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A new survey has revealed a worrying trend in the security arena, with a third of security professionals lack effective intelligence to detect and action cyber threats. The survey, from Anomali – market leaders in threat intelligence platforms, also shows that almost a quarter believe they are over a year behind the average threat actor, […]

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The first testing service for autonomous maritime vehicles is to be delivered by BAE Systems. With a grant awarded of £457,000 from Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the service is due to be launched later this year. Based around Portsmouth, Southampton and the South East of the Isle of Wight, BAE Systems together with ASV […]

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Some $3.5M has been awarded to six university teams by the DoD which will fund research into robotics for disaster relief. The funding has come as part of a joint research project with the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) and will see joint teams funded by through sponsored US and […]

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UK company Cobham Special Mission has announced that it has signed a Teaming Agreement with Florida-headquartered Draken International for jointly developing solutions for the delivery of operational readiness training under the Ministry of Defence’s Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) programme. In order to prepare air, naval and land forces for the complex and […]

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A successful test of firing of the Brimstone air-to-surface missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon has been completed. The trial was undertaken as part of ongoing development work that will significantly upgrade the Typhoon, with this part of the development working to integrate the Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) package. P3E forms part of Project Centurion, designed […]

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The new ‘Cyber Works’ centre, has been opened by Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin. The £3M centre is part of the Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy, which will see £1.9Bn invested in cyber security over the next five years. Based at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Gloucester, the centre will create 90 high tech jobs and enable […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator is holding an event in London on 27 July 2017 to provide more information on the themed competition: Improving crowd resilience Registration is now open. It closes on Monday 24 July 2017 at 12:30pm. The event is taking place at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel in London. Technical experts will provide specific information about the […]

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Further information on this £1 million phase 1 Defence and Security Accelerator competition An innovation network event for this Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition will be held on 27 July 2017. The event will provide information about the improving crowd resilience competition. This competition seeks innovative or novel ideas to reduce the threat from the terrorist or […]

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The government is to make up to £2M available to unlock innovation and fast track new technology to combat the next generation of terrorist threat. The Government is urging technical innovators to come forward with their ideas to keep people safe from the threat of terror. Security Minister Ben Wallace said: “In light of the horrific attacks […]

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UK maritime forces have trained alongside partner nations’ navies during deployment on board a French warship. Around 60 Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel exercised with their counterparts from other countries during the five-month annual French naval deployment to the Indian Ocean and Far East, including the first ever four-part maritime exercise involving France, Japan, the […]

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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has received the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Achievement Award for its commitment to safety. DIO’s Chief Operating Officer, Geoff Robson attended the awards ceremony held at the Birmingham Hilton Hotel to accept the highly prestigious award on behalf of DIO. The RoSPA scheme is open to businesses […]

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Regulatory compliance and document management are crucial in the aerospace and defence industries. Defence features writer Mark Lane asks Design Rule’s Bob Hillier about how product lifecycle management software can help. Both aerospace and defence have come a long way since the early generation of gliders first took to the skies more than a century […]

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