BAE launches UK Navy’s fifth Astute-class attack submarine
BAE Systems has launched the UK Royal Navy’s fifth Astute-class nuclear submarine, Anson, at its Barrow-in-Furness site in Cumbria.
NDMA awards acoustic minesweeping systems contract to Patria
Patria has secured a contract from the Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) to deliver Patria...
US Navy decommissions amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard
The US Navy has decommissioned the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) at Naval Base San Diego, California, US.
First E-2D Advanced Hawkeye D-DRT complete Fleet Mission Testing
The US Navy has announced the successful completion of Fleet Mission Testing of the first two E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Distributed...
IAI and Thales UK partner to offer SEA SERPENT capability for Royal Navy
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Thales UK have partnered to offer the SEA SERPENT anti-ship and anti-surface missile solution for...
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Company job postings
Companies in the aerospace, defence and security sector with the most new job openings in the past month (Source: GlobalData)
| Company | Jobs Posted |
|---|---|
| Raytheon Technologies Corp | 15685 |
| Leidos Holdings Inc | 6220 |
| Lockheed Martin Corp | 4771 |
| Northrop Grumman Corp | 4759 |
| General Dynamics Corp | 4521 |
| The Boeing Co | 3809 |
| L3 Harris Technologies Inc | 3449 |
| Thales SA | 2943 |
| Vectrus Inc | 2519 |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 1986 |
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Elbit Systems of America to supply night vision systems to USMC
Elbit Systems of America has received a contract for the supply of squad binocular night vision goggle (SBNVG) systems to…
Lockheed Martin Canada awards contract to MBDA for Sea Ceptor weapon
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Telephonics to support US Navy’s MH-60R/S helicopter programmes
Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to Griffon’s wholly owned subsidiary Telephonics to support the US Navy’s MH-60R/S helicopter programmes.…
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Perspecta to support dual-use 5G testing and prototyping for DOD
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Australia’s ASC selects Deloitte for digital transformation programme
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Omnispace tests initial 5G-via-satellite capability for US Navy and USMC
Omnispace has successfully demonstrated an initial 5G-via-satellite capability for the US Navy and US Marine Corps (USMC).
Vectrus wins contract for Naval Base Coronado 5G Smart Warehouse
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Rheinmetall to provide digital Asterion classroom for German Navy’s NH90
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Huawei banned from UK 5G network from 2021
The UK government has banned Chinese technology firm Huawei from providing telecommunications equipment to the UK’s mobile 5G network from the start of 2021.
Unmanned minehunters: new issue of Global Defence Technology out now
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Inside Defender Europe 20: New issue of Global Defence Technology out now
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