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Lockheed Martin has been selected by the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) as the Integrated Systems Developer for its Expedient Leader Follower (ExLF) program. In this role, Lockheed Martin will lead a three-year effort to develop, integrate and test unmanned prototype systems for supporting leader/follower convoy activities within an asymmetric […]

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BAE Systems has been contracted to carry out a comprehensive upgrade to the Doppler GPS Navigation System on board the US Army Black Hawk. BAE will provide brand new touchscreen computer display units (CDUs) as part of the upgrade to the Black Hawk helicopter’s ASN-128 Doppler GPS Navigation System. The new system is self-contained and […]

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IARPA, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, has awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies a $14.5 million contract to develop a system capable of enhancing the accuracy of geopolitical predictions, from snap elections to sudden conflicts and disease outbreaks. While human analysts are flexible and able to apply context to their event forecasting models, machines can quickly […]

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Saab has been awarded a contract with the Ministry of Defence to extend by one year the logistical support contract first signed in 2015 for the Arthur weapon locating system. Saab delivered the first Arthur systems to the UK 15 years ago, where it is known as the Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Asset (MAMBA). Arthur […]

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The MOD is to conduct its five-yearly review of the armed forces’ exemption from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The exemption means that the armed forces are not required by law, to recruit or retain personnel with a condition that may be disabling under UK law. Disability is defined as […]

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MicroTech has been chosen as a Prime contractor to the US Army Rapid Acquisition for Materials for Prototyping (RAMP) Contract. RAMP is a $192 million multiple award contract that develops, prototypes, evaluates, and provides worldwide technical and field support of advanced Research and Development and specialised sensors for Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) and other […]

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BAE Systems has achieved a significant programme milestone in its delivery of its 150th OE-120 Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) antenna to the US Navy. The antenna is used by sailors to identify friendly aircraft and vessels, and supports shipboard air traffic management systems for both IFF and secondary surveillance radars. It is currently on about 150 U.S. […]

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If you have even a passing interest in aviation, you are likely to have heard of the F-35 Lightning II – Lockheed Martin’s hotly anticipated advanced fighter jet.  Heralded as the next generation multi-variant, multi-role aircraft, the Lightning integrates advanced stealth capabilities with the speed, agility and performance of a 21st century fighter jet. Cutting-edge sensor technology will enable the F-35 to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and electronic attack manoeuvres – traditionally the province of a small cohort of highly specialised aircraft.  This versatility has […]

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Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia (RMMVA) is to deliver more than 1000 high mobility logistics trucks and more than 800 modules to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) under the LAND 121 Phase 5B program. Under the LAND 121 Phase 3B program, RMMVA is currently delivering protected and unprotected military logistic trucks and modules from its […]

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KBRwyle has been awarded a $36.5 million task order by the US Air Force Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA) to provide sustainment engineering support to the 414th Supply Chain Management Squadron. KBRwyle’s work will support the LGM-30G Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and all associated ground and support equipment, ensuring these missile systems remain available […]

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US Air Force personnel from the 628th and 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadrons have teamed up with medical researchers from universities in Indiana and Nebraska to conduct Transportation Isolation System (TIS) training. TIS was developed in the aftermath of the 2014 Ebola outbreak as an enclosure able to safety transport patients with highly infectious diseases. The objective […]

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General Dynamics Land Systems plans to upgrade 100 additional M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the state-of-the-art M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) configuration as part of a delivery order from the US Army. The order itself forms part of an Army Requirements Contract agreed in December 2017 through which the US military can […]

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The UK’s new F-35 multi role combat jets have used their vertical landing capability to land on new Vertical Landing Pads (VLPs), at RAF Marham for the first time. To support the aircraft’s short take off vertical landing (STOVL) capability, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation is building three VLPs through its contractors, a joint venture between Galliford Try […]

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Saab has been chosen by BAE Systems for the development of a new pyrotechnic smart self-protection system for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to defeat radar- and IR-guided threats. The order is part of a framework agreement with BAE Systems consisting of development, production, support and future sales of the Smart Dispenser System (SDS), a pyrotechnic […]

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