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New bursary to encourage veterans into teaching

The Government has unveiled a £40,000 bursary for ex-service personnel to retrain as a teacher as part of efforts to harness their expertise and leadership within the classroom. From September, courses at universities nationwide will offer the incentive to veterans who have left full-time employment in the British Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Navy […]

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BAE Systems Australia to upgrade nation’s long-range radar network

BAE Systems Australia is to carry out a comprehensive upgrade of the country’s long-range high frequency radar network following endorsement from the Australian Minister for Defence, Senator Marise Payne. Australia’s coastal approaches are protected by the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) via three remote radars in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Crucially, these […]

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Slovakian Air Force Firefighters undergo training in UK

Six Slovakian Air Force firefighters have undergone training in the UK to learn vital skills needed to tackle major aircraft fires. The week-long course was held at the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre in Manston, Kent saw the Slovakian personnel learn incident command techniques and aircraft firefighting tactics. A mixture of British military fire safety […]

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The Crucial Role of Next Generation Hearables in Defence

The global wearables market has grown exponentially; new statistics from analyst firm CSS Insight claim the market will hit $34 billion in just over two years’ time and is set to grow from 84 million units in 2015 to 411 million units in 2019. Within the wearables market, ear-based devices, or ‘hearables’, are the fastest-growing segment. […]

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Ball Aerospace and BAE Systems to deliver NTCDL system for the US Navy

Ball Aerospace is to deliver multi-beam phased array antenna systems as part of BAE Systems contract agreement for the US Navy Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) system. The NTCDL system enables multiple simultaneous, high-bandwidth communications links, which greatly enhance current mission capability and ship protection, allowing for a future sensor network across the Navy. […]

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Australian Department of Defence set for DPRTE 2018

Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2018 has announced that the Australian Department of Defence will appear at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena next month. The Australian Department of Defence will deliver a session in the Export zone on International Engagement, where they will provide a brief outline of their current programs, addressing recent Australian Industry Capability […]

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From the ground up: Getac’s Jackson White talks rugged technology at DPRTE

DPRTE’s Technology and Innovation Zone will play host to a number of distinguished speakers, among them Jackson White – Sales Director for the UK, Ireland and the Nordics at rugged technology specialist Getac. Ahead of his address on combat communications and operational data security, Jackson talks to Defence Online about his plans for the event […]

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Access Control Systems – Exporting Opportunity

Sectors Security
Opportunity type Private Sector
A local security company is looking for manufacturers of innovative access control equipment.
A well-established security company is looking for UK manufacturers of access control equipment.
The company’s

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Polish Under Secretary of State visits UK’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps HQ

Defence Minister Mark Lancaster and Under Secretary of State Tomasz Szatkowski have visited the UK’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters (HQ) and Salisbury Plain. Following Mr Lancaster’s visit to Poland in August 2017, the Polish Under Secretary of State has been in the UK for a two-day visit to discuss plans for the continued close defence […]

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Republic of Korea Navy receives first Daegu-class frigate

Rolls-Royce has congratulated the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) following official handover of its first Daegu-class (FFX-II) frigate. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), South Korea’s defence procurement agency, made the presentation to RoKN in February. It is the first in an eight vessel programme. Rolls-Royce is providing main propulsion power, in addition to controllable […]

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Saab wins additional FMV deal for Trackfire RWS systems

Saab has secured a further order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) regarding Trackfire Remote Weapon Station (RWS) for the Royal Swedish Navy. This is an addition to a Trackfire RWS order that Saab received from FMV in August 2017. Trackfire RWS will be installed on the new Combat Boat 90 (Strb90 HSM) used […]

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Facility Support Services

Synopsis: This Sources Sought notice is to identify potential small, experienced prime contractors and their socio-economic status. Potential contractors responding to this sources sought notice should be able to demonstrate their capability to perform as

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CCTV connectivity T1 line

1.0 General Requirement Information

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has a requirement for monthly connectivity service for CCTV-Ethernet transport with RJ-45 handoff at the Honolulu International Airport (HNL) on a firm fixed price pu

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Declassified Patent of the Month: ‘Tandem warhead’ innovation is worth revisiting

The new Russian T-14 Armata has got Western anti-tank specialists scratching their heads over how to defeat its varied defensive systems. However, the problem of overcoming ‘active armour’ on earlier Russian tank variants is one that was addressed as far back as 1989, by German weapons manufacturer, Rheinmetall W&M GmbH. Specifically, Rheinmetall came up with […]

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