Defence Blog Posts

A new keynote speaker has been announced for Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020, which will take place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on 1st April. Andrew Forzani, Chief Commercial Officer of the Ministry of Defence will join Minister for Defence Procurement, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP to deliver keynote speeches at DPRTE – the […]

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Lockheed Martin has delivered the first of two KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refuelers to representatives from France’s Armée de l’Air’s 62st Transport Wing at Orléans-Bricy Air Base. France will receive a total of four Super Hercules aircraft — two C-130J-30 combat delivery airlifters and two KC-130J aerial refuelers — through a Foreign Military Sale with […]

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The US and UK armed forces collaborated on an experiment to test the potential of autonomous vehicles in saving lives.

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Lockheed Martin has continued development of its Advanced Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Lightning II. Advanced EOTS includes a larger aperture and provides pilots with multi-spectral sensing options such as high-resolution Mid-Wave IR, Short-Wave IR and Near IR. Utilising the same volume and weight, Advanced EOTS is effortless to integrate into the F-35 Lightning […]

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MBDA has signed an agreement with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) of India for the final assembly, integration and test (FAIT) of Mistral and ASRAAM missiles in India. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by George Kyriakides, Director of International Industrial Co-operation at MBDA, and Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd.), Chairman & Managing Director of BDL. BDL is a major […]

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Military researchers are looking to nanotechnology and innovations that build powerful technology into scaled-down designs for stealth and intelligence.

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Michael A. Doornweerd & Anna J. Mitran[1] from Jenner & Block LLP write for Defence Online as they examine the role of arbitration to resolve disputes within the defence industry. Arbitration, rather than litigation, has long been the preferred method of dispute resolution in the aerospace and defence industries.[2] Stemming from arbitration clauses in the […]

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Up to £1.5m is available to fund TRL3+ proposals to access, disable, or destroy chemical and biological munitions. To keep our Armed Forces and personnel safe, the UK and US governments are offering up to £1.5 million for new technologies to access, disable and/or destroy munitions and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) containing chemical and biological […]

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Northrop Grumman’s UK-based air traffic communications subsidiary, Park Air Systems Limited, has been selected to upgrade Chile’s airspace communications equipment. The project will mark the third consecutive time that Park Air has been selected by Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) to upgrade their equipment to the latest VHF and UHF radios. Building on the […]

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The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is exploring the use of Chatbots as digital assistants, utilising artificial intelligence to help tactical military users to rapidly access information in the field. Chatbots will enable soldiers to have conversations with a text chat interface system to find and discover the data they need to perform their […]

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BAE Systems’ Intelligence & Security sector has assembled a team of trusted mission partners for the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Launch Enterprise – Systems and Engineering and Integration Program. BAE Systems has partnered with LinQuest, Booz Allen Hamilton, a.i. solutions, Space Vector, Advanced Core Concepts, VETS, and GreenDart to offer […]

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In honour of local fallen hero, Warrant Officer (WO2) Ian Fisher, and to commemorate the role played by the 3rd Battalion the Mercian Regiment (STAFFORDS), The Staffordshire Regiment Museum has created ‘Camp Fisher’, a custom-built play area at the museum which was recently officially opened by Ian’s family. Following Ian’s death in 2013, his comrades […]

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More armed forces veterans will be helped into work thanks to new funding that will secure additional specialist support in job centres. Up to £6 million of investment will mean the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can fund more than 100 ‘Armed Forces Champion’ posts, dedicated to supporting veterans and their spouses readjust to […]

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An updated model of a communications system will help secure collaboration between UK and Netherlands forces, according to General Dynamics.

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