UK and International Defence News

Dstl state-of-the-art robot trialled to seek out chemical agents 15 Jan 2021

Official DPRTE partner, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), have successfully trialled a fully autonomous robot that will help ... Read More

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Military to support the testing of thousands of students in England 06 Jan 2021

UK Military personnel will provide planning and training support to secondary schools and colleges with testing at the start of ... Read More

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Saab receives follow-on contract from United Arab Emirates for GlobalEye 06 Jan 2021

Saab has received a follow on contract with the United Arab Emirates regarding the sale of two GlobalEye systems, Saab’s ... Read More

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Over 5,000 Armed Forces deployed in support of the Covid response 05 Jan 2021

Over 5,000 Armed Forces personnel are currently deployed to support the response to the Coronavirus across the UK, working on ... Read More

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Meggitt awarded $27.4 million liquid palletized system contract from US Navy 05 Jan 2021

Meggitt PLC has been awarded a follow-on, fixed-price contract valued at $27.4 million by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent ... Read More

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Dstl scientists and military advisers receive New Year’s Honours 05 Jan 2021

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has announced that two of its scientists and two military advisers have received ... Read More

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Building Electrical Resilience in the UK Defence Industry 04 Jan 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Peter Selway, Marketing Manager at Schneider Electric, examines the importance of building electrical resilience in the ... Read More

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RAF surveillance fleet to be based in Moray 04 Jan 2021

RAF Lossiemouth will be the new home of the UK’s fleet of E-7 Wedgetail surveillance aircraft, bolstering Scotland’s key role ... Read More

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Indra and Thales offer tactical communications to Spanish armed forces 04 Jan 2021

Indra and Thales have signed an agreement to work in partnership to offer a next-generation tactical communications system to Spain’s ... Read More

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Airbus quantum computing challenge helps advance sustainable flight 31 Dec 2020

Airbus has concluded its global Quantum Computing Challenge (AQCC) announcing the winning team of the competition. The Italian team at Machine ... Read More

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