The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract worth more than £60m to British industry to maintain the Army’s cutting-edge fleet of armoured vehicles. NP Aerospace has secured the £63 million contract for the upkeep, update and upgrade of more than 2,200 protected mobility vehicles based in the UK and on ...
DASA has launched a funding stream for open data sharing ideas for defence scenarios. The funding stream, providing up to £100k through a new open data Innovation Focus Area (IFA) for Defence, was launched on June 4th 2019. The proliferation of data within the military poses a significant challenge for operators ...
Leaders including Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. The ceremony in the North of France commemorated the WWII D-Day landings during which 156,000 allied troops landed in Normandy. The invasion allowed allies to liberate parts of France and the Nazis ...
Armed Forces Minister Mark Lancaster visited Washington DC to discuss the USA and UK partnership ahead of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. During the visit, armed forces minister Mr Lancaster met with his counterparts the secretaries of each of the US Services, Secretary for the Air Force Dr Heather Wilson, Secretary ...