Defence Blog Posts

Ezat Dayeh, Senior Systems Engineer for Cohesity  asks if  the defence industry is secure enough in the face of the modern cyber threat. Many of us talk about cyber-attacks and cyber security as distant events with distant repercussions. But they’re not. A successful and severe enough cyber attack on the defence industry could damage an entire defence system […]

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The winners of the Women in Defence UK Awards were announced at a ceremony attended by guests from across the Defence enterprise. Air Marshal Sue Gray presented the awards at a ceremony at The Guildhall, London, to the winners of each of the 10 categories and an overall award for Woman of the Year. This year, […]

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Former MOD Commercial Director, Les Mosco will return to Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020 taking place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on 1 April. Mr Mosco, a familiar face at DPRTE, will once again return to chair the Keynote Arena, which will host a range of the leading and most influential speakers […]

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The US DoD is researching alternatives to firefighting foam containing PFAS after warnings from the environmental protection agency.

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Leonardo has proven the submarine-hunting capabilities of its new ULISSES acoustic sensor system in a live sea trial off the coast of Italy, meaning that development is on track for completion by the end of 2019. Production of the ULISSES system will now take place in 2020 for deliveries the same year and Leonardo is […]

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More organisations across the world are looking to blockchain in defence as the next step towards modernisation of the armed forces.

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HMS Prince of Wales, the second of two aircraft carriers designed and constructed for the Royal Navy, has sailed into her home port of Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time. This marks an important and proud milestone for everyone who has worked on the Queen Elizabeth Class programme across the UK. Hundreds of people, including […]

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Northrop Grumman has been selected by the US Air Force for a prototype project to demonstrate an internally mounted electronic warfare suite and digital radar warning receiver for the F-16 fighter aircraft. The agreement was issued under SOSSEC Consortium’s Air Force Open System Acquisition Initiative (OSAI) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for prototyping. The goal of […]

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Karl Lankford, Director of Solutions Engineering, BeyondTrust looks at the importance data plays in providing information to those responsible for manning the borders Across land, sea and air, the quantity of data collected at the border has increased significantly in recent years. Whether for passengers or cargo, information is now gathered every minute of the day, all with […]

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Leonardo has delivered the first of 22 latest-generation AW169M light intermediate twin-engine helicopters for Italy’s Guardia di Finanza. The handover event was held at Leonardo’s Vergiate plant on 12 November. The initial delivery is linked to a contract worth 280 million euros, which was signed at the end of 2018, it also includes a complete support […]

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As technology becomes a more central component of defence the range of cyber threats being faced by the military is increasing.

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Marco Rottigni, Chief Technical Security Officer EMEA for Qualys, examines cyber security in the defence sector and how this can be managed effectively. As part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) Efficiency Programme, the UK government has sought to save £7.8 billion from its defence budget by 2021. As that efficiency programme reaches […]

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Cambridge-based company Plextek has been awarded two contracts for anti-drone technology as part of a DASA competition.

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