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BAE Systems wins APKWSTM contract

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $59.5 million contract for additional APKWSTM guidance kits to transform unguided 2.75-inch (70-millimetre) rockets into laser-guided precision munitions. The new award is part of a 2016 indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract for more than $600 million and will see the company further reduce the per-unit cost […]

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Cyber Protection Services

TBIPS-Stream 6: Cyber Protection Services: C.3 IT Security TRA and C&A Analyst Level 3 (1000337777) On an as and when requested basis, through the issuance of Task Authorizations (TAs). The scope of work will range from assessing and authorizing single pu

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King Saud University collaborates with Northrop Grumman for CyberArabia

King Saud University has announced its collaboration with global security specialist Northrop Grumman for CyberArabia – the third annual cyber security seminar intended to drive innovation among Saudi university students. CyberArabia incorporates hands-on workshops, in addition to a competition challenging students to find and eradicate vulnerabilities in the virtual images of common operating systems. Not […]

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General Dynamics to provide IT services for US Navy

General Dynamics Information Technology – the business arm of General Dynamics – is to provide enterprise IT and cyber security services to the Naval Surface Warfare Centre (NSWC) Crane Division in accordance with a newly awarded contract courtesy of the US Naval Sea Systems Command. The single-award, task order contract has a potential worth amounting […]

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Shoring up the Falklands: defence infrastructure upgrade takes shape

Defence features writer Robert Atherton explores the many ways in which the UK Government is modernising aged infrastructure across the Falkland Islands. The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands has long been contested by Argentina. It remains a matter of some concern for the UK Government even now, despite last year’s promising détente. And so, it’s […]

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The New Cyber Cold War?

Hillary Clinton appeared at the London Literature Festival and warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the process of conducting a cyber cold war

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UK and Poland meet to discuss closer defence ties

The Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary have met their Polish counterparts for discussions on strengthening security and defence co-operation. Boris Johnson and Sir Michael Fallon hosted Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski and Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz in London. The Foreign Secretary and Mr Waszczykowski discussed areas of shared interest including European security, joint work on the […]

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Thales wins Royal Navy communications systems contract

Thales has secured a seven year contract worth £100M to provide through-life support for communications systems of the Royal Navy’s fleet. The contract provides Thales with the responsibility to maintain, support and manages through-life the Royal Navy’s communications systems across the majority of the Fleet’s platforms, from the state-of-the-art systems aboard the new QEC aircraft […]

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L3 to supply SATCOM terminals to US Air National Guard

L3 Technologies is to deliver Hawkeye III Lite VSAT satellite communications terminals – alongside on-site training – to the US Air National Guard’s Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) teams. The newly announced contract will require L3 to manufacture 46 Hawkeye III Lite 1.2 metre tri-band VSATs during the fourth quarter of 2017. These terminals […]

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BAE Systems Australia issues a call to action for the next generation

BAE Systems Australia has issued a call to action urging university goers across the country to consider an exciting career in the defence sector. With a wide variety of high profile defence projects either in the works or on the horizon, Australia must tap into the next generation of talent if it is to deliver […]

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Lockheed Martin to outfit US Army with next generation Apache sensors

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to outfit the United States, United Kingdom and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Apache Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M‑TADS/PNVS) systems as part of a tranche of orders worth an estimated $337M. Each award forms part of an initial task order under a newly inked indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) […]

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US Army successfully complete Integrated Air and Missile Defence test

US Army soldiers have successfully completed a major developmental test of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) developed by Northrop Grumman. The test, referred to as a Soldier Checkout Event (SCOE) was carried out by soldiers from Fort Bliss, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma and took place at Tobin Wells […]

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New military training facility opened at Garelochhead

A new state of the art military firing range has been officially opened at Garelochhead Training Centre. The £3 million project took around two years to complete and is designed to provide the optimum ‘safe place’ training environment for armed forces personnel in order to equip them with the skills required for operational duties at […]

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