Defence Blog Posts

Continuing our focus on cyber security, Dr. Guy Bunker, CTO of Clearswift writes for Defence Online and examines how technology could be exploited by cyber attackers. Having attended a couple of defence-focussed cyber security events on either side of the pond recently, it’s always interesting to hear the alternative perspective of a cyber breach. Within […]

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HMS Pembroke is back with the Royal Navy ahead of schedule and ready for action after a successful 42-week, £8 million refit at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard in Fife. The work was carried out on the Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) by about 50 Babcock International employees plus specialist sub-contractors. The Rosyth team upgraded the ship’s […]

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Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets based at RAF Coningsby have exercised with visiting US B-52 bombers for the second time this year. The RAF aircraft carried out a practice intercept, giving both the RAF and USAF aircrew the opportunity to exercise with each other. Air Officer Commanding 11 Group, Air Vice-Marshal Ian Duguid, said: […]

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The EDA hosted a PESCO workshop to improve radio technology for European militaries.

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The MOD is looking to modernise its IT contracting practices to gain better access to digital experts.

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The target of 500 parading cadet units in schools across the UK has been reached. The Government’s Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP) reached a new milestone today, hitting its 500th cadet unit parading in schools across the UK. Originally launched in 2012, the joint Ministry of Defence and Department for Education programme had an initial target […]

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MASS has successfully supported the UK Joint Force Air Component Headquarters (JFAC HQ) in running exercise Titanium Falcon 19 (Ex TF19) at RAF High Wycombe in October. Over the period 30 September – 10 October 2019, the JFAQ HQ conducted Ex TF19 at RAF High Wycombe. The exercise aimed to train the standing UK JFAC […]

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Northrop Grumman in partnership with the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) successfully completed a critical test in the development of the Integrated Topside (InTop) Low-Level Resource Allocation Manager (LLRAM) program at NRL’s test facility in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. LLRAM in conjunction with the InTop Electronic Warfare/Information Operations/Communications (EW/IO/COMMS) system demonstrated the simultaneous sharing of a […]

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As Defence Online takes an in depth look at cyber security in the month of November, Leron Zinatullin, Cybersecurity Specialist and Author of The Psychology of Information Security, examines the need to build transparency around cyber security. In today’s corporations, information security professionals have a lot to grapple with. While facing major and constantly evolving […]

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DASA has invested £1million into new technology to improve training and welfare conditions.

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Writing for Defence Online, Jon Fielding, Managing Director EMEA, Apricorn examines why keeping things simple and doing the basics represents the best solution in the world of cybersecurity. Organisations in the defence sector may, by the very nature of their business, be more security-centric than those in other industries, but they are not exempt from […]

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Raytheon delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system to the US Air Force earlier this month. The Raytheon system will be deployed overseas as part of a year-long Air Force experiment to train operators and test the system’s effectiveness in real-world conditions. Raytheon’s high-energy laser weapon system uses an advanced variant of the company’s […]

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The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth a $36.7 million to develop and demonstrate a next-generation, dual band Fiber-Optic Towed Decoy (FOTD) to protect aircraft and pilots from advanced threats. BAE Systems’ FOTDs are radio-frequency countermeasure systems that provide robust self-protection capabilities for any aircraft, including fighters, bombers, and transports. The company’s Dual […]

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Reaction Engines has successfully tested its innovative precooler at airflow temperature conditions representing Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. This marks a significant milestone in the development of the UK-designed SABRE™ engine and paves the way for a revolution in hypersonic flight and space access. The precooler heat exchanger is a vital […]

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Testing of marine autonomous surface ships (MASS) has been given a boost after site chosen in Portland, Dorset. Work to develop and test marine autonomous surface ships has been given a boost after a site which will allow sharing of valuable data was chosen in Portland, Dorset (UK). The Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) MARLab, […]

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