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DASA to hold dial in event for the Behavioural Analytics competition

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has announced it will be running a dial in event to discuss the Behavioural Analytics competition. DASA will host a dial-in event on 29 October 2018, 10am to midday. The competition team will provide a short briefing on the Behavioural Analytics competition followed by an open forum Q&A session. […]

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Arturius to build Counter Threat Centre of Excellence with Thai Defence Technology Institute

The Defence Technology Institute (DTI), a Thai government organisation, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the UK security and defence company, Arturius International and local representative, GCS Group Corporation Company. Under the terms of the MOA, the Counter Threat Centre of Excellence will be founded, with Arturius to work closely with the DTI […]

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Home Office selects WorldReach Software for digital enrolment deal

WorldReach Software has signed a multi-year contract with the UK Home Office for the provision of a smartphone-based digital enrolment capability. The new digital service will allow identity verification to be done remotely using smartphone apps including ePassport chip reading and authentication, biometric facial matching and liveness detection. WorldReach’s Know Your Traveller (KYT) platform is […]

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US Marine Corps puts RAF personnel through their paces

Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel are the first overseas students to complete the Weapons Tactics Instructor Course; a grueling seven-week training initiative for the US Marine Corps. Chinook pilots and aircrew from RAF Odiham temporarily relocated to Marine Air Corps Station Yuma in southern Arizona to complete the course. While there, they trained alongside more […]

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Lockheed Martin-built communications satellite now in orbit

A fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communications satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, has successfully launched on behalf of the US Air Force. From Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocketed into Earth’s atmosphere carrying the communications satellite on board. Now in orbit, the satellite will undergo rigorous […]

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Viasat showcases advances in secure, battle-ready cloud-based applications

Viasat has announced the availability of secure cloud-enabled artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications over the Company’s global satellite communications (SATCOM) architecture and line of sight (LOS) tactical network technologies for warfighters on the move. At the recent Association of the United States Army conference in Washington, DC, Viasat completed a successful connectivity demonstration […]

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GB-London: Specialist Technical Support Services

Technical support services. The provision of specialist technical support services for Defence Intelligence Capability Assessment – Air & Space
a. Carry out detailed technical analysis of systems.
b. Act as subject matter expert to support the productio

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F-35B pilot performs world first shipborne rolling vertical landing

The first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) has been carried out by an F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter jet conducting trials onboard the UK’s new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The UK is the only nation currently planning to use the manoeuvre, which will allow jets to land onboard with heavier loads, meaning they […]

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Women of Achievement Award presented to Royal Air Force

The achievements of female Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel have been officially recognised at the annual ‘Women of the Year Luncheon and Awards’ in Birmingham. Flight Sergeant Michelle Crolla, an Aerospace Avionics Engineer, was one of 12 service personnel to accept the ‘Women of Achievement Award’ on behalf of the RAF’s female personnel. “It’s an […]

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Public Awareness Survey Services

The World Bank and Romanian Government recently agreed on a new project aimed at strengthen Romania’s institutional and legal framework to effectively manage the physical, social and fiscal impacts of natural disaster and climate change (Development Polic

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Taking up the challenge: DASA innovating people in defence

The search for innovation dominates the defence industry as the Ministry of Defence seeks to leverage potential game-changing advantages on the battlefield.  For most people this would bring to mind cutting-edge technology being developed and tested in secrecy at a secure military facility.  Whilst the aesthetics of the latest unmanned aerial vehicles look like something you […]

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CRG aids devastated Tyndall Air Force Base following Hurricane Michael

Personnel from the 821st Contingency Response Group (CRG) have flown to Tyndall Air Force Base (AFB), Florida to aid the recovery effort following Hurricane Michael. Tyndall AFB was devastated by sustained winds of up to 150 mph, which significantly damaged every structure on-site. In response to early reports from the 821st, a C-17 from Joint […]

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Defence Secretary launches report warning of future threats to UK

The Ministry of Defence has published a report that sets out the need to take action against the latest strategic threats to UK defence and security. The ‘Future Starts Today’ report indicates that the world has reached a critical point in the need to tackle the evolution of threats faced in the current climate. The […]

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