Defence Blog Posts

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has contracted VolkerStevin to construct a brand new jetty at Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot in Plymouth worth an estimated £43M. This major infrastructure project will provide a modern jetty with fuel loading and firefighting capabilities. Fire prevention within the depot itself, which provides fuel to the Royal Navy at nearby […]

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Here, Jackson White, Sales Director UK, Ireland & Nordics at Getac UK Ltd, looks at the pitfalls and potential benefits alike of modernising mobile computing devices for today’s frontline soldier. Modernisation of defence is firmly on the agenda with much focus on Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR). It’s an estimated $83.4 […]

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BAE Systems has successfully upgraded the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) capabilities on the 5,000th mine-resistant tactical vehicle for US and allied forces. The work is part of the Tactical Vehicle Engineering and Prototyping Support Services programme through the US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Atlantic, based in Charleston, South […]

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British Defence Attaché to Ethiopia, Colonel Matt Munro, has handed over certificates to East Africa Standby Force (EASF) military personnel who completed Logistic Map exercise at the EASF headquarters in Addis Ababa. The 21 EASF military personnel drawn out of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda attended a five day long […]

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More than £90M is to be invested as part of a world-class helicopter simulation centre designed to ready the next generation of Royal Air Force and Royal Navy helicopter pilots for operational duty. These state-of-the-art simulators will put prospective pilots through their paces, replicating such high pressure scenarios as blizzard conditions, enemy fire, power failures […]

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Lockheed Martin has been awarded two contracts by Boeing to upgrade its IRST21 sensor system for use on the US Navy’s F/A-18E/F fleet. The Block II contracts provide up to $100 million for developing advanced software, performing hardware upgrades and delivering prototypes. These efforts will further enhance IRST21’s detection, tracking and ranging capabilities in radar-denied environments. IRST21 is the […]

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KBRwyle has been awarded a contract modification by Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia, to provide base operations support services at Isa Air Base in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This is the third option year on the contract, which was originally awarded in June 2014, and will see the company continue to provide a wide range of […]

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Pristine uniforms have helped make Britain’s Armed Forces the envy of the wider world. And yet, the efforts of our Army tailors are so often overlooked. Here, defence features writer Robert Atherton finds out more about their vital contribution to the UK military. To a certain extent, the master tailor is the unsung hero of […]

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Lockheed Martin has secured a $12 million contract from the US Army to develop a Multi-Modal Sensor Fusion (MMSF) testbed for rotary-wing aircraft. Under the service’s Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), the company is developing sensor fusion and integration technologies that enhance rotary-wing aircraft survivability and enable pilots to navigate safely in all environments, even […]

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A brand new Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) has been christened at the Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow. HMS Medway – second of five Batch 2 River class OPVs – is the tenth vessel to bear that name since the 1690s. It’s a distinction that demonstrates the longstanding relationship between the Royal Navy and the […]

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Cambridge Pixel is to supply radar trackers, through local agent Aeroer, to the Second Institute of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAACSRI) for integration with their modern airport surface movement systems. CAACSRI’s airport surface movement systems are currently being installed for upgrade and expansion projects in airports across south-west China, including at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, a major […]

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