The Prime Minister has announced that defence spending is set to rise to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. The increase expected to mean an extra £55 billion by 2030 and could potentially see investments in future air combat capabilities. The news comes as Mr Johnson pledged another £1 ...
Defence Equipment and Services (DE&S) has secured a £7.2 million contract with Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to deliver DVS2 – a training environment capable of simulating multiple military environments and operations. Personnel will be able to train anywhere in the world, across multiple terrains and with a range of weapons and ...
Innovation experts from the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) participated in the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) Supercharging Science engagement day, recently held in Newport. The event set out the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) most ambitious science and technology (S&T) programmes to date with details on Dstl’s technical challenges and requirements. Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin gave ...
Defence contracts worth more than £2 billion have been awarded to BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to begin the third major phase of the future submarine nuclear deterrent programme – Dreadnought. With the overall programme supporting around 30,000 jobs across the UK, from design through to build, Delivery Phase 3 (DP3) represents ...