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The Ministry of Defence has published the Defence Technology Framework (DTF) and Defence Innovation Priorities (DIP) to define how defence will face the accelerating pace of technological change in the years to come. The documents respond to the Modernising Defence Programme’s three central objectives: To mobilise to tackle today’s challenges; modernise to meet future ...


RAF Lossiemouth is undergoing extensive upgrade work which will also include runway resurfacing thanks to a new DIO contract. Construction work at RAF Lossiemouth will be expanded to include runway resurfacing thanks to a new £75million contract with VolkerFitzpatrick. The resurfaced runway will prepare for the arrival of nine new P8-A ...


The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has appointed Volker Stevin to its most recent contract, worth £30M, which will construct operational berth infrastructure at the Royal Navy base in Portsmouth ahead of the arrival of the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier. The operational berth will be the second structure of its ...


The US Air Force used Raytheon’s Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, to support the launch of its second GPS III satellite into space. The ground system will spend ten days maneuvering the satellite into its final orbit, demonstrating GPS OCX’s ability to simultaneously support multiple GPS III spacecraft ...


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