Author: Mario Jaconelli

Bangladesh selects Leonardo’s high-tech air surveillance radar

The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has ordered Leonardo’s KRONOS LAND radar to provide air surveillance, allowing operators to detect and track targets in tactical environments. Leonardo made the announcement at BIDEC (Bahrain International Defence Exhibition and Conference) tri-service exhibition, which is took place last week at Manama (Baharain). Leonardo will also supply communications equipment, twelve […]

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Plextek wins DASA contracts to defend against hostile drones

Plextek-DTS (Defence Technology Solutions) has been awarded two contracts under the £2 million Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition to develop new capabilities to detect, disrupt, and defeat the hostile and malicious use of drones. The first project focuses on the development of an innovative signal detection and jamming capability to detect and defeat hostile […]

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GB-Loughborough: 31 Houses

Scheme comprises request for screening opinion for proposed residential units for up to 31 residential houses comprises of market housing units (8 three bedroom detached houses, 7 three bedroom houses, 7 four bedroom houses), affordable housing units (1 t

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Labour Party targeted by cyber attack on its digital platforms

The Labour Party has confirmed that it has been the subject of a cyber attack against its digital platforms. The attack, which took place on Monday, has been reported to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) but has not managed breach any of Labour’s data due to its “robust” security system, the party has said. […]

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Northrop Grumman takes part in DARPA Swarm Test

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated progress towards successful heterogeneous unmanned vehicle (UxV) swarming with the test of Rapid Integration Swarm Ecosystem (RISE) at the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) second field experiment. The experiment leveraged the command, control and collaboration capabilities of RISE in a mock city environment at Fort Benning, Georgia, with dozens of […]

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Defence Estates bolster construction pipeline

According to Glenigan Construction Data, defence estate construction has been beneficial to the construction sector as a whole in a period of stagnation resulting from political uncertainty. In particular, this data specifies that of the Ministry of Defence’s £38.1Bn worth of spending in the 2018/19 year £4.26Bn was actually spent upon defence infrastructure, ultimately resulting […]

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Immersive Labs raises $40m to accelerate expansion of cyber skills platform

Bristol-based cyber security training platform, Immersive Labs, has closed $40 million in funding led by global growth equity investor Summit Partners, with participation from existing investor Goldman Sachs. The investment will be used to support expansion initiatives in North America, where customer demand highlights a clear need to optimise cyber skills and guard against constantly […]

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GB-Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: 55 Residential Units

Scheme comprises reserved matters application submission of details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale in respect of the construction of 55 houses, garages and car parking together with associated boundary treatment and infrastructure pursuant o

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United Kingdom-Salford: Cyber Security Services

NHS Shared Business Services has been working closely with NHS Digital on the development of the cyber security services framework agreement, to offer an additional solution to support the existing portfolio of security solutions currently available. The

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Production starts on world-leading respirators for UK armed forces

Wiltshire-based Avon Protection Ltd will manufacture and supply the potentially life-saving respirators over the remaining period of the five-year contract, having completed 18 months of successful tests and trials. The £16 million contract has created 22 new jobs at Avon Protection – three management and 19 shop-floor production – as well as helping to sustain […]

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Northrop Grumman and Carnegie Mellon agree AI into research agreement

Northrop Grumman and Carnegie Mellon University have formally signed a master research agreement (MRA) that will help foster innovation between the two organisations. The signing also initiated the kick off of several projects at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) related to strategic, operational, and tactical emergency operations. Northrop Grumman will be supporting CMU research focused on […]

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NASA Environmental and Medical Contract (NEMCON)

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) plans to issue the Request for Proposal (RFP) for NASA Environmental and Medical Contract (NEMCON). This notice relates to the Sources Sought Notice (Reference Num

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UK and Australia team up to use space technology to protect Pacific

Pacific island countries vulnerable to climate change will benefit from space technology to help them plan for and prevent natural disasters, thanks to a new UK and Australian partnership. The UK Space Agency is looking for project ideas, to be delivered through UK aid, that use the data collected by satellites to improve decision-making for […]

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