Defence Blog Posts

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has awarded a £90M contract to leading support services company, Carillion. Carillion will undertake the design and build a communications centre in Cyprus for the UK defence deployment there. Carillion is a leading UK company, with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects, extensive construction capabilities and a sector leading […]

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An opportunity to book a meeting with Defence and Security Accelerator (Accelerator) in Harwell to discuss your research idea. Book an Accelerator meeting at Harwell on 4 April 2017. These 30-minute face-to-face meetings give you the opportunity to discuss your innovative research idea with Accelerator staff in private. The Accelerator funds innovative proof-of-concept research that could […]

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With just a week to go, we preview what’s on offer in DPRTE’s Export and Business Growth Zone. Export success is vital to the UK’s long-term sustainable economic prosperity. The previous Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne recognised that when he earlier set an ambitious national target for the value of the UK’s exports to […]

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UK troops arrive in Estonia as part of one of the biggest British deployments to Eastern Europe in decades. Around 120 UK troops from the 5th Battalion the Rifles Battlegroup (5 Rifle), including members of an Armoured Engineer Squadron, Military Police Detachment, Artillery Group and Port Task Group, arrived at Amari airbase last night. Flying […]

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The Prime Minister Theresa May has signalled her intention for Britain to maintain close security ties with Europe following the triggering of Article 50 next week by signing a new defence pact with Germany. Mrs May is keen to stress to other EU leaders that Britain will continue to play a significant role and cooperate […]

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Can you give our readers a little background into yourself and your current role? I have a long history in procurement, having been a supply chain director for Network Rail, Amerada Hess, NatWest, the Scottish Office and British Coal amongst others. From 2007-2014, I was Commercial Director at the MOD, and was responsible for a […]

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  We preview how defence buyers can develop their skills in the Buyer Excellence in Procurement Knowledge Transfer Zone. DPRTE’s Buyer Excellence in Procurement Knowledge Transfer Zone features a range of buyer-focused sessions designed to enhance skills within areas specific to Ministry of Defence buyers, including several presentations from PASS Training, part of BiP Group. […]

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The Ministry of Defence has signed a deal worth £14M with a Basingstoke company to deliver lifesaving medical monitors to the UK Armed Forces. This contract with Remote Diagnostic Technologies for the Tempus Pro monitors, which will sustain over 60 UK jobs, will aid emergency treatment should a member of the Armed Forces be injured […]

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The RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon has successfully taken part in further flight trials with the MBDA Brimstone air-to-surface weapon at BAE Systems’ site in Warton, Lancashire. The tests are part of continuing development work on the Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) package for Typhoon, which will also deliver further sensor and mission system upgrades as part of […]

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The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has revealed the Ministry of Defence spends billions of pounds with industry and supporting 30,000 local jobs in the South West, underlining the region’s importance to the UK’s security. Sir Michael revealed the figures during a visit to the Royal Marine’s base at Chivenor, where he met with personnel […]

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In the second in our series of interviews with defence SMEs, we speak with Bernard Parsons, CEO of Becrypt, about the Defence supply chain and the needs of the technology industry when engaging with the government. Becrypt was founded in 2001 by Bernard and three former colleagues, to meet the growing security requirements of mobile technology […]

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Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has announced that the baseline profit rate for contracts under the Single Source Contract Regulations will be reduced from 8.95% to 7.46% from 1st April 2017. The intention is to give better value for money to taxpayers and fairer profits for industry, with all savings being reinvested to provide new […]

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