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The UK arm of defence and security company Leonardo has formed a partnership with Faculty AI, one of the country’s leading independent Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies. The companies will pool their expertise to bring AI-driven defence capabilities, such as Cognitive Intelligent Sensing (CoInS) and Electronic Warfare (EW), out of the ...


BAE Systems has developed innovative new approaches in the production of energetics and propellants expected to strengthen supply chain resilience for the UK and its allies. These developments follow more than £150m of investment by the Company in its UK munitions facilities since 2022, which will deliver a sixteen-fold increase in production ...


British soldiers are to be better shielded from danger as a new high-tech, remote-controlled mine plough system is put through its paces. The device works through minefields, clearing explosives and pushing them aside, opening a safe path for troops to move faster and more securely towards critical enemy positions or key ...


Babcock has been awarded a proof-of-concept contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) which will enable Ukraine’s armed forces to 3D print military equipment. Babcock as prime contractor will work with UK defence technology company QinetiQ to create digital drawings and Computer Aided Design (CAD) files of military equipment which ...


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