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KRG Engineering (KRG) has announced its  global growth plan for the defence sector. The company aims to grow turnover by 20% annually for the next five years by expanding its oil and gas, rail, defence and FMCG presence and diversifying into renewables. The announcement follows the initiation of a £2 million investment programme ...


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 ...


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, 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 ...


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