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Defence and Security Accelerator launched

Homeland December 8, 2016

Announced as part of the Defence Innovation Initiative, the Defence and Security Accelerator is officially launched today. Devised as a conduit for collaboration between industry, government defence and security departments, academia, and allies, the Accelerator will allow the rapid development of innovative solutions to the most pressing security challenges. The Accelerator has ...

Simplified guide for suppliers from CCS

Homeland December 7, 2016

The Crown Commercial Service, on behalf of the government, is making it easier to apply for supplier status with the release of a new bidder pack. Following a survey by techUK last year, which found that 64% of SMEs found the red tape to procurement as the main barrier to selling ...

Harriett Baldwin launches consultation on Defence Industrial Policy

Homeland November 24, 2016

Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has launched the Defence Industrial Policy Refresh consultation at a meeting with key defence suppliers. The Government committed to refreshing the defence industrial policy as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (SDSR15). Making it clear that competition within the defence supply chain ...

USVs: the maritime future of unmanned vehicles

November 18, 2016

The unmanned surface vehicle is a technology not as widely known as its cousin, the unmanned aerial vehicle; however, this is all set to change. Vince Dobbin, Sales and Marketing Director at ASV Global, shared his insights into the future of USVs with defence writer Domhnall Macinnes following the Royal ...