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SME View: Flying the flag for British manufacturing

April 12, 2017

In our second article featuring SMEs in the defence arena, we speak to Jo Ashburner Farr, CEO and Operations Director of Red Dragon Flagmakers in Swansea. With an interesting career spanning the design, manufacture, retail and wholesale of her own brand of eco baby products through to flag making via business ...

£330M MORPHEUS contract for General Dynamics UK

Land April 7, 2017

Wales is once again celebrating another contract award that shows the confidence in and skills of welsh industry, with General Dynamics UK bringing the MOD MORPHEUS programme to its headquarters in Oakdale, South Wales. The Ministry of Defence has awarded GD UK a £330M contract to develop the next-generation tactical communication ...

MOD logistics centre opened

Land April 5, 2017

Defence logistics will benefit from a more streamlined service from today with the opening of a new state-of-the-art logistics centre in Shropshire. Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has officially opened the £83M facility, which will deliver £500M in savings through streamlining distribution and storage. Comprising two warehouses and a support building, ...

Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) testing

Land March 29, 2017

Trials are being conducted by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to assess the effectiveness of Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) in support of the LDEW Capability Demonstrator. Launched earlier this year, the programme is designed to develop a standalone laser directed energy weapon system and will culminate in a ...