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QinetiQ develops £100m next generation Electronic Warfare system for Royal Navy

Maritime February 23, 2022

As part of a £100m contract award under the Royal Navy’s Maritime Electronic Warfare Systems Integrated Capability (MEWSIC), QinetiQ are working with the BEQ collaboration of Babcock and Elbit Systems UK to deliver a next generation digitised electronic warfare system for Royal Navy surface platforms. Central to that new system is the implementation of ...

Royal Navy completes vital upgrades to rearming jetty

Maritime January 18, 2022

Official DPRTE 2022 event partner, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), has completed a significant series of upgrades to the Northern Ammunition Jetty at Glen Mallan near Helensburgh. The jetty, which is used to load and unload ammunition for the Royal Navy’s surface fleet, was last upgraded in the 1970s and had ...

DASA to explore solutions for innovations in hybrid powertrain technologies

Maritime November 20, 2021

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new Market Exploration called Hybridisation of the Naval Fleet, which aims to identify hybrid powertrain technologies for Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships. This Market Exploration is being run on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Naval Ships ...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier trains against threat scenarios with UAV

Maritime November 5, 2021

QinetiQ has launched its Banshee Jet80+ from the deck of the Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier for the first-time off UK waters. In the latest training demonstration the launch of the Banshee Jet80+ helped the carrier’s crew train for real-world scenarios by flying as realistic threat targets. The demonstration ...