A Carillion and KBR Joint Venture – Aspire Defence – has been awarded a construction and support services contract by UK Ministry of Defence worth over £1.1 billion. The contract is designed to support the Army Basing Programme within the UK, providing facilities management support services with delivery across Salisbury Plain Training Area and ...
Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin announces £131.5M support contract for RAF’s Sentinel surveillance aircraft. The Minister also visited Kent Periscopes in St Asath to view their new innovative periscope assembly facility, before hosting the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) Forum which included a showcase of SME products and services ...
Baines Simmons, Air Partner’s aviation safety consultancy division, has appointed MOD veteran Jason Greenslade and Malcolm Rusby as consultants. The pair will be based at Baines Simmons’ Headquarters at Fairoaks airport in Chobham, Surrey. Mr Greenslade specialises in Availability, Reliability and Maintainability within MOD environments, while Mr Rusby’s focus is on drafting, ...
This Autumn saw Defence Secretary Michael Fallon launch the Defence Innovation Initiative, a scheme to promote home-grown innovation in the defence sector. The £800M fund is backed by IRIS (innovation and research insights unit) and the Defence and Security Accelerator, with the fund available to new technology innovation, intending to support emerging ...