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Planetek Hellas and Planetek Italia have signed a framework contract with the European Union Satellite Center (EU SatCen), to supply Earth observation based very high resolution reference mapping products in support to Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The equipment will play its part in enhancing border surveillance as the European Union steps up its efforts […]

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World class innovators including astronaut Tim Peake and former McLaren Chairman Ron Dennis gathered at the MOD for the first meeting of the new Defence External Innovation Advisory Panel. Announced by the Defence Secretary in Oxford in February, the Panel will be charged with driving forward the MOD’s Innovation Initiative, which aims to encourage imagination, ingenuity […]

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The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) in partnership with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation has launched the Further Forces programme, a scheme to retrain Armed Forces Service-leavers to teach technical subjects, including science, engineering and technology, in the Further Education and Training sector. The scheme is funded jointly by the Education and Training Foundation and the […]

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Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are leading an innovative experiment to tackle the growing problem of space junk. UK scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are leading an innovative experiment to tackle the growing problem of space junk. Hundreds of thousands of manmade objects orbit the Earth, but fewer […]

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With a proliferation in the use of portable, electronically powered devices in the defence and security realms, batteries are assuming greater importance, as defence writer Mark Lane discovered talking to Ultralife’s Mike Manna. Advances in battery technology have – to a large extent – driven the accelerating pace of development in electronic and digital technology. […]

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Tods Defence, a Unitech Aerospace Company, has secured the design and manufacture contract of the Bow Sonar Dome for the Type 26 class Frigate being built for the UK Royal Navy. The contract award has been made following a rigorous design and assessment phase, which was carried out in partnership between BAE Systems, Tods Defence […]

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RUSI experts have delivered a new paper that examines Defence Innovation and the UK, and implications of the US Third Offset Strategy. Delivered by Professor John Louth, Professor Trevor Taylor and Doctor Andrew Tyler, the paper looks at UK defence equipment and its vulnerabilities, suggesting there needs to be more commitment to research, innovation and […]

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The first steel on the new Type 26 Frigates has been cut by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. During the ceremony, held at BAE Systems Shipyard in Glasgow, the Defence Secretary also revealed that the first ship will be named after the city where it is being built, Glasgow. The name is particularly apt, with the […]

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Businesses today recognise the cyber threat but are unclear as to how to respond and governments should help them, Radware’s Carl Herberger tells defence writer Mark Lane. Some striking results have emerged from a recent canvassing of businesses on cyber security. US-based cyber security service provider Radware, which regularly surveys chief information officers (CIOs), this […]

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The Ministry of Defence has launched an innovative new strategy to improve mental health and wellbeing of Forces personnel and their families, veterans, and defence civilians. The strategy was launched by Minister for Defence People and Veterans Tobias Ellwood at the International Ministerial Conference on Veterans’ issues. The Defence People Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy […]

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Third annual statement on how the government supports national security by preventing and resolving conflict, building and keeping peace. I wish to update the House on how the Government has been supporting our national security interests through conflict prevention, peace building, stabilisation, peacekeeping and conflict resolution using the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). Details of […]

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