Business Weekly - Cambridge, UK

One of the world's leading defence companies has begun to push a unique decontamination technology designed as a chemical and biological attack countermeasure by a Huntingdon-based materials processing innovator across NATO's European member states.

East of England expertise has provided a major boost for the UK military. The Fire Shadow weapon system – a loitering munition – has successfully completed its first test flight, proving the capability of the system not only to fly but to loiter over a surveillance area before delivering a warhead onto a target.

Cambridge engineering excellence is helping to save lives in global war zones.

Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy, has formed a specialist defence group focused specifically on defence contracts and MoD liaison.

Plextek Limited, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy has successfully demonstrated an innovative low power, low cost wireless convoy communications prototype to key decision makers at the UK Ministry of Defence.

Chelmsford's e2v technologies, the specialist developer and manufacturer of high technology components and sub-systems, has won a £6.3 million contract with the United States Department of Defense (DoD).