By Craig Hoyle2021-01-07T10:12:00+00:00
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded MBDA a £550 million ($750 million), seven-year demonstration and manufacturing contract for its Spear 3 air-to-surface missile, which will arm its Lockheed Martin F-35Bs.
Described by the European guided weapons developer as a “network-enabled miniature cruise missile”, the design has a launch weight of less than 90kg (200lb).
Source: MBDA
F-35B will be able to carry eight Spear 3 weapons in its internal weapons bays
Powered by a turbojet engine, the folding-wing-equipped missile will operate at high-subsonic speed, with an effective range greater than 75nm (140km), including against moving targets.
By Craig Hoyle2020-12-22T17:12:00+00:00
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering seven of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) surplus intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for disposal via its Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), having ruled out their suitability for use by another operator.
On offer are a pair of retired Boeing E-3D Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) airframes and all five of the RAF’s Bombardier Global Express-derived Sentinel R1 ground surveillance aircraft. The latter type is scheduled to be retired from service by the end of March 2021.
Source: Crown Copyright
Global Express-derived Sentinel R1 airframes will be scrapped after March 2021 retirement
Cybereason Adopts Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to Enhance its Platform Security
Security firm Cybereason has announced a new partnership with Oracle to enhance protection for customers in the face of a growing cyber-threat landscape.
Firstly, it has adopted the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to run its automated Cyber Defense Platform. Cybereason said this will improve security and risk posture as well as reduce operational costs for customers using its platform. It placed a particular emphasis on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s ability to accelerate artificially intelligent threat detection.
Additionally, the two companies have entered into an agreement to jointly market and sell solutions, helping organizations search for available applications and services that best fit their needs.
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Hotel worker BAHA MOUSA who had over 90 injuries inflicted on him when he was killed by UK forces in Baghdad
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court has said it will not take action against the UK, despite its finding of evidence British troops committed war crimes in Iraq.
Its 180-page report specifically says that ‘hundreds of Iraqi detainees were abused by British soldiers between 2003 and 2009’. But the ICC could not determine whether the UK had ‘acted to shield soldiers from prosecution’, and its Special Prosecution Authority declined to prosecute.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the ICC’s report ‘vindicates our efforts to pursue justice where allegations have been founded’. Yet the ICC has specifically told the BBC: ‘It is without dispute there is evidence war crimes were committed.’
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