Dutch navy orders ‘anti-submarine warfare in a box’
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has ordered containerised towed-array systems that can be rapidly deployed onto a wide variety of surface vessels, giving the Dutch Navy a way to add anti-submarine sensing to ships not originally designed to carry it.
UK funds 22 firms to plan new munitions plants
Twenty-two companies, including British small and medium-sized enterprises, are to receive contracts to carry out feasibility studies on sites for new UK factories producing materials used in munitions.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary crews accept new pay deal
Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel, who support Royal Navy operations around the world, are to receive an above-inflationary pay rise and improved conditions.
Huge £8bn tactical comms framework opens to industry
The government has established the first frameworks under an eight-year open scheme for military-grade tactical communications, worth around £8bn across three lots and admitting close to 100 suppliers.
Police tell drone pilots to stay clear of Cairngorms fire
Police Scotland has asked drone operators not to fly over the Cairngorms wildfire area, warning that unmanned aircraft could interfere with the helicopter water-bombing operation.
Babcock named key sponsor of new Hampshire Air Festival
Babcock will be the key sponsor of the inaugural Hampshire Air Festival at Thruxton Aerodrome in September, bringing its aerospace and training links, including the RAF Tutor Display Team, to the event.
BAE and NMITE launch RF engineering master’s degree
BAE Systems has partnered with the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering to launch an MSc in radio frequency and wireless systems engineering, aimed at a specialist skills shortage.
A request for help that looked designed to be refused
Scotland's justice secretary had already been told the RAF had no waterbombing helicopters in the UK to send, but he asked anyway and then made a point of the refusal, which is not how military aid between two governments is supposed to work.
MOD sets out plan for defence steel supply chains
The Ministry of Defence has set out how it intends to strengthen domestic steel supply chains in support of the Defence Industrial Strategy, in response to a parliamentary question.
The firefighters who serve twice: how SFRS backs reservists
As part of a UK Defence Journal series looking at how Scottish public sector organisations support staff with links to the Armed Forces, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is the latest body to come under examination.
