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Helping SMEs onto the defence supply chain

Maritime March 17, 2023

DASA funding has helped a Northern Ireland SME deliver personnel and accounting technology to the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers. Northern Ireland-based SME, Kinsetsu, has developed a resilient and scalable platform to accurately account for and locate personnel on Royal Navy ships, providing immediate insight of all souls on board, as well ...

New report looks at optimising defence acquisition

Homeland March 15, 2023

A new report from Redstone Risk outlines the changes required to optimise defence acquisition in the UK. Risk management consultancy Redstone Risk has published a report – Unwrapping the Riddle of Defence Acquisition in the United Kingdom – setting out the fundamental changes required to optimise defence acquisition in the United ...

NCSC issues fresh guidance following recent rise in supply chain cyber attacks

Homeland October 31, 2022

Cyber security experts have issued a fresh warning over the threat of supply chain attacks following a rise in the number of incidents. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – a part of GCHQ – earlier this month published new guidance to help organisations effectively assess and gain confidence in the ...

Bittium receives order from Finnish Defence Forces for tactical radios

Land February 24, 2020

Communications firm Bittium has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces for tactical radios to continue ESSOR Waveform Porting. Finnish communications firm Bittium received the order for tactical radios to continue the ESSOR (European Secure SOftware-defined Radio) programme. Bittium received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces to ...