Atkins’ Elspeth McIntyre considers how asset data can help defence to meet its decarbonisation targets. Across the globe, nations’ national defence organisations are major asset owners and – consequently – major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. The UK’s Ministry of Defence, for example, owns about 1% of the UK’s total landmass, ...
Three new contracts, worth some £90M and designed to boost Ukraine’s air security, have been signed as part of a package by the Ministry of Defence on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU). These include a £56M counter-uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) contract with Norwegian defence company Kongsberg and two ...
A joint framework between RAF and Boeing will explore sustainable aviation opportunities on the Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The joint framework will focus on life cycle assessments, end-of-service aircraft value capture, digital tools to optimise flying activity, and environmentally sustainable maintenance activities. The initiative follows release of the Defence Aviation Net Zero ...
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has adopted a new approach to cyber security in its capability programmes, called Secure by Design. Launched at the end of July 2023, this approach is designed to transform the way the MoD builds cyber security into systems and capabilities. Secure by Design will fundamentally change ...
September 1, 2023
Land - Second life for military body armour
Supported by the DASA funding and run by veterans, a London-based green tech start-up has developed a process to recycle
August 31, 2023
Land - Hydrogen fuel powers Front-Line Command
Defence Support has launched the first of three hydrogen-fuelled charging facilities to power Front-Line Command electric fleet vehicles supporting defence’s
