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DPRTE partner DASA announce Phase 2 of Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence competition

Homeland March 26, 2021

Official DPRTE 2021 event partner, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), alongside the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced Phase 2 of the competition Windfarm Mitigation for UK Air Defence, offering up to £3.6 million for technologies that mitigate radar risk of offshore windfarms. Phase 2 of ...

Why lifelong learning is crucial to the digital future of the defence sector

Homeland March 24, 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Pam Barber, Head of Business Development for Defence at The Open University looks at the importance of lifelong learning for the defence industry. The coronavirus pandemic has brought about sweeping changes to the way organisations work and their skills priorities. But another development last year also had ...

Cavendish Nuclear to enhance Dounreay processing facility

Homeland March 24, 2021

Cavendish Nuclear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Babcock International Group, has been awarded a £2.8m contract to deliver modifications to Dounreay’s existing processing facility, which will support the site’s strategy to safely decommission the site and reduce hazards. The contract will see Cavendish Nuclear develop a scheme design and a Hazard and ...

Explosive “Blast Box” contract lays foundations for UK steel construction system to go nuclear

Homeland March 24, 2021

A pioneering UK-based steel construction system is on course to dominate the potentially lucrative global nuclear Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market following the successful delivery of a blast chamber contract with a leading US university.    The Steel Brick modular construction system developed by Modular Walling Systems Ltd, based in Renfrewshire, ...