While industry reception to the SDR has been positive, questions still remain from analyst and trade associations about what this could mean for future investment and the future UK Defence Industrial Strategy.
The UK’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was launched as one of the first acts of the UK’s new Labour Government in June last year. The review has recommended a major big-picture reform of the country’s forces.
The UK’s Strategic Defence Review will call for ‘warfighting readiness’ and outline the threats the country will need to face and counter with modern defence equipment and technology.
The diverse use cases of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been turning it into a critical tool for Special Operations Forces (SOF).
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Navies around the world are increasingly looking at autonomous systems for the mine countermeasures (MCM) mission.
14th September 2015
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1.9 million contract to LGS Innovations for work on its Tactical Undersea Network Architectures (TUNA) …
11th September 2015
Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) has delivered the second patrol vessel, RNOV Shinas, to the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), the company announced on 10 …
10th September 2015
As industry gathers in London for the biennial defence carnival that is DSEI, much talk will centre on the likely outcomes of the UK’s forthcoming …
9th September 2015
The Royal Bahrain Naval Force has awarded a contract to Selex to upgrade six naval vessels, the company announced on 8 September. Under the contract, …
9th September 2015
The price of doing business has been revealed by the UK Ministry of Defence, with the cost of running the Royal Navy’s warships disclosed to …
9th September 2015
QinetiQ will display its latest generation stand-off body scanner, at this year’s DSEI exhibition in London. It is currently in development with the US Transportation …
9th September 2015
The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) will deploy a new unit in Okinawa prefecture in two to three years’ time, with its primary role to warn Chinese …
8th September 2015
A team led by ship-building group Piriou, along with Kership and DCNS has been awarded a contract for the supply of four ocean-going support vessels …
8th September 2015
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has signed the contract with Boeing Defence Australia for the upgrade of its military communications, the DoD announced on …
8th September 2015
Belfast Harbour has deployed Saab's KleinPort port management information system to manage harbour operations, the company announced on 3 September. The harbour began live operations …
7th September 2015
The US Navy has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin that will continue the modernisation of its Aegis naval combat hardware and software, the company …
7th September 2015
Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space have signed an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Defence to supply the ground segment of the COSMO-SkyMed satellite network …
4th September 2015
Raytheon has been awarded a $33 million contract to produce, deliver, integrate, and test AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems to the US Navy, it …
4th September 2015
The fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite of the US Navy, MUOS-4, has been successfully launched and is responding normally to ground control, Lockheed …
4th September 2015
The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman to provide navigation suite upgrades to the two ANZAC class frigates of …
4th September 2015
Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) developer Pivot3 and Tracewell Systems have partnered to offer a purpose-built computing solution for military and defence customers, it was announced on …
3rd September 2015
On-dock production activities as part of HMAS Ballarat’s Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) upgrade are now complete, and the vessel has returned to the Material Control …
3rd September 2015
Thales' first new NS100 naval radar system has successfully completed Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), the company announced on 1 September. The FAT, which consists of …
2nd September 2015
Ireland is planning an overhaul of its maritime capability following the release of its Defence White Paper. The white paper outlines plans for replacement of …
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