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DPRTE partner Dstl hosts event to showcase new science and technology

Homeland August 16, 2021

Dstl has hosted an event to encourage free thinking by showcasing new science and technology that could help fight crime and terrorism. Among the science displayed to senior officials from the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Home Office was Gravity, a human jet suit system. The pilot swooped in to amaze ...

Sodexo secures place on new CCS Estate Management services framework

Homeland August 16, 2021

Sodexo’s Integrator business has been named as a supplier on the UK Government’s £500m Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Estate Management Services (EMS) Framework (RM6168). This national framework is available to all UK public sector bodies to easily access services from a range of suppliers who have already gone through a procurement process to ...

Babcock agrees deal with KBR for Frazer-Nash Consultancy

Homeland August 13, 2021

Babcock International Group has entered into a definitive agreement with KBR for the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited (Frazer-Nash Consultancy). The sale for a cash consideration of £293 million (implying an enterprise value of £285m on a cash free/debt free basis), is subject to routine closing adjustments ...

Lockheed Martin to upgrade US missile defence system’s multi-domain command & control capability

Homeland August 13, 2021

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $157 million contract to augment Command, Control, Battle Management & Communications (C2BMC) engagement support capability for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system that protects the US from long-range ballistic missile attacks. The GMD system includes silo-based interceptors, connections to sensors on land and ...