Day: March 21, 2017

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation has awarded a £90M contract to leading support services company, Carillion. Carillion will undertake the design and build a communications centre in Cyprus for the UK defence deployment there. Carillion is a leading UK company, with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects, extensive construction capabilities and a sector leading […]

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An opportunity to book a meeting with Defence and Security Accelerator (Accelerator) in Harwell to discuss your research idea. Book an Accelerator meeting at Harwell on 4 April 2017. These 30-minute face-to-face meetings give you the opportunity to discuss your innovative research idea with Accelerator staff in private. The Accelerator funds innovative proof-of-concept research that could […]

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With just a week to go, we preview what’s on offer in DPRTE’s Export and Business Growth Zone. Export success is vital to the UK’s long-term sustainable economic prosperity. The previous Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne recognised that when he earlier set an ambitious national target for the value of the UK’s exports to […]

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UK troops arrive in Estonia as part of one of the biggest British deployments to Eastern Europe in decades. Around 120 UK troops from the 5th Battalion the Rifles Battlegroup (5 Rifle), including members of an Armoured Engineer Squadron, Military Police Detachment, Artillery Group and Port Task Group, arrived at Amari airbase last night. Flying […]

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The Prime Minister Theresa May has signalled her intention for Britain to maintain close security ties with Europe following the triggering of Article 50 next week by signing a new defence pact with Germany. Mrs May is keen to stress to other EU leaders that Britain will continue to play a significant role and cooperate […]

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