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Sallyport Global has been awarded a new foreign military sales (FMS) contract through the US Air Force to support Iraq’s F-16 mission at Balad Air Base worth $400 million. Under the contract, Sallyport will deliver comprehensive life and logistics support, security, construction, and base operation support services at the largest Iraqi Air Base supporting more […]

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QinetiQ has announced a collaborative new enterprise designed to make things easier for industry and academia to conduct maritime R&D on behalf of the MOD. As part of the Dstl (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) awarded Progeny Maritime Research Framework contract, QinetiQ will oversee a community of innovators, each of whom will contribute their ideas […]

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DGA, the French defence procurement agency, has entrusted a major science and technology project – dubbed Furious – to Safran Electronics & Defence. Over a five year period, Furious will lay the groundwork for land robots in the French Armed Forces as part of its ambitious Scorpion modernisation programme. According to Safran, the business managed […]

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $459 million contract modification for production and delivery of interceptors for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system. The modification brings the total contract value to $1.28 billion with funding provided in 2017 and 2018. The new interceptors support US Army THAAD units […]

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The Spanish Air Force has taken receipt of the first two Airbus manufactured Eurofighter Typhoons to be configured with enhanced air-to-surface capabilities. Factory-made on the Getafe Final Assembly Line in accordance with the P1Eb FW (Phase 1 Enhanced Further Work) configuration, the new aircraft signals a step change in the evolution of the Eurofighter Typhoon. […]

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Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory are continuing to work with a range of industry partners to develop the Army’s Future Soldier Vision, showcasing the personal equipment that soldiers could be using by the mid-2020s. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) works to apply cutting-edge science and technology (S&T) to keep the […]

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Yet more big names have been confirmed to appear at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2018 taking place at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on 27 March. General Dynamics and MBDA will take their place at the Prime Contractor Engagement Village alongside other leading companies such as BAE Systems, DxC, Rolls-Royce, Raytheon, QinetiQ, General Electric […]

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Artemis Optical has signed a three year business development and technology partnership with Metamaterial Technologies Inc. (MTI) to develop a hybrid coating for the defence industry. The link up will see the two companies harness both of their innovative thin film coating technology, to create a brand new, hybrid meta filtering solution to combat laser […]

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Defence Procurement Minister, Guto Bebb, visited BAE Systems’ Clyde shipyards to announce the formal acceptance of the first River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), FORTH, by the Ministry of Defence. Mr Bebb was also able to observe the progress on the Type 26 programme as production started on the second hull section of GLASGOW, the […]

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Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, visited the site of the new £10m Remote Radar Head facility, at Saxa Vord, Unst, Shetland, to check on its progress. The radar will improve RAF and NATO understanding of the airspace north of Britain and further out across the Norwegian Sea, improving the […]

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