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GE announces multi-million pound investment to create diverse new generation of UK engineers

Homeland October 18, 2021

General Electric (GE) has announced a five-year, $3.5 million (£2.5m) investment in the UK as part of its global Next Engineers programme, to increase the diversity of young people entering engineering. The UK programme will be based in Staffordshire, where GE operates three sites that design, develop, and service products used throughout the ...

Clavister wins new defence engagement for national security

Homeland October 18, 2021

Clavister has announced a new contract that will see the Company provide cybersecurity to an undisclosed customer in the defence sector for a project related to national security within the European Union. The initial order to Clavister amounts to ca 3 MSEK, and the engagement is expected to grow to at ...

Saab further expands its operations in Finland

Homeland October 18, 2021

Saab has made strides to continue its expansion of research and development operations in Finland, now into the fields of data-link communication technology as well as Virtual and Extended Reality (VR/XR) technology. This further expansion will lead to the creation of 30-50 new jobs at Saab in Tampere and Helsinki in ...

Cloud Security – A nascent but crucial area for defence policymakers

Homeland October 14, 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Gerry Cantwell, UKCloudX Director of Defence and National Security, explores three key considerations shaping cloud security today, and the importance of public sector organisations moving their data to a sovereign, multi-cloud provider. Government policy in the UK has recently woken up to the importance of a digitally ...