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tpgroup secures contract on significant defence programme

Maritime December 21, 2021

tpgroup has secured a one-year contract to develop a software-based emulator that will help to de-risk the integration of equipment for a multi-billion maritime defence programme. The software will enable the MOD customer to test and adopt multiple mission-critical systems more safely, efficiently and quickly. This award forms part of a framework ...

UK military deployed to Scotland to aid Storm Arwen response

Homeland December 6, 2021

Following an urgent request for assistance, the military is being deployed to the Grampian region of Scotland to support the response to Storm Arwen. 134 personnel from across the services have been deployed to check on vulnerable people in their homes and to conduct door-to-door checks on over 4,000 homes. The military ...

State-of-the-art training facility for the Armed Forces sets the bar high

Land November 18, 2021

Construction completed on Project Wellesley, the landmark £250m Defence College of Logistics and Police Administration (DCPLA) training college at Worthy Down, Hampshire, earlier this year. The new estate was designed by HLM Architects, with works carried out by Skanska, for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). A major development in the Ministry of ...

UK MOD host international AI Defence partnership forum

Homeland October 29, 2021

The UK Ministry of Defence hosted the fourth AI Partnership for Defence (AI PfD) dialogue, becoming the first nation outside the US to host the forum which brings together like-minded defence partners to discuss respective policies, approaches, challenges and solutions in adopting AI-enabled capabilities. The partnership, which expanded from 13 to 16 nations in May, was launched by the US Department ...