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BAE Systems has been awarded a £285m contract by the Ministry of Defence to support the Royal Navy’s Shared Infrastructure, Combat Management Systems (CMS) and warship networks.

As Russia likely deploys autonomous submarines to map and monitor vital data cables in UK waters, the drone war that has developed in the skies above the battlefields of Ukraine is slowly but surely moving to the seas.

Dave Corfield, who recently retired from BAE Systems after four decades, has been awarded an MBE for services to the defence industry and aviation.