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Life Jackets Approved for Police Use

Due to personnel expansion The Awarding Authority need to purchase 50 ErgoFit or similar life jackets, 50 Life jacket storage bags and 30 rearm packs. Jackets must be approved for Police use on the Thames by the Mets Physical Protection Group (PPG).
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Four more M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers for Poland

The Armament Inspectorate of the Polish Ministry of National Defense has exercised an option for four more M-346 Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT), Leonardo has announced. Valued at an approximate €130 million, the option includes support services and an upgrade of the entire M-346 fleet to the NATO STANAG 4193 Edition 3 IFF standard developed by […]

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Lockheed Martin contracted to construct Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii

The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has contracted Lockheed Martin to design and build its $585 million Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii (HDR-H) in Oahu, Hawaii. According to Lockheed Martin, the state-of-the-art radar will provide ‘autonomous acquisition’ and ‘persistent precision tracking and discrimination’, optimizing the defensive capabilities of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) while also countering evolving […]

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DDRP

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

AIR NATIONAL GUARD (ANG)
Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP) Specimen Collection Services

1.0 General:

1.1 Scope of Work: The contractor shall provide all personnel, supervision, and quality

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RBGKEW/537 Data Protection Officer services

RBG Kew is seeking to appoint a service provider to fulfil the function of Data Protection Officer (DPO) to meet RBG Kew’s obligations under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018.

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BAE Systems awarded development contract for Mobile Protected Firepower

The US Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $376 million for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) phase of the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program and rapid prototyping effort with low-rate initial production options. BAE Systems’ solution combines new technology with proven capability to provide the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) […]

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DASA to launch competition to help prevent injury in service personnel

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is seeking novel ways to use data science to prevent injury in service personnel, after a successful event to assess market interest. The use of wearable and/or nearable technology presents a significant opportunity for the UK Armed Forces to reduce injury. The three areas of focus are musculoskeletal injury […]

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DPRTE 2019: Crack the world’s biggest defence marketplace with the US DoD engagement zone

The agenda for the US DoD Engagement Zone at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2019, has been revealed. Taking place at Birmingham’s NEC Arena on 28 March, DPRTE 2019 is the UK’s premier defence procurement event and brings together buyers, suppliers and defence thought leaders in an engaging environment where they can network […]

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BAE Systems’ ASC Shipbuilding wins Australian Hunter Class frigate contract

BAE Systems Australia’s new subsidiary ASC Shipbuilding has been awarded a contract by the Australian Government that provides the framework for the design and build of nine Hunter Class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy. The Australian Government and ASC Shipbuilding signed the contract after ASC Shipbuilding structurally separated from ASC Pty Ltd and was […]

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Cobham selects SecureCloud+ for adversary training programme bid

SecureCloud+ has been selected by Cobham as its preferred supplier to deliver secure communication and collaboration services as part of its bid for the UK Ministry of Defence’s 15-year Air Support to Defence Operational Training programme (ASDOT). SecureCloud+ will provide the Cobham ASDOT team with accredited secure communications and collaboration solutions that are already operational […]

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Cyber Shield 2018 puts focus on drone data security

The second edition of “Cyber Shield: facing the threat”, a cyber security contest organised by Leonardo’s Security Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), has taken place at the Company’s facility in Rome. The annual competition sees teams of critical infrastructure operators from international companies, government, military and financial institutions take part in simulated reconstructions of real cyber incidents. The contest aims to improve […]

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Autonomous Warrior sees futuristic technology put through paces

The British Army have completed their biggest military robot exercise in British history as they tested out over 70 examples of futuristic technology including enhanced surveillance drones and unmanned vehicles on the fields of Salisbury Plain. The Autonomous Warrior experiment lasted four weeks and tested a range of prototype unmanned aerial and autonomous ground vehicles, which […]

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Aviation Minister helps Raytheon celebrate Britain’s young engineers

Baroness Sugg, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, joined with Raytheon to help celebrate some of Britain’s brightest young talents at the finale of a unique nationwide engineering competition. School pupils from England, Scotland and Wales took to the skies to compete in Raytheon’s fourth annual Quadcopter Challenge in Birmingham. The contest saw 86 […]

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Home Office announce largest increase in police funding since 2010

The Home Office has announced the biggest rise in police funding since 2010. The provisional police funding settlement of up to £14 billion for 2019-20 is up to £970 million more than the previous year. It will enable the police to meet financial pressures and respond effectively to the changing and increasingly complex crimes they […]

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Space technology and defence: Who is leading whom?

Alexandra Stickings, Research Analyst, Space Policy and Security at RUSI, examines the challenges of integrating space technology into the defence realm.  Given some of the reactions to President Trump’s announcement of his plans to create a Space Force, and indeed also to the UK’s planned Defence Space Strategy, it is possible for some to underestimate, or not believe at all, […]

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