Staff at Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have recreated the work of a World War Two unit which was set up to help stop U-boat attacks on Allied ships. The Western Approaches Tactical Unit (WATU) was formed of officers and rating from the Women’s Royal Naval Service, or Wrens. Despite ...
The first two keynote speakers have been announced for Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2019, which will take place at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on 28 March next year. Stuart Andrew MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence), will be joined by Ant Middleton, best known for his role as Chief ...
Perspecta has been awarded a contract extension worth $787 million from the US Department of the Navy for the continuation of IT services. Perspecta currently provides to the Navy under the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) contract, with this new award seeing the company continue providing services for an additional year, ...
Saab’s command and control system, SAFE, has been procured by Nottinghamshire Police, the fifth UK police force to do so, through the East Midlands Strategic Commercial Unit. SAFE is Saab’s unified control room solution for any environment that needs centralised command, control and communication. When the SAFE system goes live in ...
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