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Major defence project win sparks investment

Winning a key defence project has seen Aerotech, the Poole based Precision Manufacturing firm, investing in new manufacturing facilities. Aerotech has invested in the new equipment to improve lead times, making significant time-savings to supplying components from a AS9100 quality controlled environment. The manufacturing contract undertaken involves producing a variety of intricately machined parts, controlled […]

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Webinar: autonomous last mile resupply

A webinar for this Defence and Security Accelerator competition will be held on 30 May 2017. The webinar will provide information about the £3 million autonomous last mile resupply competition for those who can’t make it to the main networking event on 23 May 2017. The competition is seeking new technologies, processes and ways of working to improve the way we […]

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Pearson awarded US Army contract for Counter-IED rollers

Newcastle upon Tyne based Pearson Engineering has been awarded a near $8 million contract for its Counter-IED (improvised explosive device) rollers by the US Army Contracting Command. The Counter-IED roller systems are being acquired as part of a US Foreign Military Sales contract for Afghanistan. The contract will see Pearson Engineering providing a large number […]

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Ground broken on new SABRE rocket engine test site

Work is underway on the construction of a new rocket engine test facility at Westcott Venture Park in the UK. The facility will fire the engine core of the European Space Agency-backed Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) propulsion system within the next three years. The SABRE scoops up atmospheric air during the early stage of […]

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NATO promotes intercultural dialogue to improve security

NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, Tacan Ildem, was on hand to attend the Fourth World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue as part of efforts to promote intercultural dialogue as an effective means to improve human security, the conditions for peace, and sustainable development. Taking place in Baku, the event was organised by United Nations […]

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How to encourage your team’s business winning capability

  CEOs and business leaders across the defence industry are fast recognising that business winning is key to sustainability. As the landscape shifts, business development requires a more creative, innovative and strategic approach. At the same time, with many leaders schooled in a technical delivery background, there’s been an over-reliance on business winning as a […]

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Virginia Class fast attack submarine named Indiana at ceremony

  The US Navy recently christened its newest Virginia Class fast attack submarine, the future USS Indiana, during a ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. Indiana is the sixteenth Virginia Class fast attack submarine and the sixth Virginia Class Block III submarine. This next-generation attack submarine provides the US Navy with the […]

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General Sir Nick Carter confirmed to speak at DSEI 2017

DSEI, the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition, has confirmed General Sir Nick Carter KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff, will deliver a keynote speech at the 2017 event. Taking place at ExCel, London, in September, the exhibition is known as the most comprehensive presentation of defence, military aerospace and security […]

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GB-Burnham-On-Sea: Golf Club House

Scheme comprises construction of a two storey club house, construction of bowling green, tennis courts and creation of parking spaces and access thereto including natural ventilation and Changing Spaces & BS8300.
The associated works include sewer sy

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Dstl: piloting innovation in defence medical sciences

Medical treatment in the civilian and defence worlds has always gone hand in hand and developments in medical technology and innovation benefit from collaboration between defence, industry and academia, says Dstl’s Neal Smith. Mark Lane reports. Medical science plays a crucial role in the UK’s defence capability and it is an area in which technical […]

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Warfighting division welcomed

Following the publication of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), the Defence Committee has reviewed aspects of the plan and has reported its findings. In its latest report the Committee has welcomed the decision of the review to establish a warfighting division, comprising 40,000 troops and support that can deploy at speed. However, […]

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70–OPTION – CounterAct Network Access Solution

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is 10952322-01 and is issued as an invit

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