The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has travelled to Kenya and Somalia to enhance security cooperation in the battle against terror group Al Shabaab and other shared threats. Mr Wallace signed a refreshed security cooperation agreement following high-level talks with Dr Fred Matiang’i, Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for the Interior, and Dr Monica ...
PPM Systems has designed and produced 90 custom filters for the British Army spectrum team based at Blandford Camp to support the Army’s Battlefield Tactical Communication and Information Systems (BATCIS) programme to upgrade its capability. The custom filters made by PPM Systems include multiple designs of narrow band cavity filters in ...
Viasat Inc has increased production run rates to over 200 Non-Developmental Item (NDI) Link 16 Next-Generation Tactical Data Links radios per month to meet current interest and pending orders from US and international defence customers. Specifically, Viasat is seeing surge interest in its Battlefield Awareness Targeting System-Embedded (BATS-E) Link 16 radios, which ...
The British Army has invested £102-million in a high-end surveillance system which allows frontline soldiers to detect and engage enemy targets in seconds. Elbit Systems UK (ESUK) – which currently supports over 500 jobs across the UK – will an advanced ‘sensor to shooter’ system creating an additional 40 highly-skilled engineering ...