The UK Government is ramping up investment in new and emerging technologies for the British Army and Royal Navy to provide a major boost in lethality and the effectiveness of their military operations around the world, following the Strategic Defence Review.

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems $30 million to refresh the AN/APX-123A(V) Common Transponder (CXP), upgrading the current Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) technology which provides time-critical insights that help prevent friendly fire incidents.

Babcock has been awarded a three-year contract to prepare for the first nuclear defueling of a decommissioned Trafalgar Class submarine in over 20 years.

BAE Systems has unveiled its new shiplift and land level repair complex during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the company’s Jacksonville, Florida shipyard.

Babcock has reached a major milestone on the demonstrator programme to fully dismantle and recycle a UK decommissioned nuclear-powered submarine, with the first major cut made on the demonstrator submarine’s exterior.

British modelling and simulation software company Skyral today announced it has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by European venture capital firm NOIA Capital.