Funding of £300 million will go towards training personnel on the FIRCTS programmes to meet a growing demand for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) platforms.
The Medium Tactical Truck (MTT) is slated to replace the existing Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) fleet, including cargo, dump, wrecker, tractor and re-supply variants which are in use with the USMC. Significantly, the vehicles will include hybrid electric technologies and onboard and export power.
Given the geopolitical gravity, analysts have said the defence and security agreement established falls short of what is needed for future UK-EU co-operation.
Tiberius Aerospace has deep roots in the entrepreneurial high-technology Silicon Valley in the US with its owners having established or been involved with major technology companies such as Nest, Veritone, Apple and Google. The owners shifted from this world to that of defence at the outbreak of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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1st February 2018
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1st February 2018
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1st February 2018
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1st February 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has defended itself in light of suggestions by the National Audit Office (NAO) that it failed to stipulate the …
31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
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31st January 2018
Simon Williams speaks with Shephard about ADECS 2018 show highlights and looking forward to next year's event.
31st January 2018
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