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  • Policy Paper: UK Science and Technology Framework

    13 Mar 2023 UK Government Policy Paper
    UK Science and Technology Framework Introduction The motivation behind our Science and Technology Superpower agenda is simple: science and technology will be the major driver of prosperity, power and ...
  • Launching from Florida's space coast on 8th March 2023, Relativity Space's Terran 1 rocket will be the world's first 3D printed craft, and will be powered by natural liquid and gas. The combination of ...
  • £3.1million of contracts to accelerate UK fusion industry

    06 Mar 2023 UK Government Press Release
    Eighteen organisations have secured contracts with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to demonstrate how their innovative technologies and proposed solutions can help make fusion energ ...
  • Plasma fusion power breakthrough

    06 Mar 2023 ReCharge
    In the latest of several nuclear fusion breakthroughs in recent years, a US-Japan team has managed to see some success utilising a new fuel cycle, according to ReCharge. The fuel source could theoreti ...
  • In what could amount to over $2 billion, Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to integrate the hypersonic CPS (conventional strike weapon) into the US' Zumwalt Class Destroyers.  According to S ...
  • HMS Anson, the fifth of seven Astute Class submarines, has been launched. The Anson will join HMS Astute, HMS Ambush, HMS Artful and HMS Audacious in service in coming months. The nuclear-powered subm ...
  • The Royal Navy’s expert team in getting new technology and kit to the front line have reached yet another major milestone. NavyX’s unique trials ship, XV (eXperimental Vessel) Patrick Blackett, left P ...
  • Following the £1.6 billion award of the Royal Navy's FSS (Fleet Solid Support) Ship programme to Team Resolute, BMT has been awarded a sub-contract by Navantia for design elements in the construction ...
  • Engage with the Ministry of Defence on SKYNET Integrated Enterprise Solution, a transformation project developing and assessing options for the future delivery model for the SKYNET programme.
  • Levelling-up boost for UK space sector with new growth funding

    20 Feb 2023 UK Government Press Release/ UK Space Agency
    The £6.5 million includes support for high impact, locally led schemes and space cluster development managers to help the space sector grow across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. One pr ...
  • The MOD has awarded six companies supply contracts as part of Project Beroe, a ground control software programme which is designed to help manage space assets. The team of companies awarded included " ...
  • UK Government publishes Cloud Strategic Roadmap for defence

    13 Feb 2023 UK Government Press Release
    Purpose The purpose of this Cloud Strategic Roadmap for Defence is to state the vision and transformative change required for Defence to consume more world-class Cloud capabilities. Cloud is the key e ...
  • In a joint signing between the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, French Defence Ministry and Thales, it was agreed that Ukraine would be provided with a new air defence system, in a major win for Ukraine.
  • The UK’s first orbital rocket launch could blast off from the Shetland islands in October or November this year, spaceport bosses have said.
  • France's Emmanuel Macron declares his ambition to bring €400 billion to France's forces between 2024 and 2030, in following through on the launch of France's new "war economy".
  • Jupiter icy moon explorer (JUICE)

    30 Jan 2023 UK Space Agency
    JUICE will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its large ocean-bearing moons – Callisto, Europa and in particular the largest, Ganymede.
  • House of Lords report: UK defence policy: from aspiration to reality?

    23 Jan 2023 House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee
    'The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has published its report looking at the UK’s defence policy, entitled ‘UK defence policy: from aspiration to reality?’ Report: UK defe ...
  • Finland to join NATO if joined by Sweden

    23 Jan 2023 The Wall Street Journal
    Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, declaring her intention to join NATO alongside Sweden. Whilst Finland's ascension to the alliance is not opposed by Turke ...
  • Speaking as part of a panel at the World Economic Forum, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke of the ongoing need to supply Ukraine with increasingly advanced weaponry. Warning of the threat ...
  • Pentagon purchases 398 F-35s from Lockheed

    16 Jan 2023 UK Defence Journal
    According to various sources, the US has come to an agreement last week to purchase 398 F-35s from Lockheed. The advanced 5th generation fighters are for a combination of domestic and international bu ...
  • Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a major shift in Japanese defence posture, with $37 billion planned for weapons acquisitions in a groundbreaking new $300 billion budget. The rise in bud ...
  • The Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract for digital engineering support to advanced jet developer AERALIS. The £9 million contract has been referred to as "Digital Aviation Learning from Experi ...
  • India has signed a contract for armed, swarming Naval drones as it affirms its 50th contract under the 'SPRINT' initiative.
  • Poland signs $1.4 billion Abrams MBT order

    09 Jan 2023 Army Technology
    Poland's Ministry of National Defence authorises the procurement of 116 Abrams MBTs from the US, at a cost of $1.4 billion.

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