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The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has announced the signing of a contract worth around £3.7Bn to start building the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigates. The contract to manufacture the warships will secure around 1700 skilled shipbuilding jobs in Scotland and 1700 jobs throughout the supply chain across Britain until 2035. The Type ...
Exhibitors at the annual Seawork exhibition and conference received expert support in export from DIT Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) Military Export Support Team. UK SMEs exhibiting at the event, and wanting to increase their overseas defence/security sales potential, benefitted from on hand advice from the team. Giving informal advice and ...
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the new QE Class aircraft carriers, has taken to sea for the very first time. History was made when the new ship launched from Rosyth to commence the first stage of sea trials off the north-east of Scotland. Spending the next six weeks at sea, ...
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £260M contract to supply the UK’s with the next generation of secure Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) technology. The work will sustain around 150 jobs in Luton, the West of England, Edinburgh and across the UK supply chain. The system, Mode-5, was developed for the MoD ...
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