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DE&S encourages school children to become engineers of the future

Homeland January 24, 2019

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) played host to primary and secondary school children taking part the Primary Engineer Leaders Award competition. School children from across Bristol got to see state-of-the-art body armour and robots at first hand when they were welcomed inside the doors of the Ministry of Defence’s procurement organisation. Each ...

Connecting the dots: UN calls for greater cooperation with INTERPOL

Homeland January 23, 2019

The United Nations General Assembly (GA) is calling for greater cooperation with INTERPOL to counter terrorism and combat transnational organised crime.  Having readily endorsed a review of GA Resolution 71/19 (2016), UN member states have officially recognised the importance of providing INTERPOL with up-to-date intel from battlefields, counter-terrorism operations and national prison systems to increase ...

Veterans’ Gateway begins new trial proactive call service

Homeland January 23, 2019

The Veterans’ Gateway, the first port of call for veterans’ support, has begun a new trial outreach service for those who have served in the armed forces. Supported by £108,000 of funding from the Ministry of Defence, the Veterans’ Gateway will now proactively call ex-service personnel who have been in contact ...

Welsh Government and Thales to work together on £20m cyber centre

Homeland January 17, 2019

The Welsh Government is working with Thales to establish a £20m cyber centre which will sit at the heart of its Tech Valleys programme, Economy Minister Ken Skates has announced. The National Digital Exploitation Centre (NDEC) will be the first research and development facility of its kind in Wales, and will ...