Global technology business Rockwell Collins is celebrating 40 years since the business received the world’s first Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signal. Rockwell Collins engineer David Van Dusseldorp received a signal from the world’s first GPS satellite known as NTS-2 in 1977. GPS has gone on to be the standard of navigation ...
Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin has announced that work on the AW159 Wildcat helicopter produced by Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil will continue in the UK. The possibility of relocating the fabrication work for future AW159 helicopter orders overseas had been considered but following analysis from the MoD, Leonardo Helicopters has confirmed ...
Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are leading an innovative experiment to tackle the growing problem of space junk. UK scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are leading an innovative experiment to tackle the growing problem of space junk. Hundreds of thousands of manmade objects orbit the ...
A successful test of firing of the Brimstone air-to-surface missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon has been completed. The trial was undertaken as part of ongoing development work that will significantly upgrade the Typhoon, with this part of the development working to integrate the Phase 3 Enhancement (P3E) package. P3E forms part of ...
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