Airbus has awarded Viasat’s UK entity a contract worth £6.7 million to upgrade the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) Network Control Stations (NCS), delivering the UHF Skynet capability to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). This upgrade will leverage the Viasat Visual Integrated Satellite communications Information, Operation and ...
Official DPRTE 2021 event partner, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), has announced a £800,000 funding boost to develop innovative telexistence technologies. The development of this emerging capability will reduce the risks associated with military personnel, emergency workers and civilians operating in dangerous and hazardous environments. Nine organisations, undertaking eleven different projects, will ...
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), has awarded a £1.5-million contract to Brimstone Site Investigation Ltd to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) from Mappleton Beach at former air weapons range, RAF Cowden. RAF Cowden was used as a bombing range from 1959 to 1998. Over the years it has been subject to extensive ...
Elbit Systems Ltd has been awarded a three year contract valued at approximately $172 million to supply light tanks to the Army of a country in Asia-Pacific. As the prime contractor, Elbit Systems will supply the “Sabrah” light tank solution based on the tracked ASCOD platform that is manufactured by General ...