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Guto Bebb becomes Minister for Defence Procurement

Guto Bebb has been appointed as Minister for Defence Procurement following Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet reshuffle. He leaves his post Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to replace Harriet Baldwin who takes up the post of Minister for Africa for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development. Commenting on his appointment, Mr Bedd said: […]

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Fire Risk Alteration Works

The works include various fire precautions to the named schools within the tender. These works were picked up in the school’s annual Fire Risk Assessment carried out by Fire and Security Consultancy. Works are to happen during term and half term dates at

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DIO launches commercial strategy for working with industry

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has launched its commercial strategy outlining its vision for future methods of working with suppliers in the soft and hard facilities management, construction and property advisory sectors. DIO, working on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, currently spends around £3 billion per year buying infrastructure services to allow defence personnel to […]

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New MOD Chief Information Officer appointed

Charles Forte has been appointed new Ministry of Defence Chief Information Officer and will be responsible for the development of MOD strategy and policy on all MOD Information and Communications Technology, including cybersecurity. Following an open competition to both internal military and civilian candidates and to candidates from outside the MOD, the Permanent Secretary Stephen Lovegrove […]

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Saab wins deal to upgrade German army vehicle simulators

Saab has received an order worth SEK 107 million from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, BAAINBw, for upgrade of the German Army’s vehicle simulators. Saab will provide new software and hardware to German Army vehicles and tanks operating the laser simulator BT 46, such as Leopard, Fennek, Marder and […]

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SOFTWARE AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

This order is expected to be awarded on a base + 3 year options..  It is the Government’s intent to award to Securadyne Systems Southeast LLC  since they currently hold the maintenance agreement for the lentel equipment.
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Medway Schools Fire Risk Alteration Works

The works include various fire precautions to the named schools within the tender.
These works were picked up in the school’s annual Fire Risk Assessment carried out by Fire and Security Consultancy.
Works are to happen during term and half term dates

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CAST strike deal with Ploughshare Innovations to commercialise their intellectual property

The Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) has made an agreement with Ploughshare Innovations to commercialise their intellectual property. Ploughshare is the UK’s leading defence and security technology transfer company with responsibility for the technology transfer of early stage research and intellectual property from the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This new agreement gives […]

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Royal Navy helicopters help seize drugs worth £105m in Indian Ocean

Fliers from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall played a key role in seizing £105m of hashish after a two-day hunt in the Indian Ocean. The Sea King helicopters spent two days searching hundreds of miles of ocean before they located the suspicious dhow. The helicopter crew guided Australian frigate HMAS Warramunga to the vessel where the ship’s boarding team discovered […]

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Defence Secretary makes first visit to Iraq

The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has made his first visit to Iraq and took the opportunity to praise UK service personnel as British airstrikes continue to wipe out Daesh. RAF aircraft carried out operations against the terrorist group every day over the Christmas period, striking terrorist compounds, trucks, mortars and pockets of fighters engaged in […]

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