Qatari Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah and his U.K. counterpart Michael Fallon have signed a letter of intent to procure Typhoon fighter aircraft for Qatar, Reuters reported Monday. The Middle Eastern country plans to buy 24 Typhoon planes and associated equipment from British defense contractor BAE Systems as part of the agreement, …
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The U.K. government has issued a National Shipbuilding Strategy that calls for the procurement of new general purpose frigates. The first five Type 31e frigates would cost less than $329 million each and are slated to enter service by 2023, the British government said in a press release posted Wednesday. Type 31e …
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A U.K. aircraft carrier built by a BAE Systems–Babcock–Thales Group alliance has arrived at its homeport in Portsmouth, England for the first time. The British defense ministry said Wednesday sailors and a flypast from the Fleet Air Arm welcomed the Aircraft Carrier Alliance-built HMS Queen Elizabeth ship that will support F-35 trial flights beginning …
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BAE Systems has started construction of the first anti-submarine warfare ship of a new fleet designed to replace the U.K. navy’s Type 23 frigates. The company said Thursday British defense secretary Michael Fallon unveiled the name “Glasgow” for the first Type 26 Global Combat Ship during a ceremonial event at BAE shipyard in Scotland. …
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Michael Fallon, U.K. defense minister, has said the U.K. has called on the U.S. Defense Department to finalize and approve the former country’s request to procure 138 Lockheed Martin-built F-35 aircraft under two contracts worth approximately $15 billion, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Anthony Capaccio writes the contracts include the potential sale …
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The U.K. government plans to order the first of nine Boeing-built P-8 Poseidon aircraft in the summer of 2016 through a contract worth approximately $2.9 billion in support of its maritime surveillance efforts, The Telegraph reported Tuesday. Alan Tovey writes Michael Fallon, U.K. defense secretary, made the announcement during a visit …
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A consortium led by Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu have been awarded contracts worth up to $2.3 billion combined for information technology and communications services to the U.K.’s defense ministry. HP will collaborate with Airbus, Fujitsu and CGI under the Atlas Consortium to provide IT systems, software platforms and cloud services for U.K. defense offices and military …
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