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BAE Systems to help develop and deliver next-gen mission technologies

Land October 8, 2018

BAE Systems has been invited by the US Department of Defense to compete for future research and development task orders awarded under a nine-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The contract provides fast, flexible, low-cost solutions across technical disciplines to meet the current and future technology needs of the US military. BAE Systems ...

SAP Concur to reform US DoD travel system

Homeland August 20, 2018

The US Department of Defense has announced SAP Concur has been chosen to develop a business travel system prototype to replace the ageing Defense Travel System. It is envisaged the deal will exponentially reduce the cost of airline tickets and save more than 10 million labour hours annually spent on the ...

Saab to supply Carl-Gustaf ammunition to US DoD

Land July 3, 2018

Saab has agreed a deal with the US Department of Defense (DoD) worth $16 million for the for the Carl-Gustaf man-portable weapon system. The order is placed under the terms of a contract originally announced with the US DoD in August 2014 for the 84-mm recoilless rifle system known in the ...

From surveillance to resupply: How autonomous technology is being tasked with supplying troops on the front line

Land May 17, 2018

Dubbed ‘the last mile’, the final stage of transporting supplies to troops on the front line in hostile and challenging environments can be a dangerous undertaking.  Gone are the days of the British Mule Pamphlet, issued in 1928, advising that a mule should carry more than 25% of its bodyweight. Now, 90 years on, in order to reduce resupply uncertainty, the modern-day infantry soldier carries around ...