Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has launched the Defence Industrial Policy Refresh consultation at a meeting with key defence suppliers. The Government committed to refreshing the defence industrial policy as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (SDSR15). Making it clear that competition within the defence supply chain ...
Think ‘defence vehicles’ and most of us will picture tanks on operations overseas, but equally vital are the vehicles used to help maintain UK homeland security. With some of these vehicles now undergoing an upgrade under Project GASKET, MOD DCB features editor Julie Shennan examines the opportunities this will bring ...
The term ‘land equipment’ is broad, extending to the equipment utilised to map and gain an educated awareness of foreign territory. Equipment applications are now required to work together to better inform the commander and personnel in the field. Defence writer Domhnall Macinnes caught up with Tony Wheeler, Sales Manager, ...
Two new Centres of Excellence for missile technology have been announced by Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon at the Franco-British Council meeting in Paris. Combining French and British expertise, which further deepens the UK-France defence relationship, the Centres of Excellence will be based at MBDA sites in Stevenage and Bolton. Developed by ...