Wiltshire-based Avon Protection Ltd will manufacture and supply the potentially life-saving respirators over the remaining period of the five-year contract, having completed 18 months of successful tests and trials. The £16 million contract has created 22 new jobs at Avon Protection – three management and 19 shop-floor production – as well ...
Minister for Defence and Procurement Anne-Marie Trevelyan addressed the UK Space Conference in Newport, South Wales. Anne-Marie Trevelyan explored threats and challenges and opportunities in her speech at the Space Conference, as well as reiterating the government’s pledge to increase defence budgets. She also explored the dangers that increased space exploration ...
A new keynote speaker has been announced for Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020, which will take place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on 3 September. Andrew Forzani, Chief Commercial Officer of the Ministry of Defence will join Minister for Defence Procurement, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP to deliver keynote speeches ...
Defence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan has announced a £1.5 million investment in 12 ground-breaking space innovation projects. The announcement marks the next step in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) ‘Space to Innovate’ competition, which sought to find and fund new technologies that could improve the UK’s resilience, awareness and capability ...