As part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Modernised Accommodation Offer (MAO), armed forces personnel are due to benefit from an upgrade to current Single Living Accommodation (SLA) arrangements. The change introduces a new minimum standard for SLA, which came into effect in March 2024, and is hoped to improve ...
The cutting-edge DragonFire laser will be installed on Royal Navy warships for the first time from 2027 – far quicker than previously envisaged thanks to new defence procurement model which came into force this week. Laser weapons were originally expected to be rolled out to UK armed forces in 2032. But under ...
The Missile Defense Agency has selected Lockheed Martin to deliver the nation’s new homeland missile defense capability, the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI). Lockheed Martin, as the MDA’s NGI prime contractor, will provide the most modern, reliable, and technically advanced interceptor in the history of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. The ...
Leading UK Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) specialist SEA will demonstrate a software application to enhance the UK Royal Navy’s sonar systems as part of the MoD Spearhead defence innovation programme. The system, which is likely to be trialed later in 2024, automatically determines the optimum deployment depth of an active sonar projector ...