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MOD experts negotiates 10 billion PPE items for NHS workers

Homeland July 1, 2020

Over the last 12 weeks a dedicated team fronted by MOD experts have negotiated contracts for more than 10 billion items of PPE for NHS workers in the battle against Covid-19. The team was set up shortly after the Coronavirus outbreak in a response to calls from the UK Government to ...

Cobham secures DE&S anti-jam satellite signal contract

Air April 6, 2020

Cobham Aerospace Connectivity has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the UK MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) to research Advanced Anti-Jam techniques for the protection of navigation signals received from the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The contract will see Cobham conduct research to develop means to ...

Babcock wins DE&S contract for inflatable boats

Maritime March 19, 2020

Babcock International, in partnership with Wing Inflatables Inc., has secured a five-year contract to provide more than 200 inflatable boats to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Boat Support Team for Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Dive teams. This follows the recent award of the Boat ...

Former MOD gliders to be used by charity to change lives

Air March 6, 2020

Motor gliders used to train thousands of RAF Air Cadets will get a new lease of life and bring joy to people with disabilities and injured ex-military personnel. The MOD’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation has sold 63 decommissioned Vigilant T1 aircraft to Aerobility, a charity which provides flying experiences ...