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...On his visit to the Barrow yard, owned by defence contractor BAE Systems, Starmer announced a new “triple lock” commitment to the nuclear deterrent....
...The company and government reached the agreement after an “extensive compliance review” prompted by Boeing’s disclosures between 2017 and 2022 that some of its international employees and contractors had...
...The Ministry of Defence in 2017 awarded the contract to General Dynamics as the lead contractor for a key part of the project, to ensure that the new system, once developed, would have an “open data architecture...
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...In recent weeks, the limited aid reaching northern Gaza has been delivered by what Israel described as “private contractors” or the UN’s World Food Programme, as Israel seeks to circumvent UNRWA....
...But for the most part the eastern front is seen as a sideshow to the main event....
...But defence contractors have struggled to scale up output because of supply chain constraints of various inputs, including nitrocellulose, also known as “guncotton”....
...When it comes to general housing stock in the UK, adding carbon-cutting technology comes with additional dangers for the so-called “able to pay” market....
...The General Assembly granted the Palestinians non-member observer status in 2012 but the Security Council and at least two-thirds of the General Assembly must approve full UN membership....
...The documents show the public security bureau in the eastern city of Taizhou paid Anxun Rmb2.6mn in 2021 for systems to track users of Telegram and X, then known as Twitter, and of other applications....
...Larger contractors with longer development cycles can struggle to keep up with technological advances too....
...Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief General Oleksandr Syrsky has ordered his forces to pull out of the critical eastern town of Avdiivka to save the lives of his outgunned and outnumbered troops....
...“As contractors to government agencies for more than 70 years, we are pleased to continue service through the General Services Administration’s schedule [which] will enable us to help address federal agencies...
...are being done by the military units assigned to the area, while the second and third lines are carried out by the State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Development with the help of private contractors...
...The death of Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Zahedi, a prominent commander of the Revolutionary Guards, marks a significant escalation in hostilities that have engulfed the region since Hamas’s attack on...
...Britain’s biggest defence contractor has signed an initial agreement worth $50mn with the US Army to kick-start a new programme while it finalises the details of a broader contract....
...“The last time a US contractor was killed in 2019, [former president Donald] Trump assassinated Qassem Soleimani.”...
...In 2019, a former defence contractor turned whistleblower alleged that Mapisa-Nqakula had solicited R2.3mn in bribes....
...The LTC’s Palmer fears that political will to sign off construction could dissipate ahead of the general election that looms this year....
...conviction for misconduct in public office was in relation to payments he received in exchange for commissioning work from offshore consultants for the MoD while he was employed there but seconded to defence contractor...
Protesters demand early general election and a deal for release of hostages held by Hamas
...Shares in big US military contractors, including Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, have climbed 11 and 7 per cent respectively since October 6....
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