The Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a £60M contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s autonomous Sting Ray lightweight torpedo. The team will design and develop the Sting Ray torpedo upgrade over a four-year assessment phase, which will include the construction of prototypes and in-water trials. The upgrade will implement ...
The MOD has awarded BAE Systems an £89M contract to enhance front-line connectivity for military personnel, linking small reconnaissance drones, combat vehicles, fighter jets, aircraft carriers and military commands. Modern battles are fought across land, sea, air, space, cyber and electronic warfare. Rapidly evolving technologies mean each domain is highly contested ...
In partnership with BAE, QinetiQ’s Airborne Technology Demonstrator has delivered a landmark trial of future radar and sense integration capabilities. The Airborne Technology Demonstrator (ATD), part of a Long Term Partnering Agreement with the MOD, has conducted a flight test with the combat aircraft nose system (fast jet radome) installed onto the ...
Scottish business McLaughlin & Harvey Construction Limited have been awarded a contract to build a new facility ready for the arrival of the UK E-7 Wedgetail fleet at RAF Lossiemouth. The new cutting-edge surveillance fleet will be housed in infrastructure at the Scottish base sitting alongside the recently completed Atlantic Building, ...