Last week the MoD awarded a £367 million contract to provide engine maintenance for two of the UK’s helicopter fleets.
According to a source at the MoD the six-year agreement, with Rolls Royce Turbomeca will deliver essential support for the Army’s Apaches and the Merlin helicopters used by the Royal Navy and RAF. It is believed the new contract will deliver savings of more than £300m compared to previous arrangements.
A new naval air defence system that can intercept and destroy enemy missiles is to be manufactured in the UK under a £250 million MoD contract that will sustain hundreds of jobs, Vigilance can report.
Sea Ceptor, which will be fitted to the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates and in future, the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, is a cutting edge missile designed and built by MBDA. Capable of travelling at speeds of more than 2000 miles an hour, it will be able to intercept multiple targets and protect an area out to a range of 25km.
Seamless Integration Keeps Privileged Passwords Secure During System Scans for Vulnerability Management and Policy Compliance
London, UK: Lieberman Software Corporation, a privileged identity management market leader, and Qualys, Inc., a pioneer and leading provider of cloud security and compliance solutions, today announced the integration between Enterprise Random Password Manager (ERPM) and the QualysGuard Security and Compliance Suite, providing customers with secure password management for authenticated scanning for IT security and compliance. Lieberman Software will exhibit this functionality at Qualys Security Conference 2013 in Las Vegas this week.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond last week visited a military port to witness the return of dozens of armoured vehicles from Afghanistan, Vigilance can report.
According to a source at the MoD the Defence Secretary arrived at the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre, near Southampton, as a total of 94 vehicles were unloaded following transit from a port in the Middle East. The source said the latest delivery meant that more than 1,000 vehicles and pieces of major equipment had been redeployed from Afghanistan to date, adding thus far, more than 1,080 vehicles and pieces of major equipment have been redeployed to the UK, alongside 1,570 containers of materiel from Afghanistan.
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