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BAE Systems has secured a contract worth $36.6 million from the US Navy to modernise the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole. USS Cole will undergo one year of extensive work at the company’s shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, the ship’s homeport. The contract includes options that, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value to $96.7 million. Commissioned in June […]

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Technology giant Microsoft has signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant – becoming one of the biggest companies to do so. The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. At the signing, Microsoft made a number of pledges, including a […]

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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced new UK deployments as backed NATO’s role in strengthening Europe’s defence, stability and security. Speaking at the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels, the last ahead of the Summit in July, Mr Williamson committed UK jets to policing over Estonia and Iceland for 2019. He went on to announce […]

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At the Electronic Warfare Europe 2018 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, Leonardo officially announced the next variant of its BriteCloud missile decoy system, the BriteCloud 55-T. Manufactured in Luton, BriteCloud 55-T employs sophisticated miniaturised jamming technology to protect large-scale military transport aircraft – such as Leonardo’s own C27-J Spartan and a host of third party platforms […]

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Raytheon has announced plans to expand its manufacturing centre in Forest, Mississippi with the creation of a new hub for test, integration and production of s-band radars – including the U.S. Navy’s next generation SPY-6, Air and Missile Defense Radar program. Raytheon is investing $100 million in the new 50,000 square foot Leadership in Environmental […]

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The Minister for Defence People and Veterans Tobias Ellwood has announced that personnel leaving the armed forces will now be able to keep their military ID. The move will allow veterans to maintain their emotional connection with the armed forces, allowing them to keep the card they have carried on them throughout their career. Retaining […]

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BAE Systems is to provide additional payload tubes for two US Navy Virginia-class (SSN 774) submarines in order to boost firepower on-board the Block V variant. In collaboration with General Dynamics Electric Boat – builder of the Virginia-class – BAE will manufacture two sets, each consisting of four tubes, for the Virginia Payload Modules (VPM) […]

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The first of Britain’s  next-generation F-35 fighter jets have arrived home two months ahead of schedule in a major milestone for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. The first four of Britain’s new cutting-edge aircraft arrived into RAF Marham their new home in Norfolk after a trans-Atlantic flight from the United States, where Britain […]

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CAE has contracted Rockwell Collins to provide its Panorama collimated display for the CC-295 full-flight simulator (FFS). The move forms part of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR) programme. Panorama will now be installed onto the CAE built CC-295 FFS to prepare Canadian aircrews for operations in the new fleet of […]

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Soldiers at Perham Down are benefitting from a new sports facility including an all-weather pitch, which has been delivered by Aspire Defence for the Ministry of Defence’s Army Basing Programme (ABP). The ABP is a joint army and Defence Infrastructure Organisation programme that is providing the facilities the British Army needs to live, work and train in […]

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Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has reiterated the UK’s desire to forge closer bonds with its partners in South America following his visit to three nations on the continent. The Minister for Armed Forces has returned from Chile, Uruguay and Colombia, where he met senior military figures and politicians, and saw first-hand a range of ongoing projects. […]

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Preparations for the arrival of the UK’s new F-35 multi-role combat aircraft have taken a major step forward with the completion of resurfacing work on the secondary runway at RAF Marham. The resurfacing work was undertaken by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) through its contractors, a joint venture of Galliford Try and Lagan Construction. It forms […]

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As tensions between the West and Russia continue to mount, the Ministry of Defence is taking steps to protect the UK’s Northern airspace.  The construction of a new £10 million RAF radar facility at Saxa Vord in Shetland will improve RAF and NATO understanding of the airspace north of Britain and further out across the Norwegian Sea, reinforcing the UK’s ability to […]

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