A contract has been signed between BAE Systems and Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. (ISI), marking the start of the next major phase on the River-class destroyer programme.

British Defence jobs have been boosted and sailors will be better protected as the UK’s first of a series of cutting-edge Maritime Mine Counter Measure (MMCM) systems has been delivered to the Royal Navy.

BAE Systems has received a contract from Damen Naval for a Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun system to be installed for anti-aircraft and anti-surface operations on the PES frigate of the Colombian Navy – a Damen Naval SIGMA-class ship.

The SKYNET 6 programme, which is working closely with industry to exploit technological advancements to deliver the next generation of military communication satellites, has reached a major milestone with the completion of initial testing at the new UK-government funded National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF) in Harwell, Oxfordshire.

Thales has released a new Vehicle Mounted SquadNet Radio.

Teledyne FLIR OEM, part of Teledyne Technologies Inc., has announced the availability of radiometric models of its high-performance Boson+ thermal and Hadron 640R+ dual thermal-visible camera modules.