The first advanced GPS III satellite has successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). November saw GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01), the first of 10 GPS III satellites designed by Lockheed Martin and OCX and developed by Raytheon successfully complete Factory ...
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has provisionally approved uptake of competitively obtained option prices from MASS, a Cohort plc company, for a two year extension to its existing Joint Warfare Support contract. MASS will continue to provide the MOD with training and exercise support in service of the Joint Forces Command ...
The European Union has announced plans that will see its member states will jointly implement and fund future military projects. All of the EU member states except Denmark, Malta and Britain, signed the permanent structured cooperation on defence (PESCO) agreement. EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said: “We decided to change things ...
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has this week celebrated its first anniversary; the culmination of a year’s worth of defence innovation. The Accelerator was initially launched in December 2016 as part of the Defence Innovation Initiative with a mandate for finding and funding exploitable innovations – those technologies with potential ...