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Government updates UK Security Vetting

Homeland February 18, 2020

The government has released updates to UK Security Vetting following months of consultation. The government has released updates and revisions to UK Security Vetting (UKSV) guidance and information following a period of consultation. A hints and tips document for how to log into portals, including information on how to recover or ...

DASA announces £4million contract for AI warships

Maritime January 27, 2020

DASA has announced a new contract for AI warships with advanced decision-making technology across nine projects. The new funding from DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) will go towards projects creating AI warships with advanced intelligence processing systems, beginning with nine projects. The first projects will share an initial £1 million to ...

RAF Force Protection complete short term training team programme in Nigeria

Air January 13, 2020

RAF Force Protection staff have completed a short term training team exercise in Nigeria teaching specialist skills. The Royal Air Force Police and the Royal Air Force Regiment formed a short term training team which taught specialist skills in Nigeria. RAF Force Protection deployed a short term training team in Nigeria ...

Prince of Abu Dabi introduces EDGE to improve defence industrial capabilities

Land November 22, 2019

Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dabi, has inaugurated EDGE to improve UAE defence industrial capability. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has created EDGE to improve UAE defence industrial technology. The company aims to improve UAE status as a global technology power ...