Writing for Defence Online, Sir James Everard, Former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for NATO examines the challenges around the digital skills gap in defence. The digital skills crisis is something which is widely acknowledged and familiar – but ignored. If we do not act now, the gap may become too large ...
MilDef, a global provider of tactical IT, has signed a 20-year strategic framework agreement with defence forces in a European NATO country, to modernise and digitalise this nation’s defence forces. The counterpart cannot be disclosed due to national security. The framework agreement is by far the largest to date for MilDef, ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research and development organisation a $17.5 million contract for the Generating RF with Photonic Oscillators for Low Noise (GRYPHON) program. The breakthrough technology developed through the program could enable an unprecedented combination of low noise, compact size, and frequency ...
The important role apprentices play in driving innovation and keeping the UK safe was recognised during a Ministerial visit to key defence sites in Scotland this week. Visiting Defence Munitions (DM) in Beith – a Defence Equipment & Support facility which employs around 250 people and can produce, test and store ...