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BA launches Customer Access Advisory Panel

Aerospace

BA launches Customer Access Advisory Panel

8 May 2024

British Airways has held the first meeting of its new Customer Access Advisory Panel, aimed at engaging with members of the community to improve the end-to-end experience for its customers with accessibility requirements.

Caerdav opens dedicated line maintenance at Cardiff Airport

Aerospace

Caerdav opens dedicated line maintenance at Cardiff Airport

8 May 2024

Independent UK MRO, Caerdav, has launched a dedicated line maintenance station at Cardiff Wales Airport, initially providing support for ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) operator, Avion Express.

Elbit Systems to supply Crossbow to GDELS

Defence

Elbit Systems to supply Crossbow to GDELS

8 May 2024

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded a contract worth approximately $53 million to supply the Crossbow Unmanned Turreted 120mm Soft Recoil Mortar Systems to General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) for the installation on Pandur 6x6 APC wheeled armoured vehicle for a European customer.

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Issue 1, Vol. 14: ADVANCE March - May 2024

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Salt Communications graduate from NCSC For Startups programme

Security

Salt Communications graduate from NCSC For Startups programme

8 May 2024

Salt Communications have announced their graduation from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) for Startups Programme.

Barnbrook sets new sights on airshow

Aerospace Defence Events

Barnbrook sets new sights on airshow

8 May 2024

Fareham based aerospace engineering solutions firm Barnbrook Systems, is set to showcase innovations for global markets at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA2024), taking place 22nd-26th July.

NMIS led research initiatives given £14m boost

Aerospace

NMIS led research initiatives given £14m boost

8 May 2024

A trio of manufacturing related research initiatives led by the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) have received a £14 million funding boost through Glasgow City Region Innovation Accelerator programme.

Zelim’s ZOE deployed for first time in oil & gas sector

Security

Zelim’s ZOE deployed for first time in oil & gas sector

8 May 2024

Edinburgh based Zelim’s intelligent detection and tracking solution, ZOE, has been deployed for the first time in the oil and gas sector.

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Space sustainability conference advances £1.8m for tech innovation

Space Events

Space sustainability conference advances £1.8m for tech innovation

8 May 2024

New funding from the UK Space Agency is backing technologies to help satellites measure our changing shorelines, estimate levels of biomass, predict weather forecasting and manufacture medicines in space.

Serco awarded contract to manage HMP Ashfield

Security

Serco awarded contract to manage HMP Ashfield

7 May 2024

Serco has been awarded a £200 million, 10 year contract to manage HMP Ashfield in South Gloucestershire following a competitive procurement process.

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The rise of low-carbon aircraft

Features

The rise of low-carbon aircraft

24 April 2024

Stephen Gifford, Chief Economist at the Faraday Institution, examines the potential of three technologies being developed for future low-carbon aviation.

Putting land equipment capability in the hands of military and defence personnel

Focus

Putting land equipment capability in the hands of military and defence personnel

13 March 2024

DVD2024 marks more than two-decades of the most significant exhibition for Defence industry, DE&S Delivery Teams, Army HQ and Defence community users of Land Equipment. Staged at UTAC Millbrook since 2003, DVD is a two-day event, which will take place on 18th and 19th September 2024.

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Defence

DIO helps underpin NATO’s largest exercise in decades

5 April 2024

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has been enabling and supporting Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024, NATO’s largest military exercise since the Cold War.

Defence Events

MoD Sanctuary Awards celebrate sustainability and conservation

21 March 2024

The 33rd annual Ministry of Defence (MoD) Sanctuary Awards held earlier this week, have recognised the outstanding sustainability and conservation efforts across the MoD in the past year.

Defence

NATO DIANA expands network

18 March 2024

NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) is significantly expanding its transatlantic network of accelerator sites and test centres - doubling in size to more than 200 affiliated sites - which includes five additional UK test centres.

Defence

MoD releases unseen DragonFire LDEW footage

11 March 2024

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) - along with its defence industry partners MBDA, Leonardo and Qinetiq - is publishing ‘never seen before’ declassified footage of the DragonFire Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) system, in action over the skies of the Hebrides.

Defence

British Army conducts Ajax subarctic trials

8 March 2024

The British Army’s new generation of armoured fighting vehicles, Ajax, has been put through its paces during cold weather trials in Tåme, Sweden.

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May 2024

13 - 15 May 2024
13 - 15 May 2024
21 - 23 May 2024
22 - 23 May 2024

June 2024

5 - 9 June 2024
12 - 13 June 2024
17 - 21 June 2024
25 - 26 June 2024

September 2024

October 2024

16 - 18 October 2024
22 - 26 October 2024
29 - 31 October 2024
30 - 31 October 2024

November 2024

18 - 20 November 2024

December 2024

3 - 5 December 2024

February 2025

17 - 21 February 2025

March 2025

25 - 30 March 2025

May 2025

6 - 8 May 2025
21 - 23 May 2025

June 2025

16 - 22 June 2025

September 2025

9 - 12 September 2025