The project title was initially misspelled and incomplete. The correct project title is “Repair ENLISTED UNOCCUPIED Personnel Housing Barracks Facility, Building 251, Fort Irwin, CA”
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The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the US Air Force Research Laboratory, has awarded BAE Systems a $13.1 million contract to demonstrate a new, cost-effective optical seeker for precision-guided munitions. The seeker is designed to improve navigation, as well as automate target location and homing, for different types of munitions that are […]
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James Milne, Managing Director of Clip-Lok, examines the important role of logistics in the military and highlights the need to adopt the reusable model. Modern conflicts are far more fluid and dynamic than the static trenches of WWI. Forces are usually deployed by air or road, equipped to deal with their immediate mission, but only probably self-sufficient with food, ammunition […]
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It was announced yesterday that the Home Office has published the latest statistics in its ‘basket of goods’ series. Although there has been an increase
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The Royal Navy has taken delivery of an autonomous minesweeper system that can safely clear sea lanes of mines, the Defence Minister Guto Bebb has announced. The system has been designed and manufactured by Atlas Elektronik UK in Dorset, under a £13 million contract with the Ministry of Defence which has sustained around 20 jobs […]
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Information Warrior 2018, a three-week exercise exploring emerging technologies and the myriad ways they are shaping Royal Navy operations at sea, has officially drawn to a close. At Portsdown Technology Park in Portsmouth, QinetiQ created an advanced digital environment to host Information Warrior 2018. Here, new methods of communication were trialed, defence sector issues discussed, […]
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Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed that Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment of the new Chief of the General Staff. Lieutenant General Mark Carleton-Smith CBE is to be promoted General and will succeed General Sir Nicholas Patrick Carter KCB CBE DSO ADC Gen in June 2018. General Carter is taking up the […]
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The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2018 has revealed that four in ten businesses and two in ten charities have suffered from a cyber security attack
Scheme comprises demolition of single residential unit and construction of a three storey 72 bedroom care home (class 2), access, parking, landscaping, trees and other associated works (amended plans). The associated works include sewer systems, landscapi
The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance has chosen Raytheon as a key partner in the development of America’s first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system-testing airspace corridor in New York state. The company will will help plan, design, build and support the state’s next-generation air traffic management system to safely test and manage drones. […]
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Orolia subsidiary, McMurdo, has been awarded a $33.9 million contract to manufacture Personnel Recovery Devices (PRD) for the US Army. This PRD is a dual-mode, MIL-SPEC Personal Locator Beacon that will be integrated into the Army’s Personnel Recovery Support System (PRSS). The PRD will be capable of transmitting both open and secure signals (training-combat dual […]
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Logistics. Let’s face it, moving materiel from A to B has never really captured the public imagination in the way that infantry assaults, tank battles, aerial dog fights and naval heroics have. Few schoolchildren dream of becoming a military logistician. After all, logistics are something people only really notice by its absence. We ignore it at our […]
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The objective of the consultancy is to analyze potential impacts of projected climate change using downscaled scenarios on specific value chains in selected countries and applying modeling approaches and GIS tools to make preliminary recommendations on ho
One of the world’s biggest aircraft, the Antonov An-124, has arrived at RAAF Base Williamtown, bringing with it the first delivery of Australia’s state-of-the-art training equipment in support of the Joint Strike Fighter. According to Senator Marise Payne, Australia’s Minister for Defence, the Antonov An-124 touched down following a two day flight from the United […]
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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has reaffirmed Britain’s commitment to its allies in the face of evolving and intensifying threats, including chemical and biological weapons. Speaking from the Joint Expeditionary Force’s (JEF) military exercise on Salisbury Plain, the Defence Secretary made clear the importance of the joint force in which the UK plays a leading […]
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The UK and Norway advanced their plans for international Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) co-operation in the North Atlantic following a meeting on-board an American P-8A Poseidon. Defence Minister Guto Bebb hosted Secretary Tone Skogen, State Secretary in Norway’s Ministry of Defence, on her visit aboard a US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft – equipment which both […]
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Communications in military operations has always played a crucial role in the functionality and success of the Armed Forces. As military technology evolves to keep pace with modern day threats, so do the demands placed on tactical communications. Defence Online Editor Matt Brown caught up with Scott Patterson, Defence Director at Petards, to discuss the challenges of keeping the latest military technology and personnel connected securely. As the […]
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