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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced a £400 million funding boost for the Dreadnought programme, as he opened a new training academy and revealed the name of the second Dreadnought submarine. The planned funding release, which supports the building phase of the programme, came as the Defence Secretary unveiled a £25 million BAE Systems […]

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Boeing has announced that the KC-46 tanker program has successfully completed its Phase II receiver certification flight testing following three weeks of airtime alongside F-15E fighter jets from Edwards Air Force Base, California. In collaboration with US Air Force KC-46 crews, Boeing officially kicked-off receiver certification testing with F-16 aircraft in April 2018. The team […]

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The US Navy has hired BAE Systems to integrate and sustain critical communications systems across its military vehicles and command centres. Under two single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, BAE Systems will support command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems on behalf of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division […]

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The world’s first High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) flight base to serve the Zephyr UAV has officially opened in Wyndham, Western Australia. With access to unrestricted airspace and reliable weather conditions, the Wyndham site is ideally placed and represents a significant investment by Airbus into its much-anticipated Zephyr programme. For the uninitiated, Zephyr is a solar […]

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The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has confirmed the UK will not use Galileo for defence or critical national infrastructure after Brexit. Instead, the UK will explore options to build its own Global Navigation Satellite System that can help guide military drones, run energy networks and provide essential services for civilian smart phones. It will also […]

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Engility has won a $71 million contract to provide systems engineering and integration services to the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Remote Sensing Systems Directorate. The contract succeeds work Engility has performed on the Space Based Infrared System program since 2010 and Space Based Environmental Monitoring Systems support the company has provided […]

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Northrop Grumman has teamed with Harris Corporation and Comtech PST for the US Navy’s Next Generation Jammer–Low Band (NJG-LB) Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET). The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Northrop Grumman a $35 million, 20-month contract to demonstrate existing jammer capability for the NJG-LB program. Northrop Grumman is the airborne electronic attack integrator […]

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Attendees at the forthcoming Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) event at Birmingham’s NEC on 28 March 2019 will discover the full range of diverse and lucrative business opportunities available across this dynamic sector. DPRTE 2019 is the UK’s premier defence procurement event and brings together buyers, suppliers and defence thought leaders in an […]

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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has reaffirmed the UK’s ambition to work closer together than ever before with the United States to tackle shared threats as Britain expands its horizons across the globe. Mr Williamson was a panellist at the Reagan National Defense Forum, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, where he discussed […]

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This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is looking for innovative joining technologies that enable the use of advanced materials and/or designs on military platforms in land, sea and air environments. This is a parallel competition between the UK and Australia. Phase 1 of the campaign has £500k available through DASA to fund multiple proposals. […]

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As cyber espionage becomes more prevalent and the methods used more sophisticated, analysts at Symantec are beginning to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning could thwart potential attacks more quickly.  According to the Security Response Attack Investigation Team at Symantec, groups engaged in cyber espionage have grown wise to traditional detection techniques, opting instead […]

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Vysiion has been awarded a two year contract by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide a comprehensive service to support, grow and future-proof the Cyber Situational Awareness Fusion Architecture (CySAFA) architecture which was built as part of a wider contract, originally awarded in 2016. The service has been procured through the Crown Commercial Technology […]

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Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth $6.9 million from the US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) to enhance the ONYX exoskeleton for future soldier demonstrations. ONYX is a powered, lower-body exoskeleton with artificial intelligence (AI) technology that augments human strength and endurance. Under the two-year, sole-source agreement, Lockheed Martin will […]

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