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QinetiQ is working with the Australian War Memorial to revitalise the country’s most significant aviation assets, including the Hudson Mark IV Bomber currently on display at Canberra Airport. During a two-year sponsorship of the Australian War Memorial, QinetiQ will help restore the Hudson’s damaged nose cone. The restoration, which includes the engineering design and manufacture […]

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Bell Helicopter has successfully delivered two Bell 429s to the Jamaica Defence Force, with a third scheduled for delivery sometime next year. The three aircraft will enable the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to undertake a wide array of missions; from search and rescue, medical evacuation and disaster relief to national security and military training. “We […]

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The US Air Force is readying its KC-10 Extender boom operators for the future, thanks to a brand new programme combining cutting-edge, three-dimensional simulation with life-size cargo load training. In US Air Force parlance, the boom operator is the aircrew member responsible for aerial refuelling aboard tanker aircraft. The new training regime is especially welcome […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has published a brand new competition document for The Invisible Battlespace, focusing on the hotly contested electromagnetic environment. The Accelerator is seeking new concepts from academia and the private sector alike to better develop radically different approaches to operations across and within the increasingly congested electromagnetic environment – otherwise […]

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Northrop Grumman and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have set a new standard for wireless transmission, having operated a data link at 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) over a 20 kilometre urban environment. To put this achievement in relatable terms, the data rate was quick enough to download a 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray […]

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Facilities management specialist EMCOR UK has secured an eight-year deal to support the BAE Systems Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) contract. EMCOR UK will provide both BAE Systems and the UK Ministry of Defence will facilities management services across RAF Coningsby and RAF Lossiemouth. Crucially, the company has delivered similar services to RAF Coningsby since […]

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Cardiff University has been named as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), becoming the first institution in Wales to be given this status. The award is in recognition of the internationally excellent research developed at the University over a number of years, and will […]

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Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the US Air Force Sustainment Center to provide single-point integration services for F-16 fighter jet avionics shops. The single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a three-year base period, two one-year option periods, and a total contract ceiling of $620 million. Leidos will support the Air Force Avionics […]

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A British-built satellite equipped with a 3.4-Kilowatt laser, as powerful as 840 lightbulbs, has been launched into space. Flying at 200 miles above the surface of the Earth, the powerful laser on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus spacecraft will beam down into the atmosphere and measure wind speeds. This represents a completely new approach […]

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Some have theorised that breakthroughs in autonomous and remote systems will render the contemporary soldier obsolete. This is the age of drone warfare after all, where complex operations can be carried out at arm’s length. More likely, however, is that the infantryman of tomorrow will be augmented by an increasingly sophisticated complement of innovative new technology.  You may remember the Ministry of Defence’s Future Soldier […]

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Cyber experts of the future were given a unique glimpse inside the world of digital security during the four-day programme designed to encourage young people into the industry. Around 45 students, aged between 13 to 17, have taken part in the CyberFirst scheme, a government-recognised programme, developed by GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre and run […]

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Babcock International has secured a five-year Maritime Training Systems Through-Life Availability & Support Service (MARTASS) contract with the Ministry of Defence. A series of support packages, defined by the Maritime Combat System (MCS) and Maritime Training Acquisition Organisation (MTAO) teams within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), will be clustered into one contract for consolidated delivery […]

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