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Northrop Grumman has signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with the US Air Force to continue development of the OmegA rocket as part of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) programme. Worth an approximate $792 million, OmegA will provide the Department of Defense with intermediate to heavy-class launch services for national security satellites. Given that […]

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General Dynamics has been awarded a contract from the US Army Contracting Command worth $465 million for the US Army Life Cycle Product Line Management (LCPM) Program. General Dynamics will focus primarily on the extensive Live Training Transformation (LT2) Family of Training Systems supporting the gamut of live training requirements, including Force on Force and […]

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Hundreds of UK troops have arrived in the Netherlands as part of an epic 2,500km road move to Norway for Exercise Trident Juncture, NATO’s flagship exercise in 2018. In Norway, 2,700 UK personnel will contribute to the large-scale and complex exercise, which will test NATO’s most important founding principle of collective defence in an article […]

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RAF Leeming based personnel have deployed to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to guard and protect the Royal Air Force’s main operating base in the Eastern Mediterranean region for the operations against Daesh. The Leeming detachment consists of 57 Gunners from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment.  The deployment marks a return to the island where 34 Sqn […]

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Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to the Gulf whilst visiting Iraq, Bahrain and Oman. As part of the five-day visit, the minister also officially opened the UK-Oman joint exercise, Saif Sareea 3, alongside Oman’s Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harub Al Busaidi. The official […]

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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has revealed that all of the Royal Navy’s next-generation Type 26 frigates will be homed in Devonport. The eight Type 26 warships will start being delivered to the Royal Navy from the mid-2020s, heralding yet another new era in the role of a base, which has played a central role […]

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The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has signed a Joint Vision Statement committing the UK to building closer relations with Germany. Mr Williamson, alongside his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen, signed the Joint Vision Statement, in a move to strengthen the UK-German relationship and increasing defence cooperation across a range of areas, from tackling violent […]

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Defence features writer Robert Atherton speaks with Julie McCarthy, Director of Volunteer Operations at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity to find out more about the ex-forces experience and the difficulties encountered when transitioning from soldier to civilian.  For the uninitiated, SSAFA is the UK’s oldest tri-service charity. For over 130 years, the organisation has supported service personnel, veterans […]

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While soldiers took to the streets in Canada to take part in the Contested Urban Environment (CUE) exercise last month, top analysts from Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) worked in the background to model how future wars might be fought and won. The exercise in Montreal involved scientists and technical experts, soldiers and industry […]

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The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth $9.2 billion for the development of a new advanced pilot training system that will help train fighter and bomber pilots for generations to come. Boeing is the prime contractor for the Advanced Pilot Training Program and partner with Saab in the development of the T-X […]

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A demonstration led by the Royal Air Force has proven the Hawk advanced jet trainer’s ability to operate in soaring temperatures. A pair of Hawk T2 aircraft from the RAF’s IV Squadron undertook a series of planned exercises in temperatures reaching 44 °C to showcase Hawk’s capabilities in testing conditions. The demonstration included low level […]

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The finalists of the third annual Women in Defence UK Awards have officially been announced. Women in Defence UK highlights the significant contributions of women to defence and security nationwide. In doing so, the organisation hopes to inspire and empower women, share knowledge and experience, build networks and encourage new talent into the defence community. […]

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Defence Minister, Stuart Andrew, has announced that new contracts expected to be worth over £1 billion have been signed with British firms to support Royal Navy ships for the next decade. The contracts, which will secure over 700 jobs at shipyards across the country, will support the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and the Royal […]

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