Defence Blog Posts

The French defence procurement agency DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) has awarded the RIFAN 2.1 contract worth a pontential €150 million to a consortium headed by Airbus and comprising the Naval Group and Rohde & Schwarz. The contract, which will run for a maximum duration of eight years, covers work to maintain and adapt the existing IP […]

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Lockheed Martin has officially opened the doors to its newest cyber facility located at Port San Antonio’s Project Tech complex with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house. Since the Company’s decision eight months ago to lease the 15,000 square feet office, the building has been transformed into secure workspace, including labs to develop new cyber tools […]

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The Justice Secretary David Gauke has revealed biometric technology, which can identify visitors who may be trafficking drugs into prisons, has been successfully trialled. The technology, which includes iris scanning and facial recognition software, has been tested at three jails and is part of a wider crackdown on drugs entering prisons. This trial comes against a […]

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DSTL is celebrating International Women’s Day by shining the spotlight on one of its top female statisticians. 

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A new government report has suggested that boards at some of the UK’s biggest companies still don’t fully understand the potential impact of a cyber attack. The Government’s Cyber Governance Health Check examines the approach to cyber security of the UK’s FTSE 350 companies. The 2018 report published this week reveals that less than a fifth […]

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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has committed £66 million of defence’s new multi-million-pound Transformation Fund to fast-track military robotic projects. The funding means that the British Army will benefit from a range of new equipment including new mini drones; remote-control capability for fighting vehicles; and autonomous logistic vehicles. The injection of funding from the new […]

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Saab has secured a contract from the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Defence to expand the Czech’s instrumented Saab GAMER laser based training capability. With the new upgraded Tactical Training System (TSS), the Czech Army and the military police, will receive a large number of additional capabilities and functionalities in their “Company Plus” sized training exercises. The […]

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In the fourth in our special features marking Cyber Awareness Week, David Atkinson, CEO of cyber security start-up Senseon, discusses how private companies can play a significant role in collaborating with the Government to seek solutions to combat cyber warfare.  The lack of rules and norms in cyber warfare is a well-documented problem. What is slightly less discussed, however, is how […]

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The Defence Secretary has announced £11 million to combat the effects of chemical attacks.

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BAE Systems has delivered the first four BvS10 all-terrain vehicles to the Austrian Armed Forces, providing the service with a vehicle for operations in challenging terrains like mountains and snow. BAE Systems is under contract, issued in 2016, to deliver 32 of the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) variant of the BvS10 to the Austrian Armed Forces. Two […]

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The Ministry of Defence has promised to invest £1.5 billion into modernising the UK’s defence estates.

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The Red Cross and other aid charities have teamed up with a blockchain company to improve humanitarian aid.

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In late December 2018 Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson revealed that, following a period of rigorous testing, the British Army had taken receipt of its first four cutting-edge bomb disposal robots.  This was a major milestone for the £55 million contract which, once fulfilled, will see 56 Harris-manufactured bomb disposal robots delivered to the British Armed Forces.  The robots in […]

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