Maritime Defence & Security News

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11 December 2024

SMIFutures Early Career Profiles: Conor Gorman

In this article, Conor discusses his career in acoustic engineering at Thales, the varied and exciting opportunities that the maritime industry offers and the role of young maritime professionals in shaping the future of the sector.

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5 December 2024

Babcock forms Strategic Partnership with Hanwha Ocean to grow global opportunities

Babcock, the international defence company, has signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Hanwha Ocean to further its development in the global naval market and to underpin its existing relationship with the South Korean shipbuilding and offshore company

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5 December 2024

BMT Strengthens Maritime Engineering and Design Leadership in Asia Pacific with Strategic Acquisition of AMT

Acquisition of independent, Australian-owned AMT enhances BMT’s expertise in naval architecture and marine engineering, bolstering capability to pursue opportunities across the APAC region.

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3 December 2024

Record £1 billion skills investment as BAE Systems set to recruit thousands more apprentices and graduates in 2025

BAE Systems is projecting a record number of young people in training in 2025 and the Company’s investment in education and skills is expected to reach £1 billion since the start of the decade.

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25 November 2024

British engineers successfully demonstrate UK’s first autonomous extra large submarine for military use

The XLAUV has been configured to enable militaries to monitor and help protect underwater infrastructure across the vast expanses of the seabed, support anti-submarine warfare and provide another means for them to undertake covert surveillance missions.

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7 November 2024

The Directorate General of Armaments Application for Start up and SME's: Challenge Development of innovative marine and underwater targets

The Directorate General of Armaments (DGA Missile Tests) is launching a call for expressions of interest aimed at innovative companies as part of the DGA EM Challenge - Innovation 2024: Development of innovative marine and underwater targets.

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5 November 2024

Babcock and LIG Nex1 sign memorandum of understanding

Babcock, the international defence company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Korea technology company LIG Nex1bringing together the capabilities of both organizations, to grow opportunities in Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO), Training Centre management and weapons systems technology markets.

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22 October 2024

Fleet Solid Support Ships Programme successfully completes its Preliminary Design Review

Navantia UK and BMT Achieve the First Key Milestone on the FSS Programme after collaboration in the Functional Design

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8 October 2024

University and Royal Navy commit to expanded research partnership

The organisations first joined forces in 2021 and have agreed to continue working together for at least a further three years The University of Plymouth and the Royal Navy have reaffirmed their commitment to working together on a range of innovative research and other initiatives.

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15 July 2024

SMIFutures Early Career Profile: Courtney Story

Meet Courtney Story, Supply Chain manager at BAE Systems. In this interview, Courtney discusses seeing the value in your challenges, the benefits of peer learning and what she learned from her time living aboard a Royal Navy warship.

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