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During a visit to Estonia, Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă confirmed that her country would join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn next year. For the uninitiated, CCDCOE is a NATO-accredited hub for cyber defence which focuses on research and training initiatives and real-world exercises. Based in Estonia, the international […]

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A new report from the US Department of Homeland Security has revealed that is has identified malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government. The Malware Analysis Report (MAR) follows President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s historic meeting in Singapore last week. The Department of Homeland Security’s MAR put together in […]

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Finding a home for the Royal Air Force’s mammoth A400M Atlas aircraft is no easy task. Designed and built to operate in the toughest locations, the aircraft will enhance the UK’s strategic capability and can carry up to 37 tonnes over a range of 2000 nautical miles and has a wingspan of nearly 42.5 metres.   A new £70 million hangar […]

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Lockheed Martin Canada has been awarded a three-year extension to its In-Service Support contract for the Royal Canadian Navy’s 12 Halifax Class Frigates. The Lockheed Martin Canada In-Service Support team has provided uninterrupted support to the Halifax Class Combat System, Command and Control System and Trainers for 25 years. The existing In-Service Support contract commenced […]

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12 JULY 2018 – LAND WARFARE CENTRE, WARMINSTER The UK MOD is researching the options available for a full task 81mm mortar training system to enhance the realism of collective training and also individual and detachment skills ab initio. It is envisaged that potential solutions will replicate the operation of all aspects of the mortar […]

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Northrop Grumman has been chosen by the US Air Force for a contract to sustain and modify a worldwide network of ground-based radars deemed critical to the success of its missile warning/missile defence and space tracking missions. The competitively awarded Sustainment and Modification of Radar Sensors (SMORS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a seven-year […]

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Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon to develop and deliver the next generation Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 fighter jet. The F-35’s DAS collects and sends high resolution, real-time imagery to the pilot’s helmet from six infrared cameras mounted around the aircraft, allowing pilots to see the environment around them – day or night. The ability […]

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The Bank of England has warned banks they need to be better prepared for the increasing threat of cyber attacks and technology failure. In his speech at the 20th Annual Operational Risk Europe conference in London, Lyndon Nelson, deputy CEO & Executive Director of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority highlighted the threat posed […]

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The European Parliament has voted on a resolution to establish a more robust defence in the face of increasing malicious cyber attacks. The cyber defence resolution, passed by 476 votes to 151, with 36 abstentions, recognised that Russia, China and North Korea, in addition to non-state actors, had conducted malicious cyber attacks on critical infrastructure in […]

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Ploughshare Innovations, the technology transfer organisation for the UK Ministry of Defence, has released the world’s fastest 3D microphone array simulation software to industry. Based on technology originally developed for the UK Home Office, A3S gives developers the ability to dramatically reduce audio array simulation times, improve the fidelity of results, and increase performance using fewer […]

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Saab has delivered the tenth Giraffe Agile Multi Beam (AMB) radar to the Ministry of Defence making the UK the largest operator of land-based Giraffe AMB radars in the world. Saab’s surveillance radar system plays a key role in the UK’s new ground based air defence (GBAD) Sky Sabre system, and provides air target tracking […]

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The Minister for Defence Procurement, Guto Bebb, visited Joint Forces Command (JFC) to meet with General Sir Chris Deverell,Commander JFC, and staff. This was the minister’s first visit to Joint Forces Command since starting in his role five months ago. During his visit, the minister heard about the important contribution that JFC makes towards defence and how […]

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WFEL welcomed Brigadier Ed Smeaton, the Director General Land Manoeuvre Systems of the Australian Department of Defence, to their defence manufacturing facilities. Brigadier Smeaton’s organisation, which is part of the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, is responsible for the acquisition and through-life support of a wide range of land-based capabilities required by the Australian Defence […]

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