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16 May 24. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced today an agreement for access and use of NVIDIA AI software to accelerate development of some of the most advanced systems. This industry-leading agreement, facilitated by Future Tech Enterprise, gives Northrop Grumman access to NVIDIA’s extensive portfolio of AI and generative AI software, its platforms and frameworks, including NVIDIA Omniverse. The agreement also opens research and development pathways, enabling Northrop Grumman to quickly apply advanced AI technologies across its portfolio of capabilities while also increasing operational efficiency.
“NVIDIA’s AI platforms will help us deliver Northrop Grumman’s advanced capabilities to our customers faster and with greater effect,” said Vern Boyle, vice president, Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center.
“NVIDIA’s AI platform is at the forefront of the industry, driving innovation that solves difficult challenges,” said Anthony Robbins, vice president for North America public sector at NVIDIA. “Northrop Grumman is the latest example of how businesses and organizations around the world are increasingly using NVIDIA AI software to deliver on the enormous potential of AI.”
16 May 24. Cubic Announces DTECH Fusion Edge (eHPC) for Enhanced Edge Computing. Cubic, a recognized industry leader in providing trusted, scalable and intuitive edge compute and networking platforms, recently launched its DTECH Fusion Edge High-Performance Compute (eHPC). Fusion eHPC is a single-case solution that enables complex, data-rich processing at the edge, in denied, disrupted, intermittent and limited (DDIL) environments.
“Today’s operations require timely and accurate data. Fusion eHPC supports mission-critical decisions at the speed of conflict,” said Anthony Verna, SVP and GM, Cubic DTECH Mission Solutions. “The eHPC addition to our Family of Systems enables actionable intelligence in a rugged, powerful, and affordable single-case solution.”
Fusion eHPC features a 64-core CPU, a dedicated graphics processor, high-speed networking, and user-accessible storage that’s smaller, lighter and faster than the competition. It allows for disconnected tactical-cloud and hyper-converged technologies at the tactical edge, delivering high-performance computing and networking to support data-rich workloads such as AI, ML and video analysis. Learn more at DTECH Fusion eHPC (cubic.com)
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15 May 24. Dstl helps develop national microbial forensics capability.
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is leading on the creation of the United Kingdom Microbial Forensics Consortium (UKMFC).
Dstl recently hosted a UKMFC Bioinformatics workshop, attended by over 20 leading bioinformaticians from all sectors and all UK nations, representing the following:
- human health
- animal health
- plant health
- aquatic health
- food safety
- academia
The aims of the workshop were to:
- leverage knowledge and experience across different sectors
- understand their perception of biological defence in the UK
- create collaborative working relationships between the different organisations
The attendees of the workshop considered the strategic aims of the UKMFC and examined what existing computational tools and approaches could help meet this requirement. They also considered what analytical tools the UKMFC would need in the future to address new and emerging areas of concern.
This is the first time bioinformaticians from government genomics laboratories have come together to consider the microbial forensics question. The connections have already led to new cross government collaborations in human, animal and plant pathogen genomics.
Microbial forensics tries to find out whether a biological agent or incident is natural or corrupt from origin. For example, if a pathogen has been deliberately engineered.
An enhanced national microbial forensics capability (as part of the wider Biological Security Strategy) will help mitigate the effects of a biological incident and boost investigative techniques. This new capability will improve the preparedness of the UK from the potential harmful release of biological hazards and act as a deterrent to their use.
Genomics and bioinformatics (the use of computational tools to interpret genetic data) is a core UK strength and will form an important part of the UKMFC.
The Dstl-led UKMFC Bioinformatics Working Group will now begin to evaluate pre-existing bioinformatics workflows which will form the basis of a UKMFC tool suite. This will form an interim operational capability for the UK. The group will also begin trying to understand how data might be shared between organisations, thresholds for alert, and hazard assessments which would inform onward investigations.
An external quality assurance exercise is also planned for Autumn 2024 to evaluate the performance of the interim UKMFC tool suite and be the first step towards the development of fully operational capability, available to all partner laboratories, across the UK.
The UKMFC is a key outcome of the 2023 UK Biological Security Strategy. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/)
15 May 24. Preparing for Take-off: IDTechEx Discusses Unjammable Sat-Navs and the Quantum Sensor Revolution. The modern world depends heavily on GPS satellites to navigate, but too often, access to them is lost or even jammed. This creates a significant risk to safety in multiple industries — especially aerospace, but also automotive and consumer electronics. Following the world’s first successful flight demonstration of quantum navigation technology in May 2024 by BAE, QinetiQ, and Infleqtion, this article outlines the power of quantum sensors.
IDTechEx shows how quantum sensors and atomic clocks can add value for precision navigation and timing applications. Source: IDTechEx
The quest for more reliable precision navigation and timing technology solutions is now driving significant interest in quantum sensors and atomic clock technology. This is just one of the many applications of this revolutionary technology covered in IDTechEx’s Quantum Sensor Market report, in what is predicted to become a multi-bn-dollar industry within the decade.
Quantum sensors offer more precision compared to incumbents
Quantum sensors use quantum phenomena to enable highly sensitive measurements of many physical properties. They can measure time (atomic clocks), magnetic field and current, gravity, angular motion, single photons, and more. Emerging quantum technologies within the quantum sensors market are also benefitting from the growing hype around quantum computing and quantum communication technologies (particularly given their applications for cybersecurity).
To date, the most common method to accurately determine one’s position and the local time is via data from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), for example, the US military’s global positioning system (GPS). However, there are environments where access to GNSS data is restricted. This can be a result of highly mountainous terrain blocking signals or spoofing by a third party. Precision navigation systems are under increasing pressure to remain reliable in GNSS denied environments.
Continuing to navigate when triangulation capabilities are lost depends on accurate measurements of distance traveled, direction, speed, and time. Existing motion sensors, gyroscopes, and local oscillators (clocks) don’t have sufficient accuracy for precision navigation. The promise of quantum sensors and atomic clocks is that they are fundamentally much more accurate than traditional approaches, so much so that they can provide local access to precise inertial navigation systems without depending on GNSS.
Atomic clocks and cold atoms
For example, all clocks measure time using some form of resonator or oscillator. For hundreds of years, clock technology has improved in accuracy, progressing from measuring how many hours have passed to minutes, seconds, milliseconds, and so on. This increase in sensitivity has depended on access to higher frequency oscillators; we have progressed from using cycles of sun-rises through pendulums and quartz and now to atomic transitions. There is now a range of atomic clocks that use high-frequency oscillations between atomic energy levels commercially available, as well as others under development aiming to offer even higher accuracy measurements of time- from players such as Microsemi, Teledyne, Infleqtion, and more. Similarly, quantum gyroscopes can use the sensitivity of quantum properties, such as spin, to determine rotation with a high degree of accuracy. Others are even investigating the potential of quantum gravimeters and quantum magnetic fields sensors for mapping and navigation applications.
There are multiple hardware approaches to manufacturing quantum technology for a variety of sensing applications. In IDTechEx’s quantum sensors market report, there is coverage of photonics, superconducting, alkali vapors, diamond, and more. The method championed by Infleqtion in the recent flight demonstration with BAE is ‘ultra-cold atoms’. Lasers can be used to trap atoms which makes their energy levels so low it has a cooling effect. In this state, the quantum properties of the atoms can be manipulated to make precise measurements. With specialized magneto-optical traps, ultra-high vacuum cells, ion pumps, rubidium atom sources and optics – Infleqtion have been able to decouple measurement of position from the environment completely and contribute to omitting the dependence on GPS to navigate within a plane.
Market outlook
To date, many quantum sensing technologies have remained too large or expensive to be adopted for mass-market navigational needs. For example, some cold-atom technology still requires a ‘rack-mountable’ form factor (still impressive for quantum but less competitive with classical technology). However, as well as showing progression towards readiness for the aerospace sector, quantum technology may also be on track to be miniaturized even further. Many applications, including precision navigation, are targeting chip-scale fabrication in the long term. This could coincide with the adoption of autonomous cars in the next 10 years, which would represent a key high-volume use case for such a product. Here, navigational precision of a few cm is essential – but size, weight, power, and cost are also a high priority. Moreover, within dense urban environments, many smartphone and wearables users commonly struggle to navigate using apps, e.g., Google Maps, due to loss of GPS signal – and many users may well value a higher precision solution in the future.
Overall, while quantum sensors can seem somewhat niche today, their mass-market potential should not be overlooked. As early adopters in aerospace begin to demonstrate the value of quantum technology, other markets—particularly automotive — are likely to follow in the future. As quantum sensing innovations continue, perhaps in the future, we may all find ourselves with ‘un-jammable Sat-Navs’ in our cars and pockets, too.
While this article has highlighted precision navigation as an example of the quantum sensing revolution – quantum sensing technology more broadly has applications in remote current sensing for electric vehicles, medical diagnostics, underground mapping and much more. For more information on the commercial outlook for quantum sensor technology mentioned in this article, including twenty-year market forecasts, see IDTechEx’s latest, “Quantum Sensors Market 2024-2044”.
Find coverage of related topics in IDTechEx reports on quantum computers, wearable technology and autonomous vehicles. Sample pages are available for all IDTechEx reports. Visit www.IDTechEx.com/Research/Quantum for more on quantum related technologies.
About IDTechEx
IDTechEx provides trusted independent research on emerging technologies and their markets. Since 1999, we have been helping our clients to understand new technologies, their supply chains, market requirements, opportunities and forecasts. For more information, contact or visit www.IDTechEx.com. (Source: PR Newswire)
15 May 24. House bill: Time to put Air Force’s ‘flying car’ concept into action. House lawmakers want the Air Force to start seriously thinking about how to make its electric “flying car” concept a reality. A subcommittee’s section of the House Armed Services Committee’s proposed fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act would require the Air Force and the Pentagon to set up a working group dedicated to transitioning its Agility Prime concept into programs that can be used operationally.
Agility Prime is a program run by AFWERX, the Air Force’s innovation arm, to work with industry to develop and demonstrate electric vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft, or VTOLs. The Air Force issued contracts to more than a dozen companies beginning in 2020 to create these electric air taxis.
The service has already experimented with electric aircraft created by Joby Aviation and Beta Technologies to transport spare parts or cargo around bases, and conducted a simulated casualty evacuation exercise with Beta’s Alia — this one a conventional takeoff-and-landing aircraft — earlier this year.
The Air Force has also floated the idea of using Agility Prime-derived technology to conduct combat rescue operations, since electric aircraft can operate much more quietly than traditional fuel-powered helicopters.
The HASC’s cyber, information technologies and innovation subcommittee’s portion of the proposed NDAA would give the Air Force six months to set up an Agility Prime transition working group, which would operate until the end of September 2027.
This group would be in charge of identifying programs or other activities throughout the military that could use Agility Prime technologies such as electric VTOLs or autonomous flight capabilities. It would also develop and carry out a strategy to transition Agility Prime capabilities to other program executive offices throughout the military that might need to use electric aircraft.
This working group would be run by the Air Force’s secretary, and also consist of other defense officials including the secretaries of the Army and Navy, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the undersecretaries of defense for acquisition and sustainment and research and engineering, and representatives from U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Transportation Command.
By the end of September 2025, the Air Force secretary would have to submit reports to the House and Senate’s defense committees outlining the military’s progress on developing or procuring hybrid or electric VTOL aircraft, and plans to transition those technologies to a military acquisition or research and development program. Further reports would follow annually for the following two years. (Source: Defense News)
15 May 24. Rugged COTS Network Attached Storage Solution Receives Common Criteria Certification from NIAP. DTS1+ data-at-rest storage solution with two layers of full disk encryption in a single device receives Common Criteria certification and is listed on the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Product Compliant List
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions Division has successfully achieved Common Criteria (ISO-15408) certification from National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) for its DTS1+ single slot network attached storage (NAS) device’s hardware and software encryption layers. The DTS1+, Curtiss-Wright’s second-generation commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) data-at-rest (DAR) storage solution, supports two layers of full disk encryption (FDE) in a single device. The new certification enables the DTS1+ to be included on the NIAP Product Compliant List. Following this certification, Curtiss-Wright expects the DTS1+ to be approved in the near future for placement on the National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) Components List.
CSfC, an NSA-approved approach for protecting classified National Security Systems (NSS) information in aerospace and defense applications, uses cost-effective commercial encryption technologies in a two-layered solution. The original DTS1 NAS device was the first Common Criteria-certified and NSA CSfC Component Listed NAS solution with two certified encryption layers in a single device. This approach delivers a complete, ready-to-use solution that results in less program risk, less time to implement and lower cost. The rugged, compact DTS1+ is designed to store and protect large amounts of data on a wide range of deployed aerospace and defense platforms, including manned and unmanned vehicles, helicopters, fighters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft that require the protection of sensitive DAR in accordance with international standards.
“We are very happy to have achieved the milestone of Common Criteria certification from NIAP for our second generation DTS1+ NAS device,” said Brian Perry, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions Division. “The DTS1+ takes NAS performance further, with faster Ethernet data transfer rates and enhanced hardware encryption.”
With nearly double the Ethernet data rates (190MB/s write and 220MB/s read) of its predecessor, the DTS1+ integrates the latest generation hardware encryption device, which supports FIPS 140-2 Level encryption via 128-bit AES-XTS. The single-slot DTS1+ also supports the same external cables and Removable Memory Cartridges (RMC) used with the DTS1, for storage up to 8 TB per RMC.
The very small DTS1+ NAS device weighs only 3.77 lb. (1.71 kg) and measures only 1.5 x 5.0 x 6.5” (38.1 x 127 x 165.1 mm). It supports PXE protocol so that network clients can quickly boot from the encrypted files on the DTS1+’s RMC storage unit. This approach facilitates software updates for network clients and significantly reduces size, weight and power (SWaP) by eliminating the need for individual hard disks in each network client device. Curtiss-Wright offers two mounting options, the VS-DTS1+SL-FD, which is designed for cockpit use with DZUS mounting panel, and the VS-DTS1+SL-F, which uses L-brackets to support very flexible mounting within space-constrained platforms.
The DTS1+ enables any network-enabled device to retrieve stored data or save newly captured data. It supports networked devices using heterogeneous operating systems (Linux®, VxWorks®, Windows®, etc.) that support industry-standard NAS protocols (i.e., NFS, CIFS, FTP, or HTTP). The DTS1+ also supports iSCSI protocol for block data storage and PCAP protocol for Ethernet packet capture.
The DTS1+ product sheet is available for download here.
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15 May 24. Royal Navy QE-class aircraft carriers face air navigation obsolescence. The UK Government notified industry of the obsolescent TACAN and DF systems on the two carriers, for which it will formally approach suppliers in November.
The Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) and Direction Finder (DF) systems on board the Royal Navy’s two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers (QEC) face obsolescence, according to a UK Government notification to industry.
According to the notice detailing the future open opportunity, the government will formally approach bidders in November 2024.
The contract is anticipated to begin the following year with the work due to end on 31 October 2028. The value of the contract is expected to be between £8m-£10m ($10m-$12.6m).
The current TACAN and DF systems are key components of the Ship Air Interface equipment. This area of responsibility lies with the Military Aviation Authority as the systems are classified as air traffic management equipment.
TACAN acts as a beacon providing aircraft with information on relative bearing and distance to the ship while DF gives air traffic controllers information on the bearing of aircraft from the ship based upon their radio transmissions.
At present, the capability is facing obsolescence challenges and replacement systems are sought for deployment from 1 November 2025, the government explained in their statement.
A ‘statement of requirement’ has been developed and agreed upon with Navy Command stakeholders defining the scope of support required to achieve the required levels of availability and provide the necessary specialist advice and support to meet legislative, regulatory and safety requirements.
QEC Ship Air Interface
There are two Royal Navy carriers: HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, both of which are the largest warships ever constructed in the UK.
They displace 65,000t, a size between the US 100,000t Nimitz class and the French 43,000t Charles de Gaulle class aircraft carriers, and three times larger than its 20,000t Invincible-class predecessor.
The carrier will support joint combat aircraft, carrying out up to 420 sorties over five days and will be able to conduct day and night-time operations. The maximum sortie rate is 110 joint combat aircraft sorties in 24 hours.
The standard air group of 40 aircraft includes 36 Lockheed Martin F-35B joint strike fighters and four EH101 Merlin helicopters. It can also include other maritime surveillance and control aircraft.
Pictured are two 617 Squadron F-35B jets landing on HMS Prince of Wales after participating in Exercise NORDIC RESPONSE 24, 5 March 2024. Credit: Crown copyright/UK Ministry of Defence.
The maximum launch rate is 24 aircraft in 15 minutes and the maximum recovery rate is 24 aircraft in 24 minutes.
In 2018, the UK Ministry of Defence suggested that the newly developed rolling vertical landing procedure allows the recovery of an F-35 while still carrying a full payload.
At the time, these landings had not been conducted on a maritime platform, making the QEC carriers the first class of ship to recover an F-35 in this manner.
The government added that there would be alterations to the Thermal Metallic Spray that protects the deck from aircraft efflux during take-off and landing, as well as navigational interfaces for the ship and the aircraft. (Source: naval-technology.com)
13 May 24. Vigilant Aerospace Gets Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education Grant to Develop Distributed Airspace Management System. Vigilant Aerospace Systems, a developer of multi-sensor airspace management and collision avoidance software for drones and advanced air mobility, has been awarded a $500,000 grant as part of a nearly $1m project to work with the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) at Oklahoma State University to develop a distributed version of its detect-and-avoid system.
The grant is provided by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). Vigilant Aerospace also won an OCAST grant in 2019 to work with OSU integrating new radars into its collision avoidance system.
The project addresses the challenges posed by the increasing number of uncrewed aircraft operating in the National Airspace System, including inspection and delivery drones, first responder drones, and larger air taxi and cargo drones. While these autonomous vehicles offer significant societal and economic benefits, they require new airspace management paradigms to ensure safe integration into the existing airspace and air traffic.
Vigilant Aerospace provides the software and networked sensors and radars to allow uncrewed aircraft to safely fly long distances and beyond the visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) of the pilot – which is essential to enabling the next generation of aviation.
“Vigilant Aerospace is an industry leader developing crucial technology for aviation safety right here in Oklahoma,” said Dr. Jamey Jacob, OAIRE executive director. “The ability for drones and larger autonomous vehicles to detect and avoid collisions with other aircraft is critical for the future of aviation and for multiple efforts throughout the nation. Projects like this keep Oklahoma at the forefront of the industry, while supporting innovative local businesses. This initiative has far-reaching impact as a wide range of autonomous aircraft take to the air.”
The OCAST grant is provided through its highly competitive Oklahoma Applied Research Support (OARS) program, which supports businesses developing innovations and technologies that create new jobs and diversify Oklahoma’s economy.
The project also received support from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) as part of the $38.2m Build Back Better grant awarded to a Tulsa-based coalition to support new aerospace initiatives in Oklahoma. Projects include the Skyway Range Flight Corridor, a 114 nautical mile drone corridor and one of the most ambitious advanced air mobility projects in the nation. The new corridor serves as the perfect platform for Vigilant’s distributed airspace management system to enable true BVLOS flight.
“Working with OSU helps to speed our R&D and provide the Skyway Range Flight Corridor with the most advanced airspace management system in the nation,” said Kraettli L. Epperson, CEO of Vigilant Aerospace. “It’s an excellent example of public-private co-operation to fast-track this high-potential technology both in the region and beyond. We are grateful to our sponsors at OCAST and the EDA for their support and are excited to work with our partners at OSU with their exceptional capabilities and resources.”
OSU and OAIRE support the project with unique capabilities including research engineers, pilots and subject matter experts, test aircraft, flights at the OSU Unmanned Aircraft Flight Station near Stillwater, and special research waivers from the FAA.
“Oklahoma continues to be a hotbed of innovation in autonomous flight, with a number of research institutions in the state already supporting this growth,” said Jennifer McGrail, Executive Director of OCAST. “This grant award brings together research and industry, helps to support innovation in the state and diversification of our economy. We look for ground-breaking initiatives, with potentially broad industry impact, and Vigilant Aerospace’s proposal fit that description.” (Source: UAS VISION)
13 May 24. Airbus to develop Eurofighter STAR manned-unmanned teaming for ‘loyal wingmen.’ Airbus is to develop a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability to enable the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft to remotely control ‘loyal wingmen’ under the System and Teaming Advanced Research (STAR) programme. An employment opportunity recently posted by the company for a chief engineer on the project spelled out its key objectives, not just for the Eurofighter but also as a bridge to the Future Combat Air System (FCAS)/Système de Combat Aérien du Futur (SCAF) programme. As noted in the listing, the project to be undertaken at Airbus Defence and Space’s Manching facility in southern Germany sits within the X-Platform Capability Study (XPCS). It is geared towards showcasing a first demonstration of MUM-T on the Eurofighter, with the mid- to long-term goal of introducing command-and-control capabilities onto the aircraft in preparation for FCAS/SCAF. (Source: Janes)
13 May 24. World-leading 3D printer used by British Army in the field for first time. A cutting-edge 3D printer is being used by the British Army for the first time in the field on the largest NATO deployment in Europe in a generation. Theatre Support Battalion, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, are using the technology to make spare parts for vehicles as well as print vital modifications to battle-winning equipment on NATO exercise Steadfast Defender – the largest NATO deployment in Europe in a generation.
The Army’s use of both metal and plastic mobile printers in the field, which can be easily transported between locations, is the first time in the world the technology has been used by any military in direct support of a large-scale NATO Exercise.
With the ability to produce metal parts from the back of a truck in less than an hour, 3D cold metal printing can eliminate the need for parts to be shipped out for repair, saving on transport costs and time.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said: “This world-leading technology is another excellent example of how Britain is at the very forefront of innovation in Defence, providing our exemplary Armed Forces with a faster way to respond flexibly in the field. The recent increase in Defence spending is crucial to ensuring that our people have the right kit, at the right time. Examples like this demonstrate that we are leading the way in developing new technologies to empower our Armed Forces and give them what they need to defend our nation.”
The metal printed technology works by using computer-aided design to digitally produce a component. A fine metal powder, such as copper, aluminium, or steel, is then fired through a nozzle at three times the speed of sound as a mechanical arm shapes the component, building the object one layer at a time. Once constructed, the component is then subjected to post-processing such as heat treating, milling, and finishing.
The printer is currently being used to maintain older vehicles such as the Land Rover by printing harder-to-obtain spare parts. Ambitions for the future include having catalogues of components for new fleets of vehicles such as BOXER and AJAX, so parts can be printed on demand in the field.
Lieutenant Colonel John Anthistle, Commanding Officer of 9 Theatre Support Battalion, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers said:
This equipment gives the Army the flexibility it needs to make spares, components, and modifications to our equipment in the field, at point and time of need. Not only does it save us weeks and sometimes months of having to wait for replacement parts, it also enables us to print components which aren’t available anymore; conduct battle damage repair, and modify equipment to match changing threats.
If you have a broken-down vehicle which needs to be back in the field the next day because it’s a vital piece of equipment, that’s where this technology comes in. It can reduce logistical issues, save money and critically, speed up getting battle-winning equipment back into the fight.
The Australian military were the first to trial the technology on low level exercises, but whereas other countries also utilise 3D printing, it has remained static and employed in laboratory type environments. The British Army, along with industry-leading manufacturers have ‘ruggedised’ the high-tech process so that it can work in the field as a tactically deployed asset.
The information to make certain metal parts can also be stored in a computer and shared with NATO partners. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/)
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