Day: October 16, 2017

The New Cyber Cold War?

Hillary Clinton appeared at the London Literature Festival and warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the process of conducting a cyber cold war against the west. Clinton stated that Putin’s plans were a danger to western democracy and that Russian agents had used social media platforms such as

UK and Poland meet to discuss closer defence ties

The Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary have met their Polish counterparts for discussions on strengthening security and defence co-operation. Boris Johnson and Sir Michael Fallon hosted Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski and Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz in London. The Foreign Secretary and Mr Waszczykowski discussed areas of shared interest including European security, joint work on the […]

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SAAB wins US Army deal for AT4 systems

Saab has secured a contract worth $13.4 million from the US Army for the shoulder-launched AT4CS RS (Confined Space Reduced Sensitivity) anti-armour weapon system. The AT4CS RS is a fully disposable, preloaded weapon system with a specially developed, unique shaped-charge warhead. It weighs less than 8 kg and has an effective range of 20 to […]

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Thales wins Royal Navy communications systems contract

Thales has secured a seven year contract worth £100M to provide through-life support for communications systems of the Royal Navy’s fleet. The contract provides Thales with the responsibility to maintain, support and manages through-life the Royal Navy’s communications systems across the majority of the Fleet’s platforms, from the state-of-the-art systems aboard the new QEC aircraft […]

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