A UK-led design has been chosen for the first generation of AUKUS nuclear submarines that will be built in the UK and Australia. The new fleet of submarines will be in operation by the late 2030s following a massive, trilateral building project which will create thousands of jobs in the UK. The ...
Lockheed Martin has invested £150,000 in a project with Northumbria University that aims to accelerate the delivery of space-based solar power. Combining science and technology, the project will use specialised photovoltaic cells that will collect and convert laser power into useable power for future space and lunar vehicles. This technology has ...
Some 1300 homes have been approved for construction in Ripon as part of Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) plans to relocate 21 Engineer Regiment to Catterick. In 2016, it was announced that Ripon barracks – the collective name given to Claro Barracks, Deverell Barracks and Laver Banks – were to be sold ...
Atkins’ John Drever discusses how collaboration between project managers and systems engineers will need to evolve, to achieve an agile approach in Defence procurement. In 2021, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) launched its Digital Strategy, with the goal to ‘persistently deliver transformative digital capabilities to enable sustainable military and business advantage’. ...
January 23, 2025
Homeland - Rolls-Royce selects design partner for major Derby site expansion work
Rolls-Royce Submarines has announced the joint appointment of AtkinsRéalis and Mott MacDonald as its new fissile design partners – a
December 3, 2024
Air - Development of battle-winning hypersonic technology accelerated under new AUKUS deal
The development of hypersonic technology is to be accelerated under a new AUKUS arrangement – bolstering the collective security of
