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Can you give our readers a little background into yourself and your current role? I have a long history in procurement, having been a supply chain director for Network Rail, Amerada Hess, NatWest, the Scottish Office and British Coal amongst others. From 2007-2014, I was Commercial Director at the MOD, and was responsible for a […]

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  We preview how defence buyers can develop their skills in the Buyer Excellence in Procurement Knowledge Transfer Zone. DPRTE’s Buyer Excellence in Procurement Knowledge Transfer Zone features a range of buyer-focused sessions designed to enhance skills within areas specific to Ministry of Defence buyers, including several presentations from PASS Training, part of BiP Group. […]

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The Ministry of Defence has signed a deal worth £14M with a Basingstoke company to deliver lifesaving medical monitors to the UK Armed Forces. This contract with Remote Diagnostic Technologies for the Tempus Pro monitors, which will sustain over 60 UK jobs, will aid emergency treatment should a member of the Armed Forces be injured […]

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The RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon has successfully taken part in further flight trials with the MBDA Brimstone air-to-surface weapon at BAE Systems’ site in Warton, Lancashire. The tests are part of continuing development work on the Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) package for Typhoon, which will also deliver further sensor and mission system upgrades as part of […]

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The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has revealed the Ministry of Defence spends billions of pounds with industry and supporting 30,000 local jobs in the South West, underlining the region’s importance to the UK’s security. Sir Michael revealed the figures during a visit to the Royal Marine’s base at Chivenor, where he met with personnel […]

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In the second in our series of interviews with defence SMEs, we speak with Bernard Parsons, CEO of Becrypt, about the Defence supply chain and the needs of the technology industry when engaging with the government. Becrypt was founded in 2001 by Bernard and three former colleagues, to meet the growing security requirements of mobile technology […]

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Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has announced that the baseline profit rate for contracts under the Single Source Contract Regulations will be reduced from 8.95% to 7.46% from 1st April 2017. The intention is to give better value for money to taxpayers and fairer profits for industry, with all savings being reinvested to provide new […]

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The SSRO has launched its new Defence Contracts Analysis and Reporting System (DefCARS 2). The new DefCARS website has launched on-schedule, and replaces the previous system (DefCARS 1), which has been in use since April 2015. DefCARS is the central system for the capture, storage and analysis of all data submitted in accordance with the […]

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Dstl’s Kaggle competition has been a huge success, receiving over 5,000 entries, equivalent to over £2.5M in research. The data science competition was run via Kaggle, the world’s largest data science competition community. This is the first time UK Government has worked with an online community in this way. The purpose of the competition was […]

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The National Audit Office has today released its findings on the MODs Carrier Strike programme. The NAO has been investigating the MOD progress on delivering the new aircraft carriers as well as their strike capability. This will be the third report from NAO on Ministry of Defence progress, with the last report (in 2013) looking […]

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We preview what’s on offer in DPRTE’s Supply Chain and Partnering zone. In its Ten Year Equipment Plan 2012-2022 the Ministry of Defence sets out its forecast expenditure plans worth almost £160 billion. These will deliver and support the equipment required to meet the Armed Forces’ future objectives and obligations. The Supply Chain and Partnering Knowledge […]

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Becrypt, the leading cyber security specialist, has launched a new secure desktop solution. The Paradox solution was unveiled this week at CYBERUK 2017, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s cyber security and IA event. Designed to provide an uncompromised combination of security, usability and efficiency, the Paradox solution will assist organisations moving to cloud, virtualised […]

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Portsmouth Naval Base is set to turn from Navy Blue to Green in its latest environmental drive. The base has welcomed a new fleet of electric vans alongside the introduction of a Loan Bike Scheme, as part of transport and health initiatives being implemented at the base. The drive will help cut down on congestion, […]

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