RAF Marham runway resurfaced ahead of F-35 arrival
Preparations for the arrival of the UK’s new F-35 multi-role combat aircraft have taken a major step forward with the completion of resurfacing work on the secondary runway at RAF Marham. The resurfacing work was undertaken by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) through its contractors, a joint venture of Galliford Try and Lagan Construction. It forms […]
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UK keen to strengthen Defence ties with South America
Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has reiterated the UK’s desire to forge closer bonds with its partners in South America following his visit to three nations on the continent. The Minister for Armed Forces has returned from Chile, Uruguay and Colombia, where he met senior military figures and politicians, and saw first-hand a range of ongoing projects. […]
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Keeping track: New radar facility to protect UK Northern airspace
As tensions between the West and Russia continue to mount, the Ministry of Defence is taking steps to protect the UK’s Northern airspace. The construction of a new £10 million RAF radar facility at Saxa Vord in Shetland will improve RAF and NATO understanding of the airspace north of Britain and further out across the Norwegian Sea, reinforcing the UK’s ability to […]
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Point Mugu welcomes MQ-4C Triton welcomed to the fleet
Northrop Grumman and the US Navy officially welcomed the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the fleet with a ceremony to celebrate the commencement of flight operations. Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu is home to the maintenance detachment of Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP)-19 DET Point Mugu, the Navy’s first unmanned patrol squadron. Maintainers […]
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Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Knifefish completes critical test phase
The General Dynamics Mission Systems team successfully completed all stages of formal Sea Acceptance Testing (SAT) of Knifefish, the US Navy’s Surface Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) system. The tests were conducted off the coast of Boston using Navy mine test targets and included a variety of undersea, MCM operational scenarios in multiple […]
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Saab to supply NDMA with Carl-Gustaf ammunition
Saab has secured a contract worth around SEK 110 million from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf ammunition. The order comes under the terms of Saab’s framework agreement signed with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency in 2017 regarding Carl-Gustaf ammunition. The framework agreement enables the customer to place orders for live […]
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GB-Bristol: Office Building
Scheme comprises construction of seven storey office building (class B1) over ground floor with basement car parking and cycle storage, bridge link to 3 Glass Wharf, natural ventilation, rooftop plant, ancillary soft and hard landscaping and associated pu
Home Secretary sets out counter-terrorism strategy
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has launched an update of the counter-terrorism strategy, which includes plans for MI5 to declassify and share information on UK citizens suspected of having links to terrorism. The document centres on efforts to reduce the risk to the public and preventing safe spaces for terrorists to operate and will see […]
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DASA and DARE to hold get the ship in shape innovation event
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and the Royal Navy Innovation Team, DARE (Discovery, Assessment and Rapid Exploitation) are to hold an innovation event alongside the crew of the HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier in July. HMS Queen Elizabeth, and sister ship HMS Prince Of Wales, are the new cutting edge UK Aircraft Carriers and the […]
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ViaSat-2 communications available for Canadian Armed Forces
Viasat has announced the availability of satellite communications (SATCOM) service over ViaSat-2 for Canadian Armed Forces and government applications. The move will see both the Canadian Armed Forces and government users will be able to use the system for bandwidth intensive tasks, with complete security through accredited encryption systems, which have been approved by the […]
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Power Purchase Agreement RFI
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Notice of Intent to Sole Source: EST II Small Arms Trainer Upgrades
The USPFO New Jersey National Guard, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, is posting an Intent to Sole Source to Meggitt Training Systems, Inc. for the following Line Items listed below associ
Orolia awarded $34m US Army contract for Personnel Recovery devices
Orolia subsidiary, McMurdo, has been awarded a contract worth around $34 million to manufacture Personnel Recovery Devices (PRD) for the US Army. The dual-mode, MIL-SPEC Personal Locator Beacon will be integrated into the Army’s Personnel Recovery Support System (PRSS). Capable of transmitting both open and secure signals (training-combat dual mode), the PRD will provide alerts […]
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Construction progressing at Salisbury Plain service family accommodation
A ‘First Plot’ commemorative stone has been unveiled at the latest service accommodation construction site at Bulford, Wiltshire. The commemorative stone was unveiled by Lieutenant General Nick Pope CBE, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, together with Mr John Leary, Lovell’s Major Projects Director along with representatives of the Army Basing Programme (ABP) , Defence Infrastructure […]
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Airborne Uninhabited Power Supply Obsolescence Redesign Request for information
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Study of Climate Risk Assessment and Elaboration of Emergency Response Plan
Recruitment of a national or international research office for the study of climate risk assessment and elaboration of an emergency response plan in the coastal fringe of Ghar El Melh – Kalâat Landlouss and the island of Djerba
Praise for troops undertaking countering poaching operation
The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has praised British Army personnel who are preparing to train park rangers in Malawi in techniques that will help them protect African elephants and for the first time, black rhinos from poachers. Mr Williamson met several personnel at West Midlands Safari Park as they prepare to deploy to East Africa next […]
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Enhanced early missile warning system installed in Japan
The US Army has partnered with Northrop Grumman to deploy enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in Japan, bolstering battlespace awareness and missile defence. The Japanese project forms part of a wider programme of JTAGS modernisation awarded to Northrop Grumman some years previous. The system itself dates back to 1997 when it was first […]
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Lockheed Martin’s Fifth AEHF satellite completes launch environment test
Lockheed Martin has put its fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) satellite through its paces in realistic simulations of its future launch experience. The satellite completed the tests successfully and is now in system-level testing in preparation for delivery to the US Air Force in 2019. For the 39 days of Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) […]
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