HMS Northumberland will be joined by warships from 22 countries for sub hunt exercise Cutlass fury in Halifax.
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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has appointed Volker Stevin to its most recent contract, worth £30M, which will construct operational berth infrastructure at the Royal Navy base in Portsmouth ahead of the arrival of the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier.
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Royal Navy engineers have designed a possible mid-21st-century assault by Royal Marines featuring emerging defence innovations.
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The US Air Force used Raytheon’s Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, to support the launch of its second GPS III satellite into space. The ground system will spend ten days maneuvering the satellite into its final orbit, demonstrating GPS OCX’s ability to simultaneously support multiple GPS III spacecraft on-orbit throughout the checkout […]
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The Department for Transport and the Home Office are offering PhD grants for aviation security ideas to improve airport boarding operations.
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The US Air Force has launched its second GPS III satellite, billed as the most powerful Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite ever built. BAE Systems’ RAD750 Single Board Computer (SBC), part of Harris Corporation’s navigation payload for GPS III prime contractor Lockheed Martin, will provide radiation hardened, high-performance onboard processing capability for the satellite’s mission. To […]
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Viasat has announced it has successfully upgraded the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) control stations to comply with the new Integrated Waveform (IW) baseline. The Viasat Visual Integrated Satellite communications Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) software platform, allows NATO to gain greater communications interoperability, scalability and flexibility across […]
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Raytheon is to build a 200,000-square-foot facility supporting 500 new high-tech jobs at its Space and Airborne Systems headquarters in McKinney, Texas. The announcement follows research from The University of North Texas Economic Research Group, which found Raytheon in North Texas contribute $4.8 billion to the Texas economy. In 2018, Raytheon directly employed more than […]
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Bittium has received a purchase order for the software-defined Bittium Tough SDR radios and Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network (TAC WIN) system’s products to be delivered to the Estonian Defence Forces. The Bittium Tough SDR radios, which are intended for soldier use and vehicle installations, and Bittium TAC WIN products, will complement the tactical communications […]
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BAE Systems has secured a contract from Lockheed Martin to enhance the Electronic Warfare capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. The Company has received a Block 4 Modernisation contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Under the […]
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The UK Government has recognised 100 employers for supporting the armed forces through their inclusion of veterans, military personnel, and their families.
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Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced this year’s Spending Round which includes an extra £2.2billion in defence funding.
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Scientists from the Naval Medical Research Center believe a common antibiotic could relieve the symptoms of decompression sickness.
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HMS Duncan met with the US Navy’s USNS Alan Shepard during trade route mission to refuel.
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The FCO Services’ seeks to procure a worldwide fire inspection survey, management and advisory service under a single supplier framework agreement. The service requirements will be divided into 5 lots.
Omar Yaacoubi, CEO and co-founder of cyber security company Barac, examines the dangers of encrypted malware and how artificial intelligence could play a significant role in combating its threat. Cyber security and data protection have become a top priority in the UK. Fear of exploitative ransomware attacks, high–profile data breaches, sophisticated nation state attacks and the threat of rogue […]
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During an event in Washington, the Acting Army Secretary emphasised the need to adopt industry techniques to upgrade technology in the military.
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The Aerospace Technology Institute has launched a competition to find new aerospace design ideas.
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QinetiQ has won a £18.7m contract, Operational Assessment of Signatures Informing Susceptibility (OASIS) that will help reduce the acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of the Royal Navy’s submarines and ships and protect the men and women who serve on them from adversaries. Each ship or submarine has a unique acoustic and electromagnetic signature – the bigger […]
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