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6 NATO Member Countries to Explore Future Medium Multirole Helicopter Under NGRC Project

Defense ministers from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the U.K. and the Netherlands will allocate approximately $28 million in funding to explore novel platforms for their future helicopters under NATO’s Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability project. The six allies will work with industry to study open systems architecture, hybrid and electric propulsion and other options as they […] More

by Jane Edwards June 17, 2022, 11:48 am
in Contract Awards, News

Northrop Awarded In-Service Support Contract for British Submarine Management Systems

Northrop Grumman has secured a contract with the U.K.’s submarine delivery agency to support the platform management systems of the country’s Astute-class submarines, whose prime contractor is BAE Systems. The company will perform in-service support for the systems, which it supplied to BAE, to maximize the country’s availability of the seven-vessel Astute class, Northrop said […] More

by Nichols Martin March 14, 2022, 8:44 am
in Contract Awards, News

UK Taps Leidos for $94M GEOINT Modernization Effort

Leidos has received a potential four-year, $93.98 million contract from the U.K. defense ministry to help in modernizing British geospatial intelligence capabilities as part of the Picasso capability program. The company said Wednesday it will work to enhance how Picasso delivers geographical information to the U.K. military and partners by updating the agency’s GEOINT infrastructure, […] More

by Angeline Leishman November 11, 2021, 11:37 am
in Contract Awards, News

Elbit Systems’ UK Arm Gets $100M Electronic Warfare Tech Delivery Contract

The U.K.-based subsidiary of Elbit Systems has secured a potential 13-year, $100 million contract from Babcock International Group to provide the U.K. naval force with electronic warfare capabilities. Elbit Systems UK will design, produce and deliver EW command and control systems, radar electronic support measures and other maritime EW platforms and provide in-service support to […] More

by Jane Edwards November 10, 2021, 3:38 am
in Contract Awards, News

Elbit Systems-KBR JV Gets $88M Trainer Aircraft Operational Support Contract

A joint venture of Israel-based Elbit Systems and KBR has received a potential 12-year, $88 million contract to provide operational support for the U.K. defense ministry’s four additional Texan T-6C training aircraft. U.K.-based Affinity Flying Training Services will operate the additional T-6C planes at Royal Air Force Valley in Wales in support of the U.K. […] More

by Jane Edwards November 9, 2021, 4:21 am
in Contract Awards, Government Technology, News

KBR-BAE Joint Venture Lands $470M Contract for UK Naval Base Services; Stuart Bradie Quoted

KBS Maritime, a joint venture between KBR and BAE Systems, announced Monday will provide facilities management and dockside services at HM Naval Base Portsmouth in the U.K. under a five-year $470 million contract. The award is expected to expand KBR’s presence in the U.K. naval defense sector.

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by Noah Chelednik April 12, 2021, 9:30 am
in Government Technology, News, Space News

US, UK Select 10 Tech Proposals via Space Pitch Day

The defense agencies of the U.S. and U.K. have named 10 start-ups from both countries and other allies who will work to deliver technologies in support of militaries' space domain missions. The U.K. government said Tuesday that innovators were selected through the International Space Pitch Day and were provided with up to $66K contracts to streamline the development of their proposals.

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by Christine Thropp November 18, 2020, 5:29 am
in Contract Awards

RWM Selects Jacobs to Study Radioactivity in Graphite Nuclear Reactor Cores; Steve Demetriou, Clive White Quoted

Jacobs has been selected by Radioactive Waste Management, a subsidiary of the U.K. government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, to study the release of radioactivity from irradiated graphite sampled from reactor cores at the U.K.'s nuclear power stations, Jacobs reported on Tuesday.

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by Sarah Sybert May 12, 2020, 10:38 am
in Industry News, News

BAE Taps Lockheed to Provide Launching System for U.K. Navy Ship

Lockheed Martin has received a contract from BAE Systems to equip a vertical launching system on the U.K. navy’s upcoming Type 26 Global Combat Ship. The MK 41 VLS is designed to launch a variety of missile types covering anti-air, anti-submarine and strike-length functionalities, Lockheed said Thursday. For the contract’s initial order, three of the combat ships will […] More

by Nichols Martin March 2, 2018, 9:25 am
in News

Andrew Naismith Named Managing Director of CAE’s UK Arm

Andrew Naismith, managing director of the aircrew training services business at CAE, has been named managing director of the aerospace technology manufacturer’s U.K. subsidiary. He will oversee CAE’s defense and security business operations in the U.K. in his new position, the company said Friday. Marc-Olivier Sabourin, vice president and general manager of CAE’s defense and security business in […] More

by Neel Mehta December 11, 2017, 12:00 am
in Industry News, News

Lockheed Gets Navy Order to Support UK’s F-35B Carrier Flight Tests

Lockheed Martin has received an $11.6 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to support the first round of flight tests and issuance of military permit for an F-35B aircraft to launch from the U.K’.s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. The Defense Department said Tuesday international partner funds worth $5.7 million will be obligated at the time of award and will not […] More

by Nichols Martin October 18, 2017, 7:11 am
in Industry News, News

Airbus, Thales Extend Military Flight Simulator Supply Partnership

Airbus has ordered an additional two flight training simulators from Thales for the AM400 military transport aircraft crewmen of the French and German air forces. Both simulators are designed to prepare A400M crews for missions such as in-flight refueling and low-level tactical operations, Thales said Tuesday. Thales has delivered A400M full flight simulators and a pair of flat panel flight training […] More

by Nichols Martin October 4, 2017, 5:51 am

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