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Facilities Support Services

This contractor is anticipated to be awarded as a (1)-year base period with four (4) renewal one-year options firm fixed price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, type contract.
The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, a

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Polish Air Force uses wireless communications system to enhance safety

The Polish Air Force is now using a sophisticated suite of flight data recording, transmission, management and analysis technology from Teledyne Controls to further improve the safety and efficiency of its dedicated VIP Flights for senior government and military officials. The Polish Air Force has deployed Teledyne’s GroundLink Comm+ system – a wireless quick access […]

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Raytheon, Rheinmetall form JV for US Army combat vehicle competition

Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence have established a joint venture to offer the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle for the US Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) competition. The US-based joint venture is called Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems LLC, with the two companies joined forces in 2018 to offer Lynx for the Army’s OMFV competition. Scheduled for fielding in […]

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Sikorsky combat rescue helicopter to enter production

Lockheed Martin has announced the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program achieved a Milestone C decision from the US Air Force, which moves the program into low rate initial production. The Sikorsky Combat Rescue Helicopter will perform critical combat search and rescue and personnel recovery operations for all US military services. The four instrumented test aircraft at […]

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44 Flats

Scheme comprises construction of three building blocks with heights ranging between four to five storeys to accommodate 44 flats ( 13 one bedroom, 25 two bedroom and 6 three bedroom) with associated 32 parking spaces, a new vehicular access, cycle and ref

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MetaVR VRSG trainers delivered to US Army for evaluation

The MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) is providing the image generation for the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Reconfigurable Virtual Cockpit Trainers (RVCT) delivered to the US Army as part of an Other Transaction Authority (OTA 1) program. The MetaVR VRSG-based simulators include multiple versions of mixed-reality rotorcraft reconfigurable cockpit systems as well as six […]

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Innovative, collaborative, impactful: Dstl release five-year corporate strategy

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has published its Corporate Plan detailing how it will continue to play a vital role in protecting the people of the UK by providing solutions for defence and security over the next five years. The purpose of Dstl within the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is to deliver high […]

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Autonomous DASA competition awards £3m funding

Six companies have been awarded a share of £3m to develop new semi-autonomous concept demonstrators for the British Army. The winners will demonstrate their autonomous innovations at the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE19) in April 2020. The competition, run by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), sought to find collaborative ideas that could demonstrate semi-autonomous unmanned […]

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N–Automated Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)

CANCELLATION NOTICE: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number is W56HZV-19-Q-L281

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DIO’s infrastructure projects offer construction career gateway

In bid to boost construction numbers, DIO and Kier VolkerFitzpatrick are providing opportunities for apprentices and  local students to gain an insight into a career in the construction industry. The US Visiting Forces Infrastructure Programme (UIP) is made up of several more focused projects to develop infrastructure at various RAF bases, which are used by […]

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Raytheon developing high-power microwave counter drone system

Raytheon is to deliver a prototype high-power microwave (HPM) system to be deployed to troops overseas under a US Air Force contract. Troops will use the HPM system to destroy hostile drones. Raytheon’s HPM system uses directed energy to take down drones. HPM’s wide beam can disable multiple targets at one time. The contract follows […]

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Northrop Grumman to deliver new and upgraded LITENING targeting pods

The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $141 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order for new LITENING advanced targeting pods and upgrades that will bring existing pods up to the current configuration. The LITENING targeting pods enable aircrews to detect, acquire, auto-track and identify targets at long ranges for weapon delivery […]

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DASA seeks best Scottish innovators at Highlands roadshow

Free DASA expert advice and UK Government funding opportunities at Oban, Fort William, Inverness, and Thurso events. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) will be travelling across Scotland from 22 October to 31 October to meet businesses, academics, and innovators to build on the £3 million already invested in Scottish proposals and ideas. DASA Innovation […]

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New keynote speaker announced for DPRTE 2020

A new keynote speaker has been announced for Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020, which will take place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on 1st April. Andrew Forzani, Chief Commercial Officer of the Ministry of Defence will join Minister for Defence Procurement, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP to deliver keynote speeches at DPRTE – the […]

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