Leonardo and SubSea Craft Prove Autonomous Anti-Submarine Capability in Royal Navy Trials
Leonardo has successfully demonstrated autonomous anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability using an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) in operationally representative trials in Portsmouth, marking a significant step forward in the Royal Navy’s ambition to develop an advanced hybrid naval force. Working with UK SME SubSea Craft, Leonardo embedded its Open Digital Platform into SubSea Craft’s MARS USV, […]
Sweden Ballistics raises €30M to strengthen Europe’s ammunition supply chain
Sweden Ballistics (SWEBAL), the Swedish defence manufacturing company driving domestic TNT production to strengthen NATO resilience, has announced a €30 million funding round to complete construction of its TNT manufacturing facility in Nora, Sweden. The €30m strategic investment is made up of several investors. Firstly, Sweden’s ex-Chief of Army, Major General (ret) Karl Engelbrektson. In […]
UK Cyber Sector Hits £14.7 Billion as Government Launches Resilience Push and AI Threat Warning
The UK government has issued a direct call to businesses to strengthen their cyber defences against a rapidly evolving AI-enabled threat landscape, as new figures confirm the UK’s cyber security sector has grown 11% to £14.7 billion – with the number of firms up 20% to 2,603 in the past year alone. The announcements, made […]
Hidden exposure in defence delivery models
Following the introduction of Joint and Several Liability rules that change how financial and compliance risk is distributed across defence labour supply chains, Hannah Fendall, Head of Tax at Morson Group, explains why visibility, governance and accountability are becoming increasingly important in contingent workforce models. Defence programmes are built on access to highly specialised, often […]
715850540 – AUV Integration Frames and Support – RFI
The Authority utilises a variety of different vessels to deploy containerised AUV equipment with deck types including: • Flat steel decks. • Timber deck steel transverses. • Decks with ISO twist lock sockets. • Decks with 1m x M20 bolt matrix. The Authori
Project SENSOREM – Military Base Perimeter Security
Introduction: The Authority is inviting request for proposals from industry to deliver a scalable and sustainable Defence site surveillance capability under Project SENSOREM. Project SENSOREM forms part of a wider MOD effort to improve site protection an