Defence Blog Posts

The Department of Defence (DOD) plans to elevate US Cyber Command under bold new proposals authorised by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. The measures acknowledge cyberspace as a new digital front line, with the DOD now looking to shore up online defences, reassure allied nations and deter any would-be adversaries. Crucially, the […]

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Lockheed Martin has successfully fired the first tactical configuration Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a US Air Force B-1B. In the test over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, California, a U.S. Air Force B-1B from Edwards Air Force Base, California, released the LRASM. The missile navigated through all planned waypoints, transitioned to mid-course guidance and […]

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The sixth and final Boeing Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) has been launched and will enhance NASA’s space communications network when the satellite becomes fully operational early next year. TDRS-M is the latest satellite in NASA’s TDRS constellation and will provide high-bandwidth communications to spacecraft in low-Earth orbit. The TDRS network enables continuous communication […]

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The countdown is on to one of the biggest events in the defence procurement calendar, DSEI 2017, which is taking place from 12 to 15

Royal Navy sailors have completed a successful five-month deployment with international partners to combat drug smuggling in the Gulf and Indian Ocean. The UK and France commanded a multinational naval task force, which has successfully targeted eight drugs busts over the period, seizing 1.75 tonnes of narcotics worth nearly £400 million. This included Royal Navy […]

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BAE Systems has announced an innovative, mobile multiple-object tracking radar (MOTR), which uses commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions to provide military test and evaluation ranges a higher degree of accuracy in tracking time, space, and position information (TSPI) for objects in flight. The iMOTR solution was developed over the past two years using the company’s internal research and development […]

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ViaLite Communications has announced that its RF over fibre links are compliant with the US army MIL-STD-188-164B ARSTRAT-WGS standard. ViaLite’s Director of Sales for North America, Craig Somach, confirmed the successful testing of the ViaLiteHD RF over fibre transmission equipment with tests carried out in-conjunction with a US systems integrator. ViaLite’s high performance L-Band HTS […]

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The United States Navy has commissioned the Expeditionary Sea Base, USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a ceremony at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain This is the first US ship to be commissioned outside of the United States and further enhances the Navy’s capability to meet regional challenges. Puller’s crew will […]

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More than 650 junior soldiers have marched their way towards a new military career, following graduation from the Army Foundation College’s flagship training initiative for 16 – 17 year olds. The Harrogate-based College currently runs two courses of varying length, both of which specialise in the training of junior soldiers. Those attending the 42-week course […]

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A key component of the Tactical Mission System for a U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) – the HH-60W – has achieved Technical Readiness Level 6, Lockheed Martin has announced. The assessment followed a successful demonstration of the AN/APR-52 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), held at the U.S. Air Force Integrated Demonstrations and Applications Laboratory […]

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