Defence Blog Posts

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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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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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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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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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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Perspecta has been awarded the Army Human Resource Systems’ (AHRS) Systems Integration Support Services (SISS) contract from the US Army Program Executive Officer Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS). The contract, which represents follow-on work for the company, has a 10 and a half-month base and a $23.5 million ceiling if all options are exercised. The […]

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Three shipbuilders have been shortlisted to build five new Type 31e frigates on behalf of the Royal Navy, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced. The teams – led by BAE Systems, Babcock and Atlas Elektronik – have each been awarded £5 million to take their proposals to the next stage, with a preferred bidder due […]

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Lockheed Martin is joining forces with Airbus to explore aerial refuelling opportunities for the US defence sector. It is thought that this joined up approach will allow the two giants to pool knowledge and experience to address an apparent shortfall in aerial refuelling capability. The move will also ensure that the industry is better equipped […]

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RAF Typhoons have launched from RAF Lossiemouth for the first time with the Meteor Air-to-Air missile in defence of UK airspace during a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) mission. This milestone represents the culmination of many years of research, development and testing to bring this advanced weapon into service on front-line aircraft. Meteor is a state […]

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Australia’s first two locally based F-35 fighter aircraft have arrived on home soil at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Williamtown, signalling the dawn of a new era for the nation’s defence capabilities. Lockheed Martin designed and built Australia’s fleet of F-35s and also serves as the global industry lead for F-35 sustainment. Australian suppliers play […]

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Having spent over a year out of the water as part of the ongoing Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP), HMAS Arunta has ‘undocked’ at Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia. Overseen by the Warship Asset Management Agreement (WAMA), the program has seen significant improvements made to major platform systems such as the communications centre, and […]

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