Defence Blog Posts

The State of Qatar has made public plans to purchase 28 NH90 military helicopters during DIMDEX, the nation’s biennial defence exhibition. In total, 16 NH90s in tactical transport (TTH) configuration have been ordered alongside an additional 12 in naval (NFH) configuration, all in support of Qatari plans to modernise its military helicopter fleet. Furthermore, the […]

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Military ties between the UK and USA have been reinforced following a visit to Washington DC by Defence Minister Mark Lancaster. Increased co-operation between the nations was agreed in key meetings with the American Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, and Secretary of the Navy, Richard Spencer. Both nations are undergoing significant upgrades in defence […]

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Vitavox (a division of Secomak Ltd) has been providing naval and military communications systems, including military-grade loudspeakers, microphones and other sound reproducing equipment to Ministries of Defence for over 80 years.   MOD Defence Contracts Bulletin Editor Matt Brown spoke with John Moore, CEO at Vitavox, about the company’s relationship with the Ministry of Defence and how Vitavox’s communication systems are utilised by the UK’s […]

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Lockheed Martin is celebrating the successful test of a production-configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) fired from a US Air Force B-1B bomber. A B-1B from the 337th Test Squadron Dyess Air Force Base in Texas launched the LRASM over the Sea Range at Point Mugu in California, watching as it made successful impact with […]

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Tapestry Solutions has announced it will implement an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning/Logistics Management Information System (ERP/LMIS) for the Qatar Armed Forces that will maximize readiness for troops on land, air and sea. Tapestry Solutions, a business unit of Boeing Global Services, has teamed with Qatar-based Mannai Corporation as well as Accenture and Oracle on the […]

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Endeavor Robotics has received a $9.2 million order to deliver additional battle-proven Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGVs) to the US Marine Corps. Sourced through Federal Resources, this latest DLA award follows a $15 million contract Endeavor received in 2017 to provide the Marines with SUGVs for a variety of missions. The latest SUGVs being delivered […]

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DPRTE 2018 was billed as the defence procurement event of the year and the huge numbers of attendees at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff were certainly not disappointed. With more than 1500 key decision makers from the defence procurement world in attendance, DPRTE 2018 provided a unique opportunity to showcase goods and services, as well […]

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