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MOD awards £89M communications contract to BAE

Land August 29, 2023

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 ...

MoD Secure by Design goes live

Homeland August 22, 2023

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has adopted a new approach to cyber security in its capability programmes, called Secure by Design. Launched at the end of July 2023, this approach is designed to transform the way the MoD builds cyber security into systems and capabilities. Secure by Design will fundamentally change ...

£150 million MOD facilities management contract awarded for Germany and Italy

Land August 8, 2023

A new £150 million contract to provide key services for the UK Armed Forces serving in Germany and Italy has been awarded to Mitie Defence Limited by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). Covering the MOD’s military accommodation, as well as military and adventurous training sites in Germany and a school and ...

Autonomous sensor management and sensor counter deception

Homeland June 30, 2023

Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) have announced a new competition for July that will seek proposals to develop solutions for autonomous sensor management and sensor deception in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) scenarios. This competition is the first phase of a competition being run in support of Dstl’s Sensor Fusion and ...