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BAE Systems reveals ‘factory of the future’

Air July 15, 2020

BAE Systems have revealed a new intelligent, smart factory that the Company envisage will increase productivity and revolutionise combat aircraft production in the UK. A first-of-its-kind industry 4.0 factory is applying game-changing digital technologies to advance manufacturing on the UK’s next generation combat aircraft system, Tempest. The new facility at BAE Systems’ ...

Dstl forecasts future quantum landscape for UK defence and security

Homeland July 13, 2020

The UK’s emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities could achieve a decisive step-change by adopting current and near-term quantum technologies. According to a research paper published by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and in collaboration with UK Strategic Command “Quantum Information Processing Landscape ...

France renews SPATIONAV contract with Airbus

Maritime July 10, 2020

The French authorities have renewed the maintenance contract of the French Coastal Surveillance System, SPATIONAV, building on an over 20 year collaboration between the French Navy and Airbus for safer oceans. Since 2002, DPRTE Engage partner, Airbus, develops, deploys and maintains the SPATIONAV system, under the supervision of the DGA (French ...

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 ...