Defence Ministers from participating nations have met in Italy to discuss the pan-Europe Eurofighter Typhoon programme – a joint venture between UK, Germany, Spain and Italy, under the governance of NATO. The UK Minister for Defence Procurement, Alex Chalk KC, joined the cohort in Milan to discuss on-going cooperation on the ...
Official DPRTE 23 media partner, Defence Online, recently spoke to Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) CEO, Andy Start, about his start in the role and his hopes for the upcoming highly-anticipated defence procurement event. You’ve been in your role as DE&S CEO just over six months now, what have been the ...
Lockheed Martin is partnering with the US Navy to integrate hypersonic strike capability onto surface ships. The US Navy awarded the contract, worth more than $2bn, to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system onto ZUMWALT-class guided missile destroyers (DDGs). CPS is a hypersonic boost-glide weapon system that enables long ...
22 projects will receive funding as a part of the DASA Themed Competition: Veterans’ Health Innovation Fund, run on behalf of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs. Some £5M in funding has been awarded to the projects which improve the techniques and pathways for meeting veterans’ physical and mental health needs. Outputs from ...