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ICT Security Consultant – Very Short Deadline

To provide a resource to the ICT Security Team for day-to-day support, remediation of known issues, and execution of project tasks. A large proportion of work will be required for ESN Health check remediation work where the consultant will progress and co

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Enhancing deck simulation technology for military training

Computer gaming technology and techniques are increasingly being used to enhance military training, as defence features writer Peter Jackson discovers talking to SEA’s Ben Webb. UK defence technology company, SEA, recently unveiled its enhanced deck simulation technology for training flight deck officers. This incorporates the Curtiss-Wright ASIST (Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse) system – […]

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US Naval research challenge

The Chief of Naval Research has called on innovators and to help develop new technologies and capabilities for the future Navy and Marine Corps. Sending out the new challenge, Chief of Naval Research, Rear Admiral David J Hahn, asked innovators to bring leap-ahead technologies and cutting-edge concepts to the Navy. “We want our men and […]

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Australian Department of Defence extends Optus satellite contract

The Australian Department of Defence has reached a new $40M, ten-year agreement with its satellite communications provider, Optus. Minister for Defence, Senator Marise Payne, has welcomed the extension of Defence’s C1 satellite partnership with Australia’s second largest telecommunications company well into the next decade. Minister Payne said Optus had provided satellite communication services to Defence […]

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LHD 42 Slurry Pump Parts

Notice of Intent to Sole Source:

This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 “Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions.”

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District intends to negotiate/

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More defence business on the radar for UK technology firm

  Radar technology remains an important defence tool, but it also has growing significance in the security sector, as defence features writer Mark Lane discovers talking to David Johnson, Chief Executive of tech firm Cambridge Pixel. Tensions between South Korea and its northern neighbour are rising again and Seoul and its US ally are looking […]

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Rockwell Collins and QinetiQ announce global alliance

Rockwell Collins and QinetiQ are to collaborate on the development of next-generation, multi-constellation open service and secure Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers as part of a new global alliance aimed at supporting the critical mission needs of military, government and critical national infrastructure. The family of receivers developed will provide military, government and professional […]

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General Dynamics win US Navy training contract

General Dynamics have been awarded a $244M contract with the US Navy to provide training services for the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS). Working alongside the Navy, General Dynamics will help to update curriculum and training-related programs for surface force operations and combat systems globally, across 15 learning sites and detachments and International Programs. […]

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Dismounted A-PNT system

INTRODUCTION

The Army Contracting Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD is issuing this request for information (RFI) as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest in and having industr

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General Atomics aircraft sets company record

A remotely piloted aircraft of General Atomics (GA-ASI) recently set an endurance flight company record. The MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system, a version of the firm’s Predator B product line, was configured in an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) clean wing mode. It took off on 16 May from Laguna Airfield at Yuma […]

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EDA & EC work together on PADR

An agreement has been signed between the European Commission and the European Defence Agency, which sees the Commission entrusting the EDA with the management of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR). Lowri Evans, Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and the Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA), Jorge Domecq, signed […]

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USAF combat rescue helicopter reaches milestone

The USAF combat rescue helicopter has reached a key milestone with an Air Vehicle Critical Design Review. This stage prepares the HH-60W helicopter to proceed to assembly, test, and evaluation. Developed by Lockheed Martin, with Sikorsky and USAF, the program team met with key partners from government and industry for an in-depth design review of […]

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