Babcock is creating more than 100 jobs at its newly-opened Submarine Availability Support Hub (SASH) in Bristol, as the company further invests in supporting the development of nuclear skills and defence infrastructure in the South West of England. The bespoke facility brings together partners and experts from across the Defence Nuclear ...
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) are pleased to announce that four innovators have been awarded a share of £2M funding to develop remote sensing innovations to help monitor legacy nuclear sites. The funding, secured from the Remote Monitoring of Sensitive Sites: Phase 2 Themed Competition, will allow the organisations ...
New Government Command Paper sets out full scale of the UK’s national nuclear endeavour. The approach to investing in and maintaining the UK’s nuclear deterrent has been unveiled by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. The Defence Nuclear Command Paper has been published following the Prime Minister declaring a ‘national endeavour’ to secure the future of ...
Lockheed Martin has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft under a project called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). The project will represent a rapid advancement in propulsion technology to benefit exploration and national defense. Chemical propulsion engines ...