The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), working with industry partner Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc) and local building contractor Pave Aways, has opened a new £4-million kitchen and dining facility for the armed forces at Nesscliff Training Camp, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The facility, which can feed 600 personnel each meal time and up ...
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing have announced they are partnering to jointly pursue opportunities for a 100 kW-class scalable to 250 kW-class High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon system to support a variety of air and missile defence applications. The partnership combines both companies’ expertise in directed energy to build ...
The annual Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) event, organised by BiP Solutions, sees the defence and security industry come together to allow SMEs to discover their place in the UK’s £20 billion defence marketplace. This year, due to the impact of COVID-19, the event moved to a virtual platform ...
The joint venture company Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) has won a Ministry of Defence contract worth over £16 million to upgrade and sustain the British Army’s fleet of Fuchs/Fox CBRN reconnaissance vehicles and training simulator. The Fuchs is a 6×6 armoured vehicle with built-in detection equipment for chemical, biological, radiological ...