A ground-breaking Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) funded project has restored an area of wetland on the River Avon in West Chisenbury, part of the Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA). The ‘first of its kind’, the project is enhancing the biodiversity of the local area by improving the watercourse and natural floodplain, ...
The FEDERATES consortium, coordinated and led by Rheinmetall has been selected by the European Union for €30 million in funding. The European Commission has picked the consortium to implement a prototype service-oriented innovative solution for distributed synthetic training and decision support. The “distributed synthetic simulation environment” draws on a multitude of different ...
Saab has received an order worth around SEK 970 million from BAE Systems Hägglunds for sight- and fire control capability for the CV90 combat vehicle. The contract period is 2023-2029 and will see Saab provide the sight- and fire control capability for the BAE Systems’ CV90 ordered by the Czech Republic ...
Drones equipped with cutting-edge sensors to detect ground mines and explosives are being researched by UK scientists and could alter the face of land warfare. Scientists and engineers at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are conducting crucial research into the new drone technology, which would see mined areas cleared ...