Defence

Submarine down the Clyde river. Photography by easylocum.

The last word: Maintain vanguard

This month’s Last Word is delivered by guest writer Hugh Scullion, general secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions. He states the case for renewal of the UK’s Vanguard fleet of submarines as government prepares to publish its...
QinetiQ's BVRAAM being tested on the Tornado aircraft.

UK continues to ‘perform well’ for QinetiQ

Defence firm QinetiQ said it is on course to achieve its financial expectations for the year ending March 31, 2013 but has said that although the UK remains strong, the US market conditions remain challenging. ...
BAE submarine

BAE chairman Dick Olver tackles corruption

Dick Olver, the departing chairman of BAE Systems, today gave a refreshingly frank speech about corruption and his campaign against it during his nine years as chairman. ...
New ARTISAN radar for British warships and aircraft carriers can

New BAE radar installed on HMS Iron Duke battleship

BAE Systems has installed a new radar system on HMS Iron Duke that can cut through interference equivalent to 10,000 conflicting mobile phone signals and detect objects as small as a tennis ball travelling at three times the speed of...
Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft, manufactured at BAE Systems Brough

BAE Systems: £1 billion revenue risk from US defence cuts

Despite a £1.5 billion fall in sales from £19.2 billion to £17.8 billion, defence group BAE Systems managed to cushion the blow to profits by implementing manufacturing efficiencies, making redundancies and selling off businesses in its land and armament division. ...

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