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 ...
Serco, the provider of services and support to governments internationally, has been awarded two contracts to continue to support the Royal Air Force’s Air Cadet glider fleet. Under the Glider Support contract, Serco will continue to maintain the RAF’s fleet of 52 Viking T Mk1 gliders, (Grob 103B variant), for a ...
British soldiers have successfully tracked, targeted and defeated swarms of drones in the latest trial of a new directed energy weapon developed in the UK. The trial was completed at a weapons range in West Wales and was the largest counter-drone swarm exercise the British Army have conducted to date. The weapon system ...
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