Defence Online

DPRTE partner Airbus secures MOD communications satellite contract

Air July 21, 2020

The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has confirmed that DPRTE Engage Online event partner, Airbus, has been awarded a contract worth £500 million for a new military communications satellite is set to keep troops safe across the globe for decades to come. Built by Airbus Defence and Space, SKYNET 6A will soar ...

KBR to develop US Navy technical training products through $42.5M deal

Air July 20, 2020

DPRTE Engage sponsor, KBR, has been awarded a $42.5 million task order to support technical training product development for the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). KBR was awarded this recompete task order under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DoD IAC) multiple-award contract by the USAF Installation Contracting Center. As part ...

Serco to support helicopters at RNAS Yeovilton and Culdrose

Air July 17, 2020

DPRTE Engage partner, Serco, has been awarded a £20 million contract to provide Aircraft Engineering Support and Airfield Services (AESAS) at Royal Naval Air Stations (RNAS) Yeovilton and Culdrose. The contract will commence in January 2021 and is for four years and three months with a 12 month extension option. The contract ...

BAE Systems to provide transparency and trust in machine learning

Homeland July 16, 2020

BAE Systems recently delivered software to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of a contract under the agency’s Competency-Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program. The delivery of the MindfuL software is the first milestone in the program to improve the transparency of machine learning systems. Transitioning artificial intelligence-based systems from ...