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Serco’s Mission Training and Satellite (MT&S) business, acquired from Northrop Grumman, has been selected as the sole provider for advanced training and simulator services to the US Air Force under the AFMS3 programme. The single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract carries a ceiling value of $972 million (£720 million) over ...


The UK will build military aircraft for the United States for the first time in more than fifty years, following the award of a new contract with Boeing to deliver advanced surveillance aircraft for the US Air Force. The programme is set to create over 150 new jobs in Birmingham ...


The UK has signed a new technology sharing agreement with Ukraine that will see British and Ukrainian firms jointly develop and manufacture advanced military equipment, starting with a new air defence interceptor drone. The initiative is designed to support Ukraine’s defence while creating jobs and growth across the UK supply ...


How DASA funding and Dstl support helped transform a deployable antenna concept into critical UK defence space capability. In the vastness of space, a miniaturised satellite about the size of a domestic washing machine unfurls a dish antenna with millimetre precision while delivering a 16-fold increase in area. Within seconds, this compact ...


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