Defence Blog Posts

A Worthy project: transforming the DCLPA

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plays a vital role in supporting the UK’s Armed Forces by building, maintaining and servicing the estate and infrastructure needed to support defence. Here, Defence Online Editor Matt Brown looks at one major current DIO project, to deliver a new defence logistics college at Worthy Down. One of the Defence Infrastructure […]

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AUDS counter-drone system enhanced

The AUDS counter-UAS defence system has been enhanced for deployment on military and commercial security and surveillance vehicles to more effectively defeat swarm attacks by malicious unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including long range winged drones. The AUDS system was developed in 2015 by a consortium of UK defence companies including Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems. […]

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Leonardo chosen by the ESA as cyber security partner

Leonardo has announced it has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a study into the management of data security for the Galileo European navigation satellite programme. Announcing the news at the Cybertech Europe conference in Rome, the Company will support the ESA by defining a state-of-the-art security monitoring system for Galileo, taking […]

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General Dynamics Electric Boat secure $5.1Bn contract

The US Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $5.1 billion Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) contract to complete the design of the lead Columbia-class submarine, the nation’s next-generation sea-based strategic deterrent. The IPPD contract includes funding for component and technology development as well as continued development of the Common Missile Compartment, which […]

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Collective Training Transformation Programme Industry Day – October 19th 2017

Collective Training Transformation Programme Industry Day  19TH OCTOBER 2017 – SHRIVENHAM Following the announcement at DSEI of the launch of the Collective Training Transformation Programme by the Maj. Gen. Hyams, we would like to invite you to the first in a series of 3 discrete industry days. Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) is the Army’s […]

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PD Aerostats Request for Information

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and is being issued solely for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a

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Leonardo-led team to demo active armour

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has selected Leonardo to spearhead a team of UK companies in work that will help protect British Army vehicles against current and future weapons. Under a Technology Demonstrator Programme (TDP) called ‘Icarus’, the team will develop and demonstrate a way to affordably integrate ‘best of breed’ technologies in a […]

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Runway restoration unveiled at RAF Valley, Anglesey

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has this week unveiled a newly restored runway at RAF Valley during a trip to Anglesey, Wales. Currently, RAF Valley provides pilots with advanced fast jet training. And yet, while existing infrastructure was adequate for Hawk aircraft, the runway required a comprehensive overhaul to accommodate training in Tornado and Typhoon […]

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Successful test for Pratt & Whitney’s adaptive three-stream engine

Pratt & Whitney has announced it has successfully completed testing of an adaptive three-stream fan in an engine with an F135 core as part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Adaptive Engine Technology Development (AETD) programme. Modern military turbofan engines have two airstreams – one that passes through the core of the engine, and […]

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Exercise Formidable Shield begins

A US-led multinational maritime integrated air and ballistic missile defence exercise has begun off the coast of Scotland. Lasting a month Exercise Formidable Shield will see A Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer and two Type 23 Frigates, alongside ships and crews from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United States, join one of […]

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Royal Navy aids British Virgin Islands recovery post-Hurricane Irma

Royal Navy personnel from HMS Ocean are aiding the relief effort on the British Virgin Islands post-Hurricane Irma, clearing debris from the now ravaged Governmental Central Administration Complex. Royal Engineers, sailors and engineers are currently salvaging documents and equipment under the authority of the 59 Commando Squadron. The sailors themselves were ferried onto Tortola – […]

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