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The cutting-edge DragonFire laser will be installed on Royal Navy warships for the first time from 2027 – far quicker than previously envisaged thanks to new defence procurement model which came into force this week. Laser weapons were originally expected to be rolled out to UK armed forces in 2032. But under ...
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 ...
Some 500 support trucks will be delivered to the British Army in 2024 to support operational activity, following a rapid procurement process of just seven months. Under a £282M contract, Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles will deliver the multipurpose trucks that will allow personnel to load flat racks onto the platform, which ...
A new £90M contract will deliver modern, high precision rifles for British troops. The Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) system – known as the L403A1 and procured by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) under Project HUNTER – is made up of a new assault rifle fitted with a muzzle signature reduction system ...
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