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BAE Systems has contracted Konstrukta-Defence from the Slovak Republic to produce barrels for the Swedish Army’s Mjölner mortar system. Konstrukta will produce 84 120-millimeter barrels to be modified as needed to meet the requirements for the Mjölner system, which is being integrated on Swedish Army CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles. ZTS Metalurg, a Slovak-based manufacturer, will […]

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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plays a vital role in supporting the UK’s Armed Forces by building, maintaining and servicing the estate and infrastructure needed to support defence. Here, Defence Online Editor Matt Brown looks at one major current DIO project, to deliver a new defence logistics college at Worthy Down. One of the Defence Infrastructure […]

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The AUDS counter-UAS defence system has been enhanced for deployment on military and commercial security and surveillance vehicles to more effectively defeat swarm attacks by malicious unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including long range winged drones. The AUDS system was developed in 2015 by a consortium of UK defence companies including Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems. […]

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Leonardo has announced it has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study into the management of data security for the Galileo European navigation satellite programme. Announcing the news at the Cybertech Europe conference in Rome, the Company will support the ESA by defining a state-of-the-art security monitoring system for Galileo, taking […]

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The US Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $5.1 billion Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) contract to complete the design of the lead Columbia-class submarine, the nation’s next-generation sea-based strategic deterrent. The IPPD contract includes funding for component and technology development as well as continued development of the Common Missile Compartment, which […]

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Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine have delivered the future USS Little Rock (LCS 9) to the US Navy. The future USS Little Rock, the fifth Freedom-variant LCS built by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine, is scheduled to be commissioned in Buffalo later this year and become the first US Navy ship to be […]

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The Ministry of Defence has announced that Tony Douglas, CEO of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), is to stand down from the role at the end of this year. Douglas joined the MoD in September 2015 after being Chief Executive Officer at Abu Dhabi Airports. He will return to the private sector having led DE&S through […]

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Collective Training Transformation Programme Industry Day  19TH OCTOBER 2017 – SHRIVENHAM Following the announcement at DSEI of the launch of the Collective Training Transformation Programme by the Maj. Gen. Hyams, we would like to invite you to the first in a series of 3 discrete industry days. Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) is the Army’s […]

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The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has selected Leonardo to spearhead a team of UK companies in work that will help protect British Army vehicles against current and future weapons. Under a Technology Demonstrator Programme (TDP) called ‘Icarus’, the team will develop and demonstrate a way to affordably integrate ‘best of breed’ technologies in a […]

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Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has this week unveiled a newly restored runway at RAF Valley during a trip to Anglesey, Wales. Currently, RAF Valley provides pilots with advanced fast jet training. And yet, while existing infrastructure was adequate for Hawk aircraft, the runway required a comprehensive overhaul to accommodate training in Tornado and Typhoon […]

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Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has unveiled the name of one of the new Type 26 frigates as HMS Belfast during a trip to Northern Ireland. The Defence Secretary revealed the name at Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff, which built the Royal Navy’s last HMS Belfast, in 1938. The second to be named in the […]

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Pratt & Whitney has announced it has successfully completed testing of an adaptive three-stream fan in an engine with an F135 core as part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Adaptive Engine Technology Development (AETD) programme. Modern military turbofan engines have two airstreams – one that passes through the core of the engine, and […]

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The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, have carried out a series of flypasts across Jordan’s historic landmarks. The jets flew the length of the desert kingdom in a display of friendship with the Jordanian people. Crowds watched from ancient landmarks such as Petra and Kerak Castle as the formation of Hawks flew […]

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