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BAE Systems tables £538m Detica bid
News Global defence and aerospace company BAE Systems has tabled a £538m bid for business and technology consultancy Detica. Detica specialises in IT security services and technology to counter threats to... [28 Jul 2008]
Satellite broadband for anywhere in the world
News Richard Deakin, managing director at Thales UK's aerospace business, said broadband internet access via a satellite network provides connectivity for people working in the most remote and challenging environments. [14 Feb 2007]
Robot stealth jet gets £124m boost
News It has awarded a £124m contract to BAE Systems to develop unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, with BAE Systems leading an industry team including QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce and Smiths Aerospace on Project Taranis. [12 Dec 2006]
Big Blue to help decode the Big Bang?
News Raj Desai, vice president for aerospace & defence in IBM's Technology Collaboration Solutions group, said in an interview: "The circuitry will not create much noise. IBM and European astronomy... [06 Dec 2006]
AT&T wins $37m Lockheed Martin networking deal
News AT&T has won a $37m contract extension to provide voice, data and IP networking services to aerospace and defence technology giant Lockheed Martin. The AT&T network will handle Lockheed Martin's... [26 Oct 2006]
Boeing zeros in on Linux for military aircraft
News Boeing will use Wind River's Linux to run surveillance and other mission computing tasks in the P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft, a 737 modified for US Navy uses such as finding submarines and other tasks, said Chip Downing, senior... [31 Jul 2006]
BAE Systems signs $1.9bn outsourcing deal
News Under the new agreement, CSC will continue to manage a full range of IT operations for a number of units at the defence and aerospace giant. BAE Systems has signed a £1.9bn outsourcing deal with CSC. The... [03 May 2006]
Linux enlisted for mission-critical defence app
News Real-time Linux systems vendor Concurrent has won a contract to provide mission-critical Linux software to aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Lockheed Martin will use RedHawk real-time Linux in... [01 Dec 2005]
Update: Autonomy scoops up Verity for $500m
News Autonomy's customers include Astra Zeneca, BBC, British Aerospace, Nokia, Shell and Vodafone. As competitors such as Google already have the capital to be formidable foes in the search market, "a key... [04 Nov 2005]
Amazon's Bezos reaches for the stars
News Bezos has already assembled a team of veteran rocket scientists who have worked on various aerospace and missile defence projects. Bezos told the local paper: "Texas has been a long-standing leader in... [14 Jan 2005]
Nokia cuts R&D numbers
News In the UK, pharmaceuticals/biotech and aerospace/defence see the most spend. Nokia, one of tech's biggest spenders on research and development, is cutting back in that area with the culling of 250 staff... [12 Jan 2005]
IT tops R&D spend
News In the UK, the sectors spending most on R&D are pharmaceuticals/biotechnology (39 per cent) and aerospace/defence (12 per cent). The IT hardware, software and telecoms sectors spent a total of $102bn on... [25 Oct 2004]
$200bn defence push sees IBM team up with Boeing
News Aerospace giant Boeing and computing titan IBM on Monday announced an alliance to pursue defence-related work estimated to be worth $200bn. The companies said they will focus on ground and space-based... [21 Sep 2004]
Xansa bails out of US
News The North American operation specialised in defence and aerospace services and has around 140 staff. Services company Xansa has pulled out of North America - at a cost of almost £25m. Its US arm,... [23 Jan 2004]
Technology key to UK business efficiency
News This was particularly the case in the aerospace and defence, oil and gas and the public sectors. More than half of UK management claim their companies have become more efficient in the past three years,... [04 Sep 2003]
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