Defence Blog Posts

A technology kit developed by Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, was used for the first time to operate a Black Hawk helicopter with full-authority, fly-by-wire flight controls. The flight, which took place at the end of May, marked the official start to the Sikorsky flight test program for the soon-to-be optionally piloted aircraft. Follow-on flight […]

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DASA, Dstl, and the Royal Navy have launched a multi-million pound funding competition to search for the future Naval operating environment. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is launching ‘Intelligent Ship – The Next Generation’ – a multi-million pound competition for the future Naval operating environment. The competition is seeking proposals for novel and innovative […]

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AERALIS is working closely with leading defence primes to ensure that it can deliver the advanced training required for sixth-generation fighter jets. The United States, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, China and Russia have already announced the development of a sixth-generation aircraft program. Whilst these conceptual aircraft of the future will undoubtedly share many of […]

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The US Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract worth $958 million for Lot 6 full-rate production of the Gallium Nitride-based (GaN) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) systems. This contract provides an additional 30 units.  The program is managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems. G/ATOR replaces five legacy systems operated by the Marine […]

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The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGPs) hosted an event exploring veteran healthcare in the NHS.

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Representatives from Somalia and the UK opened a training centre for the Somali National Army in Baidoa.

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The Spanish Air Force has become the first air force worldwide to support the development of Airbus’ drone and augmented reality-based maintenance inspection services, with the aim of drastically reducing maintenance inspections for large military aircraft and increasing overall fleet availability.  This digital innovation technology will initially be trialled on Spanish Air Force A400M aircraft […]

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A UK-led maritime force has completed the first phase of Baltic deployment as part of Danex.

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The Ministry of Defence recently released its Digital and Information Technologies Strategy, which sets out its plan to effectively exploit information and systems vital to defence. We take a look at the strategy’s scope and implementation.  The role of the Digital and Information Technologies (D&IT) function is to harness the potential of new technology and, in close partnership with colleagues across defence, to deliver capabilities and new […]

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Flight equipment is being redesigned with measurements taken from female aviators to make the US Air Force more inclusive. Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, held a Female Fitment Event, June 4, where Air Force and Navy female aviators gathered to have their measurements are taken, which will be used to design new prototypes for female flight […]

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