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NATO’s Joint Warrior exercise begins in Scotland

Air March 28, 2017

One of Europe’s largest NATO exercises will take place over the next two weeks to prepare thousands of military personnel for potential future conflicts. Joint Warrior will include live firing training at Cape Wrath’s Ministry of Defence range and involve warships operating out of Faslane, in addition to aircraft from Moray’s RAF ...

NATO to beef up spending in face of cyber security threat

Homeland March 28, 2017

NATO is to invest €3Bn over the next three years to upgrade its satellite and computer technology to deal with emerging threats. A senior official confirmed that businesses would be able to bid on contracts for satellite communications, air and missile defences, cyber security and advanced software. The investment will be discussed ...

Britain and Germany to sign new defence deal after Article 50 triggered

Homeland March 21, 2017

The Prime Minister Theresa May has signalled her intention for Britain to maintain close security ties with Europe following the triggering of Article 50 next week by signing a new defence pact with Germany. Mrs May is keen to stress to other EU leaders that Britain will continue to play a ...

Securing the defence supply chain

March 17, 2017

In the second in our series of interviews with defence SMEs, we speak with Bernard Parsons, CEO of Becrypt, about the Defence supply chain and the needs of the technology industry when engaging with the government. Becrypt was founded in 2001 by Bernard and three former colleagues, to meet the growing security ...