Government intervenes in Cobham takeover over national security concerns
Homeland September 19, 2019The government has intervened in a US firm’s takeover of defence and aerospace company Cobham, citing national security concerns. The takeover of Cobham by Advent International has been postponed pending an intervention notice, with the government citing national security concerns. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate the takeover and ...
Writing for Defence Online, Charles White, CEO of Information Risk Management, Altran discusses the evolution of cyber security. Do you remember the first time you heard the term “cyber”? It used to be a thing of the future – a word used in the realms of science fiction that conjured up ...
Peter Kinder, CTO at Wax Digital, looks at the potentially significant advantages of successfully integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning within the world of procurement – and the challenges in doing so. According to IT analyst IDC, spending on artificial intelligence (AI) systems will reach $77.6 billion by 2022. Many organisations ...
The Minister for Defence People and Veterans Johnny Mercer gave a keynote speech outlining the MOD’s commitment to the armed forces community at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2019. Here Defence Online presents the edited highlights… “The role of this office is to ensure this Government’s duty to the nation’s ...
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