Day: August 3, 2017

Maximise your time at DSEI by attending this reception, which is open to all those visiting or exhibiting at DSEI. Co-located within the exhibition, this event is the perfect opportunity for you to network with leading defence and security industry colleagues. It will also be well attended by representatives from Government and the MOD.   […]

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The Ministry of Defence has, for technical reasons, concluded that the SKYNET 6A transitional satellite (whose purpose is to extend the life of the current ageing SKYNET 5 constellation) will be acquired through single source award to Airbus Defence and Space Ltd. The MOD reasserts that the more substantial and less time-sensitive elements representing the […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced a range of new contracts, including one for consumable items, which is set to save £3 million in efficiencies and furnish a growing Royal Navy. Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) signed a contract with Babcock International Group, which will supply the Royal Navy with more than 10,000 different types […]

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Plans are moving forward for an enhanced Air Power Conference to mark the centenary of the RAF next year following a successful 2017 event in London. Around 350 people, including around 45 air force chiefs from around the world, attended the two-day forum to take part in a series of discussion and debate. The theme […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced that millions of metres of mud has now been dredged to clear way for Britain’s newest aircraft carrier to sail safely into her new home at Portsmouth Harbour. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation awarded a contract to Boskalis Westminster to make room for the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier and her […]

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