QinetiQ has agreed a £4.5M contract to lead Phase IV of The Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) on behalf of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). The MAPLE project has been pioneered by QinetiQ in partnership with BAE Systems, SeeByte and Thales. Collectively, their aim is to demonstrate and de-risk ...
Analysis carried out by the Defence Science and Technical Laboratory (Dstl) has played a pivotal role in the commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Great Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier. The Queen Elizabeth Carrier (QEC) made its historic debut in Portsmouth on Wednesday 16 August. For Dstl staff, this was the culmination of ...
Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defence Radar has successfully acquired and tracked a ballistic missile test target during its second live-target flight test at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. This was a more complex, threat-representative ballistic missile target than those used previously, intended to challenge the ...
Today saw Britain’s future flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth arrive into her home port of Portsmouth for the first time. With thousands of people lining the seafront, the 65,000 tonne carrier arrived to the warmest of welcomes. As sailors lined the flight deck of the Royal Navy’s largest ever warship, the HMS ...
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