Global technology business Rockwell Collins is celebrating 40 years since the business received the world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signal. Rockwell Collins engineer David Van Dusseldorp received a signal from the world’s first GPS satellite known as NTS-2 in 1977. GPS has gone on to be the standard of navigation around the world. […]
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Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin has announced that work on the AW159 Wildcat helicopter produced by Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil will continue in the UK. The possibility of relocating the fabrication work for future AW159 helicopter orders overseas had been considered but following analysis from the MoD, Leonardo Helicopters has confirmed that all future fabrication […]
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Provision of Close Protection Service for the specified location.
Scheme comprises reserved matters application for the construction of up to 170 houses including appearance, landscaping, layout and scale. The associated works include sewer systems, landscaping, infrastructure, enabling and access roads.
Approval has be
Engineers based at BAE Systems’ site in Telford, Shropshire are testing an integrated Bluetooth and sensing technology which reports the remaining service-life of military bridging systems. The new ‘fatigue monitoring’ technology continuously detects the stress and strain on bridges designed to be used by tanks such as the Challenger® 2, which weighs in at more than […]
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The Chief of the Defence Staff has visited India as part of efforts to strengthen the UK-India defence and security partnership. Under the umbrella of the 2015 Defence and International Security Partnership, Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach met with senior Indian military figures, including the Chairman of the Chiefs […]
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Expression of Interest – Consulting Engineering Services for, The Conduct of a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and the Design, and Construction Supervision of an Irrigation System and Road Network Improvement Programme in Essex Valley – Jamaica”
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quo
The purpose of this modification is to republish the original announcement, incorporating any previous amendments, pursuant to FAR 35.016(c).
This republishing also includes the following changes:
(a) Section III: Updated to reflect current ac
The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has visited the Royal Navy’s future Flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, as she engages in sea trials off the coast of Scotland. Sir Michael landed by Merlin helicopter on the deck of the new aircraft carrier and offered his thanks to members of the crew for their contribution to the […]
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A new cyber security innovation centre is to be created in London that will help ensure it remains a world-leader in the fight against cyber attacks and threats. An investment of up to £14.5 million will be made over the next three years in the new centre to develop the next of generation of cyber […]
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Planetek Hellas and Planetek Italia have signed a framework contract with the European Union Satellite Center (EU SatCen), to supply Earth observation based very high resolution reference mapping products in support to Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The equipment will play its part in enhancing border surveillance as the European Union steps up its efforts […]
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World class innovators including astronaut Tim Peake and former McLaren Chairman Ron Dennis gathered at the MOD for the first meeting of the new Defence External Innovation Advisory Panel. Announced by the Defence Secretary in Oxford in February, the Panel will be charged with driving forward the MOD’s Innovation Initiative, which aims to encourage imagination, ingenuity […]
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The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) in partnership with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation has launched the Further Forces programme, a scheme to retrain Armed Forces Service-leavers to teach technical subjects, including science, engineering and technology, in the Further Education and Training sector. The scheme is funded jointly by the Education and Training Foundation and the […]
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Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are leading an innovative experiment to tackle the growing problem of space junk. UK scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are leading an innovative experiment to tackle the growing problem of space junk. Hundreds of thousands of manmade objects orbit the Earth, but fewer […]
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With a proliferation in the use of portable, electronically powered devices in the defence and security realms, batteries are assuming greater importance, as defence writer Mark Lane discovered talking to Ultralife’s Mike Manna. Advances in battery technology have – to a large extent – driven the accelerating pace of development in electronic and digital technology. […]
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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6 and subpart 13.5, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicita
The purpose of Modification 02 is to respond to the following:
1. Is there an incumbent firm currently under contract that is performing services described in the Sources Sought, Solicitation Number: N6247017R4014? If the answer is yes,
Government Respo
The awarding authority is seeking an organisation or organisations to carry out a security assessment of the Kaya platform and other Academy systems. This includes:
Identification and quantification of information systems and data protection compliance ri
Tods Defence, a Unitech Aerospace Company, has secured the design and manufacture contract of the Bow Sonar Dome for the Type 26 class Frigate being built for the UK Royal Navy. The contract award has been made following a rigorous design and assessment phase, which was carried out in partnership between BAE Systems, Tods Defence […]
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