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Defence Equipment & Support has awarded a contract to Leonardo for improvements to the L118 Light Gun to make it even more accurate. The L118 Light Gun’s Automatic Pointing System (APS) consists of an Inertial Navigation Unit with GPS, Layer Display Control Unit, Switchbox and Muzzle Velocity Radar. The £15M contract will ...
Britain’s heavy lift capability will be bolstered with the purchase of 14 extended-range Chinooks (CH47-ER), which will pump an estimated £151M into the UK economy. The new Chinooks significantly enhance the UK’s strategic mobility with its ability to operate in challenging environments. From the desert to the arctic, the helicopter has ...
Defence Procurement Minister, James Cartlidge, has revealed a raft of new reforms which will see a new procurement system for defence, allowing earlier expert assurance of future military programmes to ensure they deliver for UK forces on the frontline. To avoid previous challenges where programmes have been over-complex, over-budget, and over ...
The next stage of the New Medium Helicopter (NMH) Programme has been announced by the Minister for Defence Procurement, James Cartlidge. The NMH Programme is an initiative to acquire a modern medium-lift support helicopter, which will deliver up to five rotary wing requirements using a single aircraft-type. This means that the ...
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