The UK is ramping up its support for Ukraine with a target to achieve a tenfold increase in production and procurement of drones to deliver to Ukraine this year. With more than 10,000 drones delivered to Ukraine last year by the UK, tens of thousands more have already been delivered towards ...
Babcock International Group has been awarded a c£70m contract to deliver new infrastructure facilities as part of a £300m defence contract secured by Ascent Flying Training (Ascent) to deliver the Future ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) and Rear Crew Training System (FIRCTS) programme. Babcock will manage the build of ...
Jobs will be sustained through a contract awarded by DE&S to Rolls-Royce for the continued maintenance and repair of EJ200 engines for Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons. The five-year Typhoon Engine Support Solution (TESS), worth £563M, will support approximately 200 direct jobs, with the majority based in Bristol. The TESS contract will ...
A fleet of new electronic warfare drones known as StormShroud has come into operation, providing an extra warfighting dimension for the RAF. The uncrewed air systems were procured and delivered by DE&S in less than six months and will deliver high-tech signal jammers to disrupt enemy radar at long range. This will ...
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