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Lincad wins contract with Team Leidos to supply batteries to MOD

Land July 6, 2018

Lincad has won a multi-million pound contract with Team Leidos to supply a wide range of primary cells and batteries for the UK Ministry of Defence. Consisting of mainly lithium as well as some other cell chemistries, most of these products must be suitable for mission-critical environments and therefore have to ...

Cyber Reserves steps up to join fight against evolving threats

Homeland June 29, 2018

The Ministry of Defence’s hunt for gamers and amateur coders to become cyber reserves has led to a massive increase in applications, creating an elite force of specialists ready to support operations using their unique cyber skills. Speaking at a reception for Reservists in the House of Commons, Defence Secretary Gavin ...

World’s fastest 3D microphone array simulation software released

Homeland June 18, 2018

Ploughshare Innovations, the technology transfer organisation for the UK Ministry of Defence, has released the world’s fastest 3D microphone array simulation software to industry. Based on technology originally developed for the UK Home Office, A3S gives developers the ability to dramatically reduce audio array simulation times, improve the fidelity of results, and ...

UK becomes largest operator of land-based Giraffe AMB radars

Land June 18, 2018

Saab has delivered the tenth Giraffe Agile Multi Beam (AMB) radar to the Ministry of Defence making the UK the largest operator of land-based Giraffe AMB radars in the world. Saab’s surveillance radar system plays a key role in the UK’s new ground based air defence (GBAD) Sky Sabre system, and ...