Live firings of the British Army’s highly lethal future tank – the Challenger 3 – have taken place in Germany, witnessed by UK Defence Procurement Minister, James Cartlidge. With advanced survivability and devastating firepower, the Challenger 3 boasts an impressive range of state-of-the-art technology, making it the most lethal and survivable ...
Babcock International Group, the defence company, has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group, allowing the company to take end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration in preparation for handover to the ship’s crew. This innovative change follows more than five years of close ...
QinetiQ has successfully trialled the UK’s first Crewed-Uncrewed-Teaming demonstration between a crewed aircraft and an autonomous jet drone. The trial – which took place in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Royal Navy and the Air and Space Warfare Centre (ASWC) – saw a QinetiQ jet aircraft ...
DASA seeks novel methods of testing and evaluating for the future of defence. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new IFA called Unlocking the True Potential of Test and Evaluation for Defence, run on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). DASA is seeking innovations for priority T&E issues for which ...
January 8, 2025
Aiming Far and High: New DASA Market Exploration seeks revolutionary uncrewed systems
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new Market Exploration called ‘Air Launched Effects: Revolutionary Deployment Systems’. Run
December 10, 2024
Land - British Army completes first live firing of next-generation howitzer in Finland
British Army personnel have demonstrated a first live firing of a next-generation howitzer amidst freezing conditions in one of the
