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The US Navy is to commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Little Rock (LCS 9) during a ceremony to be held on Saturday, December 16, at the Canalside waterfront in Buffalo, New York. The future USS Little Rock, designated LCS 9, is the tenth littoral combat ship to enter the […]

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The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has provisionally approved uptake of competitively obtained option prices from MASS, a Cohort plc company, for a two year extension to its existing Joint Warfare Support contract. MASS will continue to provide the MOD with training and exercise support in service of the Joint Forces Command (JFC). The contract extension, […]

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The Defence Minister Harriet Baldwin has revealed the number plate of a new Typhoon squadron set to integrate Qatari personnel at a reception to celebrate the country’s national day in London. Ms Baldwin expanded upon the deal agreed by Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, which approved a package of training and co-operation between the British and Qatari […]

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The government of Canada has reinforced its intention to permanently replace the country’s fighter fleet. In its announcement, the government has reiterated its promise to hold ‘an open and transparent’ competition to replace the ageing aircraft. As outlined in the Strong, Secure, Engaged defence policy, Canada will purchase 88 advanced fighter aircraft – the most […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has this week celebrated its first anniversary; the culmination of a year’s worth of defence innovation. The Accelerator was initially launched in December 2016 as part of the Defence Innovation Initiative with a mandate for finding and funding exploitable innovations – those technologies with potential enough to give the […]

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The European Union has announced plans that will see its member states will jointly implement and fund future military projects. All of the EU member states except Denmark, Malta and Britain, signed the permanent structured cooperation on defence (PESCO) agreement. EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said: “We decided to change things together in this […]

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23 January 2018 – Tidworth Garrison Theatre or RMA Sandhurst (TBC) Following the announcement at DSEI of the launch of the Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) by Major General Hyams and Industry Day 1 held on 19 October 2017, we would like to invite you to the second in a series of three discrete industry […]

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Connecting the defence and security supply chain is Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE), the sector’s premier procurement event. Running in partnership with key defence organisations and trade associations including DE&S, Dstl, ADS and NDI, DPRTE will return to Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on 27 March 2018. DPRTE 2018 will bring buyers, suppliers and defence […]

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One of the last military bridges built to give access to RAF Sandtoft, a Second World War airfield, has been removed after it was installed during the war. Inglis bridges were the first modular bridges created for access across rivers and gaps during the war as they could be constructed in a short space of time […]

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The Ministry of Defence has agreed a contract worth £4.49 million with Morgan Advanced Materials to supply body armour. The contract will see the Composites and Defence business of Morgan deliver hard body armour that has been designed and manufactured to bespoke requirements. The ultra-lightweight LASA LWB III+SA06 plate weighs just 1kg and defeats threats beyond […]

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The first Boeing KC-46A tanker set to be delivered to the US Air Force next year has successfully completed its first flight and airborne tests. During the flight, Boeing test pilots took the tanker to a maximum altitude of 39,000 feet and performed operational checks on engines, flight controls and environmental systems as part of […]

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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah, oversaw the signing of the deal for 24 Typhoons, building on the Statement of Intent signed in September. In addition, the agreement signed today by the Qatar and British Governments also includes a clear intention to proceed with the purchase of […]

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RAF Typhoon fighters from 3(Fighter) Squadron have returned to Estonia as part of the on-going support to the British Army-led NATO battlegroup deployed. The Typhoons have been based at Amari Air base Estonia and have been conducting challenging air land Integration training exercises with the deployed ground controllers known as JTACs or Joint Terminal Air […]

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Her Majesty The Queen has commissioned the UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy. The Queen spoke at a ceremony in Portsmouth’s naval base, attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and military chiefs. Her Majesty addressed guests before the Ship’s Commanding Officer, Captain Jerry Kyd, read […]

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Raytheon BBN Technologies is putting artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to the test so that military personnel might better understand how cultural impacts and other factors combine to cause conflict. To do so, Raytheon BBN will make canny use of its machine reading system – a computer programme able to read and parse prose […]

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