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Defence Secretary underlines Britain and Italy’s close defence partnership on NATO and EU operations. The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, in partnership with his counterpart Roberta Pinotti, has said Britain was a key ally of Italy and would not be stepping back from European defence and security commitments following the results of the European Referendum. […]

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Jaw-jaw is better than war-war, as Churchill famously pointed out. Psychological operations too can help achieve political ends without resorting to bloodshed, as MOD DCB features writer Mark Lane discovered talking to Sven Hughes, founder of strategic communications company Global Influence. Sven Hughes had his light-bulb moment when he was in a trench ‘in a […]

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Austrian-based defence industry contractor Schiebel has won a contract with the Royal Australian Navy for the supply of its Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). The S-100 has proven capability for military and civilian applications and includes a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) capability which means there is no need for a prepared area, supporting […]

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Japanese cyber security service provider, Ni Cybersecurity, has awarded Cyberbit – a subsidiary of the Israel-based tech business Elbit – a contract to launch a cyber security training and simulation centre in Tokyo. The contract will be performed during 2017. The new training facility will be powered by the Cyberbit Range, an advanced and widely […]

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2017 will see the expansion of the government’s successful CyberFirst scheme, a pivotal part of the government’s National Cyber Security Programme. The programme, which includes the formation of the brand new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is vital to the progression of cyber security in the UK. The CyberFirst scheme is designed to create a positive […]

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The UK Government has launched a £10M scheme to incentivise commercial space flight. Science Minister Jo Johnson announced the grants today, which will enable the UK to establish a commercial spaceflight market. It is anticipated that the global space market will be worth estimated £25Bn over the next 20 years Companies receiving a share of […]

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