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GB-Yelverton: 3 Industrial Units

Scheme comprises construction of three business units, 960sqm (1x384sqm 2x288sqm (576sqm) use class B1(c ) light industrial / use class B2 (general industrial) / use class B8 storage and distribution), together with associated access, parking and landscap

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GB-London: Office Building – 01/12/2017

Scheme comprises demolition of office building and redevelopment to provide ground floor plus part 5/part 15 storey office building, including basement, ancillary ground floor cafe, 6th floor level terrace podium and roof plant room, cycle parking, plant/

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General Dynamics win US Army mission training support contract

General Dynamics Information Technology has secured the Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support contract by the US Army Contracting Command. The company will provide simulation and training support including live, virtual, constructive and first-person gaming exercises. Additional support will include technical, logistical and administrative services for designated mission training complexes. The multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite […]

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Defence Science and Technology Laboratory appoints new Chief Executive

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has appointed Gary Aitkenhead as its new Chief Executive. Mr Aitkenhead will formally take up post on 1 January 2018 as he replaces outgoing David Marsh, who has been Acting Chief Executive since the previous Chief Executive Jonathan Lyle left the organisation in September. He brings with him a […]

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Romania signs contract with US government for Patriot missile defence system

The government of Romania agreed a deal to buy Raytheon’s missile defence system, Patriot, from the US Army. The agreement paves the way for Romania’s Patriot force to rapidly reach Initial Operational Capability, and sets the stage for the US government to begin contract negotiations with Raytheon. Patriot is a purely defensive system that forms […]

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Cyber Security Health Check

Cyber Security health check company to perform vulnerability assessments and penetration tests on the DVLA infrastructure and applications both physical and cloud based.

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Rockwell Collins display systems to enhance F-16 training programme

Lockheed Martin has contracted Rockwell Collins to deliver display systems in service of two international F-16 training programmes. Rockwell Collins has been tasked with customising the configuration of its Griffin rear-projection dome and SpectraView display systems to meet the specific needs of Lockheed Martin’s international client-base. “With only slight modifications to existing products, international customers […]

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US Air Force awards contract for next-gen weather satellite

Ball Aerospace has been chosen by the US Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to deliver the next-generation operational environmental satellite system, Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M), for the Department of Defense. The contract will encompass system design and risk reduction of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite with a passive microwave imaging […]

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Advanced Survivability Assessment Program

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) Vulnerability Assessment Branch Code 665 requires weapons effects engineering and computer development support for the enhancement and maintenance of the Advanced Survivability Assessment Progra

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Engility to supply engineering and cyber services for Naval aircraft

Engility has won a contract a contract worth $30m to support the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Facility in its mission to modernise its systems engineering and aircraft launch and recovery equipment capabilities. The company will assist the US Navy in advancing existing products including launch, recovery, and visual landing aids and with the […]

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Czech optical specialist sets sights on BAE Systems’ CV90

Meopta, the Czech optical specialist, will lend its line-of-sight expertise to BAE Systems in support of the CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). Meopta’s appointment forms part of a newly penned Memorandum of Understanding signed at NATO Days 2017 in Ostrava, the Czech Republic. Up for discussion was the potential for local production of key components […]

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Mare Harbour revisited: Falklands upgrade on finishing straight

Defence features writer Robert Atherton revisits the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s Falklands initiative and speaks exclusively to VolkerStevin about the complexities of the much-needed Mare Harbour upgrade. Defence Online has written previously about the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) hugely ambitious £180 million modernisation of the Falkland Islands – specifically the £22 million transformation of Mare Harbour […]

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