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Rheinmetall submits Challenger 2 upgrade proposal

August 24, 2016

Rheinmetall has submitted a comprehensive offer to extend the life and substantially upgrade the capabilities of the British Army’s fleet of Challenger 2 main battle tanks (MBTs) in response to the Challenger 2 Life Extension Project (LEP) Request for Tender. Rheinmetall provides a wide range of cutting-edge systems that are integrated ...

Live maps for unmanned air systems

August 24, 2016

Case study from Createc who will pitch their ideas to industry and investors at the CDE Marketplace on 6th September 2016. Createc has been funded by the Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) to work on a software solution that can be easily incorporated into existing unmanned air systems (UAS) using only ...

Cambridge Pixel to support Royal Navy upgrade programme

August 24, 2016

Cambridge Pixel has been selected by Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems UK to supply software modules for radar scan conversion, target tracking and radar fusion, for integration into the company’s new state-of-the-art Naval Vigilance Radar system. This navigation radar system – along with Kelvin Hughes’ solid-state SharpEye radar transceivers – will be ...

Innovation Initiative to bring Armed Forces future tech

August 24, 2016

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon MP has launched a new Innovation Initiative backed by £800M of UK Government funding. Aimed at transforming the Ministry of Defence’s creative culture, the Innovation Initiative will fundamentally change the way defence does business. The initiative will challenge government to collaborate better with industry, academia and allies, ...