DIO Commercial Director, Jacqui Rock, confirmed for DPRTE 2019

The Defence Infrastructure (DIO) Commercial Director, Jacqui Rock, has been confirmed to appear at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2019, which will take place for the first time at Birmingham’s NEC on 28 March. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) plays a vital role in supporting the UK’s armed forces by building, maintaining and […]

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US Navy joins Japan for East China Sea deployment

In January, US Navy vessels assigned to the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) joined the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) amphibious transport dock ship, the JS Kunisaki (LST 4003), for a cooperative deployment in the East China Sea. The cooperative deployment saw ARG ships conduct communication and maneuvering drills alongside the JS Kunisaki. “We understood […]

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Leidos to develop counter technologies for submarine defence

Leidos has been awarded a contract by the US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command to develop torpedo countermeasure technologies for submarine defence. Leidos will design, build, and test an acoustic device countermeasure (ADC) called the ADC MK5 – a three-inch diameter device launched from submarines to defend against incoming torpedoes. The company will also provide […]

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GB-Erith: 2 Industrial Warehouse Units

Scheme comprises construction of two warehouses for light industrial use (B1(c)) with associated parking. The associated works include sewer systems, landscaping, infrastructure, enabling and access roads.
Detailed plans have been granted.
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Asteroid Mining: The future of space exploration

In this feature John Baker, Head of Global Operations for the National Security and Resilience and Event Horizon Consortium; Mitch Hunter Scullion, CEO of the Asteroid Mining Corporation; and Luke Deamer, MESci (Hons) Geology; examine asteroid mining and what the future holds for the UK space sector. Asteroids are the minor planets of the inner […]

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Smiths Detection to develop next generation chemical detector

Smiths Detection has been selected by the US Department of Defense’s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND)’s Joint Project Manager, Nuclear Biological Chemical Contamination Avoidance (JPM-NBC CA) to be one of the suppliers to design and engineer an Aerosol and Vapor Chemical Agent Detector (AVCAD). Intended as the next […]

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Babcock secure HMS Queen Elizabeth maintenance contract

Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced that Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. The contract worth £5 million, will see the 65,000-tonne carrier to undergo a routine, planned hull survey and maintenance of her underwater systems over a […]

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MBDA demonstrates Mistral missile against surface vessels

MBDA has successfully demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as FIACs (Fast Inshore Attack Craft). A number of foreign delegations attended the demonstration firing that was performed from a SIMBAD-RC automated naval turret firing from the land against a fast moving remotely-controlled semi-rigid boat more than three kilometres off the coast. The […]

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US Air Force accepts first Boeing Pegasus tanker aircraft

The US Air Force has accepted the first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, setting the stage for the aircraft’s delivery to McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas in the coming weeks. During extensive flight testing, six KC-46 completed more than 3,800 flight hours and offloaded more than four million pounds of fuel to A-10, […]

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US Navy commissions Littoral Combat Ship Wichita

The US Navy has officially commissioned its newest freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Wichita. During a ceremony held at Naval Station Mayport in Florida – where the USS Wichita will one day be based – US Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas delivered the principal address. In time-honored US Navy tradition, ship’s sponsor Kate […]

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Fire Safety Consultants and Risk Assessors

The awarding authority is procuring the fire safety services Frameworks. This tender relates to FS1-C: Fire Safety Consultancy Services BAFE 205 or equivalent companies that offer one of the following workstreams Workstream 1: Fire engineers – To Advise

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Spanish Chinook fleet to be modernised by Boeing

Boeing has been contracted to comprehensively upgrade the Spanish CH-47D Chinook helicopter fleet and introduce the more modern F-model configuration. 17 Chinooks are to be upgraded by Boeing, bringing digital automatic flight control systems, common avionics architecture and advanced cargo handling capability to the Spanish fleet. As the first order placed by a non-US customer, […]

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General Dynamics awarded Abrams Main Battle Tank upgrade

General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a $714 million contract to upgrade 174 additional M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) configuration on behalf of the US Army. According to General Dynamics, this recent award brings the total number of M1A2 SEPv3 tanks ordered by the US […]

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Defence Secretary looks to next century of British air power

The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has revealed that Britain’s combat air power has reached new heights whilst speaking in a brand-new hangar displaying one-hundred years of fighter jets. Speaking at RAF Marham, the Defence Secretary announced the UK now has nine F-35 Lightning jets ready to be deployed on operations around the world. The F-35 […]

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