in Defence Posted 10 July 2020
Coventry based armour provider, NP Aerospace, has opened a new facility in London, Ontario, Canada and appointed a General Manager to drive future business growth.
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 9 July 2020
Advanced surface coating technology company, Bicester based Hardide Coatings, has appointed Rob Holmes as VP Aerospace as the company targets strategic growth in the aerospace and defence sectors.
in Defence Posted 8 July 2020
The newest section of the first Dreadnought submarine to be built at BAE Systems’ yard in Barrow has been moved, as work on the first of class continues.
in Defence Posted 8 July 2020
Serco has provided training that has enabled 37 Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Maritime Warfare Officers to graduate with their Bridge Warfare qualifications.
in Defence Posted 8 July 2020
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is exploring innovative ideas associated with air platform energy management technologies.
in Aerospace / Defence / Events Posted 7 July 2020
Taking place across 20th-24th July, the same week the 2020 Airshow was scheduled, FIA Connect will bring global industry together via an online platform, providing world-class content, insight and business growth opportunities.
in Defence Posted 7 July 2020
Lincad has doubled the capacity at its HQ and production facilities based at Ash Vale in Surrey, UK.
in Defence Posted 6 July 2020
Future flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has cleared her penultimate hurdle for frontline duties after 10 hugely-demanding weeks around the UK, preparing for her maiden deployment in the new year.
in Defence Posted 6 July 2020
Veteran Owned UK, the UK’s largest online business directory exclusively supporting companies owned by members of the Armed Forces Community, has launched a new app.
in Defence / Security Posted 6 July 2020
Developer of smart software solutions for unmanned maritime systems, SeeByte, today announced the appointment of Dr Chris Haworth as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective August 2020.
in Defence Posted 3 July 2020
Following recent advice from the Government and Public Health England, the RAF Museum will be re-opening its doors to visitors on Monday 6th July.
in Defence Posted 3 July 2020
Serco has been awarded a £20 million contract by the UK MoD, to provide Aircraft Engineering Support and Airfield Services (AESAS) at Royal Naval Air Stations (RNAS) Yeovilton and Culdrose.
in Defence Posted 2 July 2020
GKN Aerospace has signed a follow-on Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract with the Swedish Armed Forces for the provision of comprehensive support for the GKN Aerospace RM12 engine.
in Defence / Security Posted 2 July 2020
Horizon Technologies has been awarded an additional £100,000 Innovate UK Grant to help fund its AMBER CubeSat-based Intelligence Data Service.
in Defence Posted 1 July 2020
LynkEUs - an MBDA coordinated project which provides Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) capability - has been selected by the European Commission as part of the new European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP), following
in Defence Posted 30 June 2020
BAE Systems and the Royal Navy have announced a £3.2 million autonomous boat contract that will increase the Navy’s capabilities while protecting sailor’s lives.
in Defence Posted 30 June 2020
Rolls-Royce has secured recent agreements with the US Navy for ship engines, propulsion components and services valued at up to $115.6 million.
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 26 June 2020
FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) has contracted GKN Aerospace Sweden to continue biofuel testing of the RM12 engine.
in Defence Posted 24 June 2020
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has awarded a contract worth £20 million to Galliford Try for work which will house Number IX (Bomber) Squadron in facilities that are fit for purpose,
in Defence / Security Posted 24 June 2020
A Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking proposals that can help UK Defence and Security to develop capability in ‘Behavioural Analytics’.
in Defence Posted 24 June 2020
Inzpire’s GECO Mission Support System (GECO MSS) contract with Joint Helicopter Command’s frontline Puma Force has been extended for a further five-year period.
in Aerospace / Defence / Events Posted 23 June 2020
Cranfield University in Bedfordshire has recognised Captain Tom Moore for his services to the local community and the country by awarding him an Honorary Doctor of Science in its 2020 graduation celebrations.
in Defence Posted 23 June 2020
UK tech company tlmNexus will be supporting the UK’s Apache AH-64E programme as part of the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) Apache Capability Sustainment Programme Project under the existing Airworthiness
in Defence Posted 23 June 2020
The Royal Navy’s experts in getting new technology to the frontline quickly are trialling the use of heavy-lift drones for future use on warships.
in Defence Posted 22 June 2020
Skyborne Airline Academy has been named as an Approved Learning Provider for serving military personnel and service leavers, allowing them to use Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) towards the cost of their pilot training.
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 22 June 2020
A military aerospace company is using ViaLite RF over fibre (RFoF) distributed GPS/GNSS equipment for aircraft timing test support.
in Defence / Security Posted 19 June 2020
As the UK seeks to deliver a ‘greener’ future following the government’s announcement in February to ban the sale of all new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035 – the University of
in Defence Posted 18 June 2020
DE&S Land Equipment and Army Headquarters have confirmed that THE EVENT for those involved in equipment and support for the UK’s Land Forces will return to Millbrook on the new dates of 4 and 5 November 2020.
in Defence Posted 18 June 2020
A seven-year £26.7 million contract has been awarded to Oxfordshire-based EP Barrus for the supply, update and maintenance support of outboard and inboard motors fitted to more than 1,100 craft in the Ministry of
in Defence Posted 18 June 2020
BAE Systems has built and customised six Pacific 24 (P24) Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) in its Boats factory in Portsmouth, UK, which are being supplied to Australia's Austal to equip two Cape-class Patrol Boats they are building for the
in Defence / Security Posted 18 June 2020
QinetiQ in Farnborough is using its defence-ready expertise and equipment to support the local Covid-19 response and PPE requirements.
in Defence Posted 16 June 2020
Lincoln-based Inzpire Limited has been awarded a five-and-a-half-year task through the Engineering Delivery Partnership (EDP) Agreement to provide Typhoon Requirements Managers and subject matter expertise to the Typhoon Mission
in Defence Posted 15 June 2020
The iMAST Alliance - a collaboration of three UK Maritime defence companies Babcock, QinetiQ and Thales, together with technology partners Centerprise International, Learning Technologies Group and
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 15 June 2020
BAE Systems is moving forward with the recruitment of a record number of apprentices, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
in Defence Posted 15 June 2020
Developer of smart software solutions for unmanned maritime systems, SeeByte, announced today that the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), a long-term user of SeeTrack V3, has upgraded to SeeTrack V4, the Command and Control software designed to make
in Defence Posted 15 June 2020
HMS Lancaster is spending a fortnight flexing her military muscle off the south coast of Britain, as she prepares for renewed frontline duties.
in Defence Posted 12 June 2020
The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to produce multiple types of Vertical Launching System (VLS) canisters with a total lifetime maximum value of $955 million.
in Defence Posted 12 June 2020
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has praised the Ministry of Defence (MoD) partnership with Britain’s defence industry, which is rising to meet the challenges of maintaining critical output during
in Defence Posted 10 June 2020
A new world record was set by the Voyager aircraft for the fastest ever flight between the UK and the Falkland Islands.
in Defence Posted 10 June 2020
The decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth are roaring with the sound of F-35 Lightning jets as the famous Dambusters squadron landed on the aircraft carrier for the first time.
in Defence Posted 10 June 2020
Gloucestershire based consultancy, CDS Defence & Security (CDS DS) has been awarded a contract to deliver Support Services to the Joint CEMA Group (JCG) for Project ERUGATE, over five years and to a potential value of £30 million.
in Defence Posted 10 June 2020
Meggitt has signed a $15 million contract with Chemring Australia Pty, for the continued supply of flare countermeasure assemblies on the F-35 fighter jet.
in Defence Posted 9 June 2020
Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) has acquired a BlueComm undersea communications system from Sonardyne International Ltd. as part of its ongoing programme in maritime autonomous systems (MAS).
in Defence Posted 8 June 2020
Elbit Systems UK has completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), demonstrating the capabilities of its Seagull USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle).
in Defence Posted 8 June 2020
Royal Marines will have access to more information when making tactical decisions thanks to a new helmet camera.
in Defence Posted 5 June 2020
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has selected the Collins Aerospace Systems FasTAK Gateway to advance its tactical data link capabilities on the ground as part of the RAF’s Air Support Operations Squadron Digital Command and
in Defence Posted 5 June 2020
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed and handed over to the Royal Navy, a project at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton.
in Defence Posted 4 June 2020
A new Cyber Regiment has been launched to protect frontline operations from digital attack, the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced today, as UK Armed Forces continue their modernisation to combat the threats of tomorrow.
in Defence Posted 4 June 2020
BAE Systems has successfully completed test shots of its APKWS laser-guided rockets from a tactical configuration ground-based weapon system for the first time.
in Defence Posted 4 June 2020
WFEL has been awarded another contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to upgrade a further tranche of DSB Dry Support Bridges already in service with the US Army.
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 3 June 2020
GKN Aerospace delivered a pair of thermoplastic composite, induction-welded Ruddervators and two compression-moulded Access Panels manufactured from reused thermoplastic waste material to Bell in
in Defence Posted 3 June 2020
Coventry based NP Aerospace signed a partner agreement framework in February with vehicle OEM, Supacat, to deliver platform capability improvements for the UK Ministry of Defence protected mobility fleet.
in Defence / Security Posted 3 June 2020
Getac today unveiled its B360 fully rugged laptop, which is fully engineered for 5G.
in Defence Posted 3 June 2020
Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems a contract to provide key autonomy and artificial intelligence capabilities for DARPA’s Squad X programme.
in Defence Posted 2 June 2020
The way many of Veterans UK services are delivered is to be digitised as part of a new seven year contract worth £300 million, which successfully commenced yesterday.
in Defence Posted 2 June 2020
Babcock has been awarded a multimillion pound contract extension to manufacture a further 18 tactical Missile Tube Assemblies (MTAs) for General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB).
in Defence Posted 2 June 2020
HORIBA MIRA has invested £350k in a new power accreditation test service and Electrical Power Laboratory – providing defence industry customers with a first-of-its-kind validation solution in readiness for the new Def Stan
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 1 June 2020
Jeff Lewis has been appointed Raytheon UK’s new Chief Executive and Managing Director, effective today.
in Defence Posted 1 June 2020
Rolls-Royce is to supply complete MTU propulsion systems for five new Type 31 general-purpose frigates for the Royal Navy.
in Defence Posted 29 May 2020
Defence Innovation funding has been set aside for civil sector support of the innovation priorities of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
in Defence Posted 28 May 2020
Leonardo and Thales have announced the first successful firings of the Thales ‘Martlet’ Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) from Leonardo’s AW159 Wildcat helicopter, as part of the UK MoD’s Future Anti-Surface Guided
in Aerospace / Defence / Security Posted 28 May 2020
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will upgrade to Leonardo’s latest Osprey radar to support missions such as search and rescue, border protection, fishery and pollution patrols.
in Defence / Security Posted 28 May 2020
Strategic Command’s innovation hub, jHub, were recently commissioned to support NHSX to securely gather and share COVID-19 symptom data for project OASIS.
in Defence Posted 28 May 2020
HMS Queen Elizabeth is one step closer to being able to deploy on global operations after completing the first stages of Operational Sea Training.
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 28 May 2020
Nasmyth CE, a Trading Company of Nasmyth Technologies Ltd, has achieved JOSCAR Accreditation.
in Defence Posted 27 May 2020
Dstl analysis is optimising information flow in the design of command space in future submarines to optimise information flow.
in Defence Posted 27 May 2020
County Durham headquartered Kromek has been awarded an extension to its contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the US Department of Defense, to detect and identify pathogens in an urban environment.
in Defence Posted 27 May 2020
Kaman UK has delivered its 80,000th rear fuselage packer to BAE Systems for its F-35 manufacturing programme.
in Defence Posted 26 May 2020
A contract worth up to £350 million to provide cutting-edge analysis to underpin UK Defence and Security decision-making has been awarded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to BAE Systems CORDA.
in Defence Posted 26 May 2020
Marine robotics company, Sonardyne International Ltd. has demonstrated technologies that will aid autonomous vehicle operations in challenging environments under a project funded by the UK’s national
in Defence Posted 26 May 2020
Atkins and Gama Aviation Plc have been reappointed to continue delivering Military Airworthiness Reviews (MARs) to the Royal Air Force’s HQ Air Command (HQ Air) and The British Army’s Joint Helicopter Command (JHC).
in Defence Posted 21 May 2020
Devon based Supacat has signed a Teaming Agreement with Soucy International Inc., the Quebec based provider of Composite Rubber Tracks (CRT) for defence equipment, offering Soucy’s CRT to meet the requirements of UK and other armed forces to upgrade their
in Defence Posted 21 May 2020
BMT, Defence and Security has switched on its Warships 101 e-learning course, which offers an introductory look into Warships, their design, capability and requirements.
in Defence Posted 20 May 2020
ADS member FC Lane Electronics has won a Silver Tier Award for exceptional performance and contributions to supply chain success in 2019 for BAE Systems’ Electronic Systems sector.
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 20 May 2020
As a result of the unprecedented impact Covid-19 has had on Rolls-Royce and the entire aviation industry, the Derby based company is proposing a major reorganisation to adapt to the new level of demand and expects the loss of at least
in Defence Posted 19 May 2020
The Red Arrows are set to stay in their home county of Lincolnshire and move to RAF Waddington after the closure of their current base RAF Scampton.
in Defence Posted 19 May 2020
Nasmyth Group has secured a contract for the extended life programme of a major European naval air fleet with the manufacture and supply of mechanical assemblies.
in Defence Posted 19 May 2020
The US Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Aircraft Prototyping Systems Division has awarded BAE Systems a prime position on a $26.7 million task order to install, integrate and test the Department of the Navy
in Aerospace / Defence / Security / Space Posted 19 May 2020
A new online service will launch on 26th May for small and medium sized employers to recover Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) payments they have made to their employees, the Government has announced today.
in Defence Posted 18 May 2020
Reading based developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, Isotropic Systems, today announced an antenna evaluation and development contract with the US Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to test the
in Defence / Security Posted 18 May 2020
RAF Odiham personnel are providing vital support to the NHS on the frontline of the Coronavirus pandemic by volunteering their spare time as co-responders for the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS).
in Defence Posted 18 May 2020
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has worked with industry partner, Landmarc Support Services, to help soldiers using the Defence Training Estate to protect themselves in the fight against
in Defence Posted 14 May 2020
IFS has entered a new partnership with Amentum, which will integrate IFS Applications into its solutions for its commercial and government clients in the aerospace and defence sectors, including the US Department of Defense (DoD), US Air Force, US Army, US Navy, US
in Defence Posted 14 May 2020
With current conditions affecting the global supply chain, the Central Management Catalogue Agency (UK) - or CMCA(UK) - is working with customers and contacts to monitor any additional supply chain risk arising in order to maximise material
in Defence / Security Posted 14 May 2020
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is looking for innovative solutions to address the increasing UAS threat to the defence and security of the UK, both at home and abroad.
in Defence / Security Posted 13 May 2020
Cambridge Pixel has added dual redundancy to its SPx Tracking Server to support high reliability radar tracking, supporting coastal surveillance systems.
in Defence Posted 13 May 2020
Cobham has been awarded a three year maintenance contract by Tinker Air Force Base to overhaul Cobham supplied B-1 oxygen system components in support of combat mission readiness.
in Aerospace / Defence / Security / Space Posted 12 May 2020
The UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will remain open until the end of October, the Chancellor announced today, with employers paying a percentage of the salaries of their furloughed staff.
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 12 May 2020
Broder Metals Group Ltd has been appointed the UK, Belgium and The Netherlands exclusive distributor of Gokser Machine Ind & Co Ltd's range of Thermacool Ground Support Equipment and Techniflex Industrial
in Defence / Space Posted 12 May 2020
Airbus has won the new satellite communications framework contract for military and civil missions of the European Union and its member states.
in Defence / Security Posted 12 May 2020
Plextek DTS has been awarded two contracts under the latest Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) challenge to boost how autonomous vehicles and systems operate in challenging
in Aerospace / Defence / Security / Space Posted 11 May 2020
Reacting to today’s publication of the UK Government’s COVID-19 Recovery Strategy, ADS said tens of thousands of jobs are at risk in the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space industries without
in Defence Posted 11 May 2020
GKN Aerospace has announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with Boeing to solidify a continued working partnership until 2023.
in Defence Posted 11 May 2020
Landmarc Support Services and UK Connect have worked in partnership to enable vital broadband provision at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) Halton Training Camp, a key asset in the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Covid-19
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 7 May 2020
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has today announced the former head of the Royal Air Force, Sir Stephen Hillier, as his preferred candidate to become the new chair of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
in Aerospace / Defence Posted 7 May 2020
As well as producing face shields and supporting the national ventilator effort, BAE Systems has revealed that its Maritime Services team on the Isle of Wight are 3D-printing the innovative ‘Door Claw’ by Vestas.
in Defence Posted 7 May 2020
GKN Fokker Services and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) have signed an extension of the existing total support contract for delivering standard parts for all of the RNLAF's aircraft,
in Aerospace / Defence / Security / Space Posted 6 May 2020
Holovis has developed a social distancing app to support the unique challenges being faced when returning to the workplace post-Covid.
in Defence / Security Posted 6 May 2020
Serco has been awarded a three-year contract extension by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to continue to provide operations and maintenance support to the Solid State Phased Array Radar (SSPAR), part of the UK/US
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