service exhibition, which is took place last week at Manama (Baharain). Leonardo will also supply communications equipment, twelve […]

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Plextek-DTS (Defence Technology Solutions) has been awarded two contracts under the £2 million Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition to develop new capabilities to detect, disrupt, and defeat the hostile and malicious use of drones. The first project focuses on the development of an innovative signal detection and jamming capability to detect and defeat hostile […]

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Airbus and QinetiQ have been confirmed to appear at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020 taking place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on 1 April. Airbus and QinetiQ will take their place at the Prime Contractor and Supply Chain Pavilion as the event confirmed them as prime contractor partners. As outlined within the […]

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The Labour Party has confirmed that it has been the subject of a cyber attack against its digital platforms. The attack, which took place on Monday, has been reported to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) but has not managed breach any of Labour’s data due to its “robust” security system, the party has said. […]

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Northrop Grumman has demonstrated progress towards successful heterogeneous unmanned vehicle (UxV) swarming with the test of Rapid Integration Swarm Ecosystem (RISE) at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) second field experiment. The experiment leveraged the command, control and collaboration capabilities of RISE in a mock city environment at Fort Benning, Georgia, with dozens of […]

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According to Glenigan Construction Data, defence estate construction has been beneficial to the construction sector as a whole in a period of stagnation resulting from political uncertainty. In particular, this data specifies that of the Ministry of Defence’s £38.1Bn worth of spending in the 2018/19 year £4.26Bn was actually spent upon defence infrastructure, ultimately resulting […]

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Bristol-based cyber security training platform, Immersive Labs, has closed $40 million in funding led by global growth equity investor Summit Partners, with participation from existing investor Goldman Sachs. The investment will be used to support expansion initiatives in North America, where customer demand highlights a clear need to optimise cyber skills and guard against constantly […]

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Military organisations across the world are looking at 5G technology as a means of achieving a number of futuristic advancements.

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The UK has released a statement in line with the EU position on the space debate following the UN General Assembly.

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Sir John Parker has responded to the implementation of the National Shipbuilding Strategy following his report on Naval shipbuilding.

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Northrop Grumman and Carnegie Mellon University have formally signed a master research agreement (MRA) that will help foster innovation between the two organisations. The signing also initiated the kick off of several projects at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) related to strategic, operational, and tactical emergency operations. Northrop Grumman will be supporting CMU research focused on […]

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Wiltshire-based Avon Protection Ltd will manufacture and supply the potentially life-saving respirators over the remaining period of the five-year contract, having completed 18 months of successful tests and trials. The £16 million contract has created 22 new jobs at Avon Protection – three management and 19 shop-floor production – as well as helping to sustain […]

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