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The Office of Naval Research has announced that the Navy’s electromagnetic railgun is ready for field demonstrations. Initial rep-rate fires (repetition rate of fires) of multi-shot salvos already have been successfully conducted at low muzzle energy. The next test sequence requires safely increasing launch energy, firing rates and salvo size. Instead of using traditional gunpowder or […]

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Australia’s largest combined military exercise, Talisman Saber 2017, has concluded in Brisbane after successfully meeting a number of key milestones and achievements. The key focus of the exercise was the development of Australian and US collaboration in warfare against a similarly equipped and trained enemy. This year’s Talisman Saber involved approximately 33,000 participants, 36 warships […]

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Construction has started on a new $350 million Lockheed Martin facility that will produce next-generation satellites. Located on the company’s Waterton Canyon campus near Denver, the new facility is the latest step in an ongoing transformation to provide future missions at reduced cost and cycle time. The new Gateway Center, due for completion in 2020, […]

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Radar display, tracking and recording sub-systems supplier, Cambridge Pixel, has announced a compact, low power standalone primary radar input and network distribution card. The HPx-346 is a small form-factor primary radar input and network radar video distribution card that converts analogue radar into a standard ASTERIX CAT-240 network data stream. The small form factor (149x74mm) HPx-346 […]

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Defence features writer Mark Lane hears how Bodytrak’s multi-sign body monitor, designed to fit securely and comfortably into the ear, gives a fast indication of heat injury or other physiological stress and could save many lives. Three soldiers lost their lives on an SAS training exercise in the Brecon Beacons in 2013, after all three […]

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The Royal Air Force Test and Evaluation pilots at RAF Coningsby are putting the Eurofighter Typhoon through its paces following a new package of advanced weapons, software and avionics enhancements. The work is a major part of Project Centurion – the programme to ensure seamless transition of capability from the Tornado GR4 to Typhoon. Operational […]

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UK Armed Forces including hundreds of sailors, soldiers, and airmen are set to star in the world-renowned Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Returning for a 68th season, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is a thrilling display of music, dance, and military entertainment from around the world, rooted firmly in Scottish culture and history. As 2017 is the […]

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Maximise your time at DSEI by attending this reception, which is open to all those visiting or exhibiting at DSEI. Co-located within the exhibition, this event is the perfect opportunity for you to network with leading defence and security industry colleagues. It will also be well attended by representatives from Government and the MOD.   […]

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The Ministry of Defence has, for technical reasons, concluded that the SKYNET 6A transitional satellite (whose purpose is to extend the life of the current ageing SKYNET 5 constellation) will be acquired through single source award to Airbus Defence and Space Ltd. The MOD reasserts that the more substantial and less time-sensitive elements representing the […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced a range of new contracts, including one for consumable items, which is set to save £3 million in efficiencies and furnish a growing Royal Navy. Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) signed a contract with Babcock International Group, which will supply the Royal Navy with more than 10,000 different types […]

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Plans are moving forward for an enhanced Air Power Conference to mark the centenary of the RAF next year following a successful 2017 event in London. Around 350 people, including around 45 air force chiefs from around the world, attended the two-day forum to take part in a series of discussion and debate. The theme […]

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Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has announced that millions of metres of mud has now been dredged to clear way for Britain’s newest aircraft carrier to sail safely into her new home at Portsmouth Harbour. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation awarded a contract to Boskalis Westminster to make room for the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier and her […]

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