The Royal Navy has successfully used its smallest warships as a launchpad for autonomous mine hunting operations for the first time. Seven P2000 patrol vessels of the Coastal Forces Squadron deployed on NATO’s annual Baltic exercise – known as Baltops 24 – during which 50 ships, dozens of aircraft and 9,000 ...
Lockheed Martin successfully integrated digital command and control (C2) capabilities with the first version of the Department of Defense’s Joint Fires Network during the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s (INDOPACOM) Valiant Shield exercise. Valiant Shield marks the first test of the initial Joint Fires Network prototype. The Big Picture The Joint Fires Network (JFN) ...
PENTAXIA is leading in the rate and volume production of lightweight, high-strength composite components for Defence, Aerospace and Automotive applications. Challenge A defence client required a carbon fibre, high-strength, lightweight flight component at volume (400 units) within a 4-week lead time. Solution PENTAXIA is a leading UK composite contract manufacturer renowned for its press ...
Sweco has been awarded a four-year framework agreement worth approximately EUR 21 million by the Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency (MDEA). In this assignment, Sweco will be solely responsible for providing strategic consultancy in the construction, maintenance, development and sustainability of military operative properties across Denmark, the Faroe Islands ...
January 10, 2025
Maritime - Navantia secures future of Harland & Wolff Shipyards
1,000 jobs saved across Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Devon as Navantia UK agrees to acquire Harland & Wolff’s four shipyards. In
January 9, 2025
Maritime - Trial sees Royal Navy high tech autonomous mine hunting capability move a step closer
World-leading advanced autonomous mine hunting capabilities for the Royal Navy have moved a step closer after a prototype uncrewed boat
