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Latest news from the defence, aerospace and homeland security sectors and related industries.
MOD SIGNS CONTRACT FOR NEW ARMOURED VEHICLE
ADDED: 5th July, 2010
The MOD has signed a £500m contract with General Dynamics UK for the demonstration phase of se...
Continue readingUK DELAYS INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
ADDED: 5th July, 2010
The government has postponed publication of a new defence industrial strategy until next year rather...
Continue readingSIR JOCK STIRRUP'S EXIT POINTS TO 'DEFENCE CHANGES'
ADDED: 14th June, 2010
Defence Secretary Liam Fox said chief of the defence staff Sir Jock Stirrup and Ministry of Defence ...
Continue readingBUDGET PRESSURES PUSH UK/FRENCH COOPERATION
ADDED: 10th June, 2010
Strategic airlift is one area in which France is looking to cooperate closely with Britain to plug a...
Continue readingUK JOINS HUNT FOR A BETTER BULLET
ADDED: 10th June, 2010
Britain has joined a search for a better-performing 5.56mm bullet, contracting with supplier BAE Sys...
Continue readingCONFIRMATION OF DEFENCE MINISTER POSITIONS
ADDED: 1st June, 2010
The full line-up of titles and responsibilities of each defence minister has now been finalised. Th...
Continue readingNEW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT ANNOUNCED
ADDED: 26th May, 2010
Peter Luff, Conservative MP for Mid-Worcestershire and the city’s former MP, is the new minist...
Continue readingNEW DEFENCE SECRETARY ISSUES MESSAGE TO STAFF
ADDED: 13th May, 2010
The new Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, has issued the following message to all Defence...
Continue readingPROVISIONAL GO-AHEAD FOR CHINOOK PURCHASE
ADDED: 5th May, 2010
Britain is on course to buy 12 Boeing Chinook F-model helicopters and fit them out with homegrown co...
Continue readingUK WARTHOG ARMOURED TRUCK DELAYED
ADDED: 5th May, 2010
Introduction of a new Singaporean-built armored vehicle destined for the British Army in Afghanistan...
Continue readingROYAL NAVY GETS GREEN LIGHT ON FRIGATES, SUBS
ADDED: 6th April, 2010
Britain's Royal Navy has the government's green light to get a new generation of frigates and two mo...
Continue readingF35 DELIVERIES ON TRACK
ADDED: 29th March, 2010
Delivery delays for the Block 3 version of the F-35 Lightning II strike fighter to the U.S. Air Forc...
Continue readingYORKSHIRE MUSEUM TO DISPLAY ICONIC AIRCRAFT
ADDED: 29th March, 2010
The Royal Air Force has announced that the Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Me...
Continue readingGENERAL DYNAMICS WINS TANK-MAKING DEAL
ADDED: 22nd March, 2010
General Dynamics has won a contract to build a new light tank for the British Army, writes BBC News ...
Continue readingCAN BRITAIN AFFORD NOT TO BUILD £5BN ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS?
ADDED: 1st March, 2010
Two aircraft carriers weighing in at 65,000 tonnes each may not be the obvious stuff of romance, but...
Continue readingAGREEMENT REACHED ON A400M COSTS
ADDED: 24th February, 2010
European governments have reached an agreement on sharing the costs of the over-budget A400M militar...
Continue readingNAVY'S NEW MINE HUNTER ENTERS SERVICE
ADDED: 24th February, 2010
To tackle the abundant and significant threat of sea mines, the Royal Navy's new unmanned, underwate...
Continue readingREVOLUTIONARY CTAI WEAPON SYSTEM TO START QUALIFICATION
ADDED: 24th February, 2010
A revolutionary new weapon system for the British and French armies has been given a major boost wit...
Continue readingMOU BETWEEN UK AND FRANCE ON URGENT OPERATIONAL REQUESTS
ADDED: 23rd February, 2010
The Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, has signed a Memorandum of Understan...
Continue readingARMY VEHICLES SHOULD BE BUILT HERE - DANNATT
ADDED: 15th February, 2010
The former head of the British army has told how Government delays in awarding defence contracts to ...
Continue readingAUSTRALIA TO ORDER FIRST BATCH OF JOINT STRIKE FIGHTERS
ADDED: 11th February, 2010
Australia is to buy an initial batch of 14 conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A Lightning ...
Continue readingAIRBUS AND BOEING OPPOSING BOMBARDIER
ADDED: 27th January, 2010
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Airbus and Boeing, which still have the ongoing determina...
Continue readingPARTNER MEETING COULD HELP DETERMINE A400M'S FATE
ADDED: 18th January, 2010
The seven partner countries involved in the Airbus A400M project were to meet Jan. 14 in London amid...
Continue readingRAF SELECTS RIVET JOINT TO REPLACE NIMROD R.1S
ADDED: 18th January, 2010
The Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic intelligence-gathering aircraft has been selected by the&nb...
Continue readingU.K. BUDGET CUTS MAY TARGET ROYAL NAVY AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS
ADDED: 18th January, 2010
The future of Britain's amphibious warfare capabilities will come under the microscope this year, al...
Continue readingEX-MABEY CHIEF TO FACE GRAFT CHARGES
ADDED: 14th January, 2010
By Michael Peel, Financial Times The former chief of a construction company that works in dozens of...
Continue readingINTERNATIONAL FORUM ON BUSINESS ETHICAL CONDUCT (IFBEC) - CONFERENCE REVIEW
ADDED: 14th January, 2010
The first International Forum on Business Ethical Conduct for the Aerospace and Defence Industry (IF...
Continue readingAIRBUS CHIEF SAYS HE 'MAY CANCEL A400M' MILITARY PLANE
ADDED: 12th January, 2010
The chief executive of Airbus has warned that he is prepared to cancel production of the company's A...
Continue readingEU DEFENCE & SECURITY PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE 2009/81/EC
ADDED: 11th January, 2010
MOD Public Consultation on the Approach to Implementation On 11 December 2009, the Ministry of Defe...
Continue readingMARSHALL AEROSPACE ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITION OF SLINGSBY ADVANCED COMPOSITES LTD
ADDED: 8th January, 2010
Marshall Aerospace is delighted to announce the acquisition of Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd as o...
Continue readingUK ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF 3RD F-35B JSF PURCHASE
ADDED: 24th December, 2009
The Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) program has announced that the United Kingdom has received financial...
Continue readingLatest on the FRES SV Programme
ADDED: 30th November, 2009
At the beginning of November, BAE Systems and General Dynamics submitted their bids to secure defenc...
Continue readingMARSHALL REALIGNS BUSINESS GROUPS TO STRENGTHEN MLS
ADDED: 27th November, 2009
In a strategic realignment of its business units Marshall of Cambridge Group has moved the business ...
Continue readingTORIES PROMISE HOMELAND MILITARY COMMAND TO COMBAT TERROR THREAT
ADDED: 20th October, 2009
A new Homeland Military Command would be created by a Tory government to fight the serious threat th...
Continue readingBAE SYSTEMS GETS CONTRACT FOR SAUDI ARABIAN EUROFIGHTERS
ADDED: 15th October, 2009
The Royal Saudi Air Force has commenced flying operations following the delivery of the first 4 of 7...
Continue readingGENERAL SIR DAVID RICHARDS' SPEECH AT THE 2009 ANNUAL DEFENCE LECTURE
ADDED: 21st September, 2009
General Sir David Richards, Chief of the General Staff, spoke at the 2009 Annual Defence Lecture at ...
Continue readingHistoric shipyard sold to council
ADDED: 17th September, 2009
The former Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside has been sold in an undisclosed deal. North Tyneside Co...
Continue readingNew trade association formed from APPSS, DMA & SBAC
ADDED: 8th September, 2009
A|D|S, the UK's AeroSpace, Defence and Security trade body has been unveiled as the new id...
Continue readingFT: SBAC's Ian Godden - The defence industry is good for the country
ADDED: 21st July, 2009
SBAC's Chief Executive, Ian Godden, writes for the Financial Times on the benefits that the defence ...
Continue readingMOD RESPONSE TO CARRIER SPECULATION
ADDED: 30th June, 2009
Speculation has been growing in the national press that the publicly funded carrier building project...
Continue readingNEW DEFENCE SECRETARY ANNOUNCED
ADDED: 5th June, 2009
Bob Ainsworth has been announced as the New Defence Secretary following John Hutton's resignation ea...
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