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The Ministry of Defence has, for technical reasons, concluded that the SKYNET 6A transitional satellite (whose purpose is to extend the life of the current ageing SKYNET 5 constellation) will be acquired through single source award to Airbus Defence and Space Ltd. The MOD reasserts that the more substantial and less time-sensitive elements representing the […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced a range of new contracts, including one for consumable items, which is set to save £3 million in efficiencies and furnish a growing Royal Navy. Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) signed a contract with Babcock International Group, which will supply the Royal Navy with more than 10,000 different types […]

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Plans are moving forward for an enhanced Air Power Conference to mark the centenary of the RAF next year following a successful 2017 event in London. Around 350 people, including around 45 air force chiefs from around the world, attended the two-day forum to take part in a series of discussion and debate. The theme […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced that millions of metres of mud has now been dredged to clear way for Britain’s newest aircraft carrier to sail safely into her new home at Portsmouth Harbour. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation awarded a contract to Boskalis Westminster to make room for the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier and her […]

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ASC has opened its Western Australian submarine maintenance facility following a major $12.5 million innovative upgrade. The revamped facility will boost Australia’s sovereign submarine capability and is part of ASC’s continuous improvement of the maintenance of Australia’s Collins Class submarine fleet, as part of the Submarine Enterprise. The redevelopment will enhance productivity and reliability through […]

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Boeing is to build and test three U.S. Army CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters as part of modernization plans that is envisaged will bring another two decades of work to the company’s Philadelphia site. A recent $276 million contract will fund the helicopters, which will make technology advancements to increase the iconic helicopter’s lifting power. […]

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Italy has chosen the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group’s CT Scanner to deliver deployed medical diagnostic facilities. The Italian Ministry of Defence purchased the system through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) framework contract for the supply of military CT scanners. Developed in partnership with Philips Healthcare, the CT scanner will enter service later […]

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HMS Astute, the Royal Navy’s hunter-killer submarine, has made a triumphant return to the high seas following the completion of a comprehensive capability upgrade and an intensive period of sea training. This rigorous training phase has put HMS Astute and her crew through their paces to ensure the submarine is ready and able to respond […]

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The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, joined military leaders, senior politicians and royals in Belgium to mark the centenary anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Passchendaele. The battle in Flanders began on 31 July 1917 and was a major engagement in the First World War, claiming the lives of around 275,000 British and […]

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ViaSat Inc has been chosen by Northrop Grumman Corporation as a key partner in the delivery of a next-generation satellite communications (SATCOM) network to the Australian Defence Force. Under the Joint Project 2008 Phase 5B2 programme, which is a large multiphase project to deploy an integrated wideband SATCOM system for the ADF, ViaSat will provide […]

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Countering and protecting against the effects of explosions has utility beyond the defence and security spheres with technological advances finding civilian applications, as defence features writer Mark Lane discovers talking to Steve Holland of SJH Projects. SJH Projects is a company which operates at the interface of defence and commercial technology in the field of […]

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Lockheed Martin has successfully carried out the first-ever launch of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) surface-launch variant from a topside canister. LRASM is a precision-guided anti-ship missile that builds on the successful JASSM-ER air launch weapons and is designed to meet the demands of U.S. Navy and Air Force warfighters in a robust contested […]

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Leonardo has officially opened a new airborne systems facility in L’Aquila, Italy. The new facility will be home to the company’s advanced technology including Mode-5 identification friend/foe (IFF) systems and airborne communications equipment. L’Aquila, the capital of Italy’s Abruzzo region, is home to a number of Defence related operations including Thales Alenia Space, which opened […]

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