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Blending safety with design aesthetics for seamless security solutions

Gavin Hepburn, Director at ATG Access, examines the challenges of combining design aesthetics with protecting cities from vehicle-related terrorism. Over the past 12 months, vehicle-related terrorism has become a constant threat. As a result, cities around the world have been forced to consider the extent of their security measures. It’s no longer enough to be reactionary; a permanent solution is required for daily protection. […]

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KBRwyle to provide cyber protection for military healthcare data

KBRwyle has been awarded a $71 million contract to provide cyber security services for the US Defense Health Agency (DHA). The Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic awarded this three-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee task order under the SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-E) contract. KBRwyle has held a seat on SeaPort-E since 2005. KBRwyle will assist […]

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Lockheed Martin secures eCASS contract

The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a seven-year contract worth upwards of $500 million to manufacture more than 200 electronic Consolidated Automated Support Systems (eCASS), with a view to maximizing aircraft readiness. Currently, sailors use eCASS to troubleshoot and repair avionics both ashore and at sea, allowing them to quickly return aircraft – such […]

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Ravenswood wins $1.3M deal in support of the US Army Joint Modernization Command

Ravenswood Solutions has been awarded a contract worth $1.3 million in support of the US Army Joint Modernization Command (JMC) for communications support services during a Network Integration Evaluation (NIE). The evaluation will take place at Fort Bliss, Texas, and the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico and will see JMC analyse current Army warfighter […]

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Minister praises role of Wales in defence industry

Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has visited with Welsh firms to see first-hand the crucial role they play in the defence sector after a tour of military suppliers in the country. The Ministry of Defence has invested £945 million in Welsh industry, supporting more than 6,000 jobs. The Minister visited leading firms such as Defence Electronics […]

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Boeing wins $805 million MQ-25 Stingray contract for US Navy

Boeing will deliver the first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft – the MQ-25 aerial refueler – to the US Navy, fending off rival bids from Lockheed Martin and General Atomics. Having won the coveted $805 million contract, Boeing will undertake MQ-25 construction at a site in St. Louis, Missouri. Here, engineering and manufacturing works will take […]

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division – Request for Information (RFI) Naval Surface Technology & Innovation Other Transaction Authority Agreement

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Northrop Grumman appointed to DARPA Electronics Resurgence Initiative

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has appointed Northrop Grumman to its Electronics Resurgence Initiative in a concerted effort to drive microelectronic technologies. Led by the DARPA Microsystems Technology Office, the Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) has a potential worth of $1.5 billion, which will be divvied up between the initiatives’ many industry and academic […]

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Rockwell Collins to bolster US Navy’s civil navigation credentials

Rockwell Collins will assist numerous US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft to obtain safety-critical Required Navigation Performance – Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV) capabilities via a contract issued by the Naval Air Systems Command ‘Air Combat Electronics’ programme office. Under the agreement, Rockwell Collins will provide Mission Flight Management Software (MFMS-1000) and Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance […]

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United Kingdom-Glasgow: Provision of Agile Service Design to deliver Social Security Assessments Function

Scottish Ministers through the Social Security Directorate (SSD), are looking to award a contract for the creation and delivery of the Assessment Service to support the Scottish replacement benefit for Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
This contract is

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Transformation of HMNB Clyde well underway

Work at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde is well underway, which will see the base become the home of the entire UK Submarine Service. Recent work has seen the refurbishment of 34 service family homes in Helensburgh, helping to improve the lives of Royal Navy families already living in the area, as well as the […]

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U.S. Navy Force Protection Medium (FPM)

This is not a Request For Proposal (RFP) and a formal solicitation is not available at this time. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government to issue an RFP, contract, or order. The Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) is hereby issuing a

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Project Coordinator – Exporting Opportunity

Main objectives:— Propose to Expertise France strategical and technical orientations for the project and defend them to the European Commission,— Coordinate project’s teams in order to achieve expected results defined with Expertise France and the Europea

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British F-35B Lightning takes to the skies equipped with UK weaponry

The long awaited F-35B Lightning has carried out initial air trials equipped with UK-built weaponry, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced during a visit to the Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) in Wales. From Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, the F-35B took to the skies, flown by a British pilot from RAF […]

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Royal Canadian Air Force assumes NATO Air Policing role

The Royal Air Force has officially handed responsibility for the NATO Enhanced Air Policing mission over to the Royal Canadian Air Force. During a ceremony held at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Southern Romania, 135 Expeditionary Air Wing relinquished command of the NATO mission to their Canadian counterparts. Royal Canadian Air Force Hornet fighter jets […]

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HMS Prince of Wales ‘nerve centre’ up and running

The nerve centre of Britain’s second next generation aircraft carrier, christened HMS Prince of Wales, is up and running two months ahead of schedule. From this sprawling operational HQ, the crew of HMS Prince of Wales will monitor potential threats, track the flight paths of its F-35B Lightning fighter jets and Merlin helicopters, and carry […]

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The Government has upgraded national security investment powers

The National Security and Investment White Paper, released at the end of July 2018, outlines how the Government will modernise security investment powers. The reform

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)/SOURCES SOUGHT – Shipboard Passive/Augmented Detection and Evaluation (SPADE) Electro-Optic and Infrared (EO/IR) Requirements

AMENDMENT 0002:

This RFI is hereby amended to extend the closing date to 7 September 2018 and to provide questions and industry responses to the RFI.

Questions re

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AGE Containment Pad

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with

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UK military provides training support to Somalian National Army

The UK-led Baidoa Security Training Centre in Somalia has celebrated its 500th graduate, as Britain reaffirms its commitment to supporting peace and prosperity throughout the region. Since January 2017, British service personnel have trained the Somalian National Army (SNA) in medical best practice, leadership development, intelligence gathering, equipment care, logistics and human rights. “The training […]

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