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Minister for the Armed Forces Mark Lancaster met with Egyptian Minister of Defence General Mohamed Zaki to discuss enhancing UK-Egypt defence cooperation. The meeting came as a part of the Minister’s first official visit to Egypt, and presented an opportunity to reaffirm the strength of the UK’s defence relationship with Egypt and deepen the longstanding […]

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Meggitt has been awarded a contract for the supply of braking systems for the Eurofighter Typhoon contract with Qatar Air Force. In September 2018, BAE Systems announced a £5 billion order for the delivery of 24 Typhoon aircraft to the Qatar Air Force, resulting in a Meggitt order for braking technology including; wheels, carbon brakes, […]

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Civil engineers from the US DoD have begun construction on a STEM facility for Girl Scouts in Oahu.

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The Royal Navy has announced the partnership between its Royal Marines Commando force and Anduril Industries, a defence technology company specialising in AI powered solutions, to modernise surveillance systems and techniques by utilising cutting edge technologies. As part of the recently announced Modernising Defence Programme and the NavyX accelerator initiative, the Royal Navy is keen […]

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Sodexo has successfully retained its catering and cleaning contract with Avon & Somerset Police for a further five years. Avon and Somerset Police is responsible for law enforcement across Somerset and Avon, including the city of Bristol. The new contract, worth £8 million, will see Sodexo teams support more than 2,500 police officers, and 500 […]

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An RAF exercise in Croatia will see British troops training with French and American personnel to support security in the region.

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Saab has received an additional order from the US Navy for the Sea Giraffe Multi Mode Radar (MMR) for the Coast Guard’s offshore patrol cutter. This additional order exercises an option on an existing contract, which was initially awarded in 2017 and includes multiple line item options for additional Sea Giraffe MMR systems. The initial […]

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A technology kit developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was used for the first time to operate a Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight controls. The flight, which took place at the end of May, marked the official start to the Sikorsky flight test program for the soon-to-be optionally piloted aircraft. Follow-on flight […]

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DASA, Dstl, and the Royal Navy have launched a multi-million pound funding competition to search for the future Naval operating environment. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching ‘Intelligent Ship – The Next Generation’ – a multi-million pound competition for the future Naval operating environment. The competition is seeking proposals for novel and innovative […]

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AERALIS is working closely with leading defence primes to ensure that it can deliver the advanced training required for sixth-generation fighter jets. The United States, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, China and Russia have already announced the development of a sixth-generation aircraft program. Whilst these conceptual aircraft of the future will undoubtedly share many of […]

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The US Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth $958 million for Lot 6 full-rate production of the Gallium Nitride-based (GaN) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) systems. This contract provides an additional 30 units.  The program is managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems. G/ATOR replaces five legacy systems operated by the Marine […]

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The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGPs) hosted an event exploring veteran healthcare in the NHS.

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Representatives from Somalia and the UK opened a training centre for the Somali National Army in Baidoa.

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The Spanish Air Force has become the first air force worldwide to support the development of Airbus’ drone and augmented reality-based maintenance inspection services, with the aim of drastically reducing maintenance inspections for large military aircraft and increasing overall fleet availability.  This digital innovation technology will initially be trialled on Spanish Air Force A400M aircraft […]

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