Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2018 is delighted to announce that, BAE, DxC, Rolls-Royce and Raytheon are to join QinetiQ, General Electric and Cammell Laird at the Prime Contractor Engagement Village at the UK’s premier defence procurement event, taking place at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on 27 March. DPRTE 2018 ...
Raytheon has completed Lot 1 production of the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II, a new weapon that will give fighter pilots the ability to destroy moving targets at any time and in all-weather conditions. The SDB II bomb is a gliding precision weapon with a one-of-a-kind tri-mode seeker that uses millimetre ...
The first advanced GPS III satellite has successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). November saw GPS III Space Vehicle 01 (GPS III SV01), the first of 10 GPS III satellites designed by Lockheed Martin and OCX and developed by Raytheon successfully complete Factory ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah, oversaw the signing of the deal for 24 Typhoons, building on the Statement of Intent signed in September. In addition, the agreement signed today by the Qatar and British Governments also includes a clear intention to proceed ...