Rebirth of England

On December 27, Standard Defense Group announced the completion of the acquisition of German Concept Laser Company. After the completion of this acquisition, Standard Defense Group completed its layout in the field of additive manufacturing - before acquiring German Concept Laser Company, Standard Defense Group The defense group has acquired additive manufacturing equipment suppliers Arcam AB of Sweden and SLM Solutions Group of Germany.

Concept Laser was founded in 2000 and commercialized its first metal additive manufacturing machine tool in 2001.

Over the past 12 years, they have industrialized their LaserCUSING patented process and remained at the forefront of the industry. Currently, Concept Laser has more than 150 employees and is a pioneer in the field of metal additive manufacturing.

Concept Laser designs and manufactures powder bed-based laser additive manufacturing machines for customers including the aerospace and medical industries, as well as automotive and jewelry. Their machines cover the largest and smallest size ranges currently on the market, capable of processing a variety of sizes. A variety of powder materials, including titanium and nickel-based, cobalt-chromium and precious metal alloys, as well as hot-worked and high-grade steels and aluminum.

Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D printing, is a combination of computer-aided design, material processing and forming technology, based on digital model files, using software and CNC systems to extrude special metal materials, non-metal materials and medical biological materials according to the extrusion process. Manufacturing technology that builds physical objects layer by layer through pressing, sintering, melting, light curing, and spraying.

Compared with the traditional processing mode of removing raw materials, cutting and assembling, it is a "bottom-up" manufacturing method through material accumulation, starting from scratch. This makes it possible to manufacture complex structural parts that were previously unachievable due to traditional manufacturing methods.

Since the second half of this year, Sentinel, a subsidiary of Standard Defense Group, has set up a research and development center in London to develop a large fuel-powered drone named Tiercel.

For the development of this project, Standard Defense Group even hired some researchers from British Aerospace Systems (BAE) and France's Dassault Aviation, some of whom have experience in the development of large drones.

In the manufacturing of such large drones, some parts need to be manufactured using 3D printing technology - and Barron also knows the prospects of this technology in the future, so he simply acquired some related leading technologies through Standard Defense Group. company, giving it a dominant position in this field.

The R\u0026D and manufacturing of large UAVs such as the Tiercel project is naturally not as easy as the Coyote series of small UAVs previously launched by Sentinel. The difficulty is no less than the R\u0026D and manufacturing of general military aircraft. Therefore, Standard Defense Group Not only did Standard Aviation Manufacturing Company be created on the basis of Sentinel Company, but a series of acquisitions were also made to obtain the required technology.

"In terms of aviation manufacturing companies, we have made a list, which also includes large aviation manufacturing companies, such as giants such as Dassault Aviation and Embraer..."

Joseph Buckley, CEO of Standard Defense Group, told Barron’s.

Joseph Buckley previously worked as the vice president of Aerospace Systems Corporation (BAE). The reason why he was willing to serve as CEO of Standard Defense Group, which was very different from BAE in terms of scale, was not only the personal invitation of Barron, but also because of this. ambitions of the company.

"If the French government can agree, then I am very willing to buy Dassault Aviation..."

"It's difficult. Compared to that, Embraer is a little more likely, although that's also a huge challenge."

Joseph naturally understood what Barron meant. After all, the "face" of the French Air Force, the Mirage 2000 and Rafale fighter jets, were both developed and produced by Dassault Aviation. I believe that the French government would not agree to transfer these aircraft unless they had lost their minds. The company was sold to a British company.

After all, in the NATO group, France still attaches great importance to the independence of its military equipment...

"The affairs of aviation manufacturing companies cannot be completed in the short term. Our next target is the British e2v company, which has leading technology in sensors..."

e2v is a leader in imaging sensors in the space and astronomy fields. Its image sensors are often used in the most demanding Earth observation missions, including the third-generation meteorological satellite (MTG) of France's Thales Alenia Space. The Pleiades satellite of the Center for Space Studies (CNES) and the SEOSAT/INGENIO satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) are both products of e2v.

The company's most famous products are CCD and CMOS sensors for space imaging, which have captured the dwarf planet Pluto and comet 67P in recent years.

e2v is also closely involved in the National Quantum Technology Plan (NQTP) established by the UK in the field of quantum technology research and development with an investment of up to 330 million pounds.

Among the quantum projects involving e2v are the British Defense Science and Technology Laboratory's (DSTL) gravity imaging camera prototype, one of the key technologies driving the development of quantum technology, and an innovative laser cooling of frozen atoms called "freeze ray" Trap items.

Currently, the market value of e2v is around 200 million pounds. Joseph Buckley believes that even if a corresponding premium is given, it will be enough to complete this acquisition within 250 million pounds. Relatively speaking, although e2v's technology is cash-rich, considering that it is a British company, Standard Defense Group will face less resistance in the acquisition.

And e2v's technology in imaging sensors can also help them in the research and development of aviation fields such as drones.

In addition to sensor technology, e2v also has sufficient accumulation in aerospace chips.

"Just do it. If you have any questions, you can contact Laura."

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Before New Year's Day, Barron and his party set off for Lanai Island in Hawaii. They had been there earlier last year, and the children were looking forward to this trip to Lanai Island.

As for William and Cather, they will arrive later. After all, for the sake of safety, they are still prepared to wait until Prince Cambridge is full-term.

And around New Year's Day, the royal family also has many activities that require them to participate.

In addition, although George and Richard went with Barron this time, Bonnie would go to Lanai with William, Cather and his wife later.

After all, she is now the CEO of Summit Media, and she needs to complete her recent work and arrange some work before she can go to Hawaii with peace of mind.

She will take her little daughter Kalida with her at that time.

On the Devonshire, the women gathered together and teased a pair of cute babies - these are Sasha Cavendish and Alice Cavendish, the children of Yulia Moore and Barron.

It can be said that such a small pair of children in swaddling clothes are the easiest to make women's hearts melt, especially so cute.

And because of Yulia's gentle personality and the affairs she is responsible for, she has a very harmonious relationship with the women around Barron, so the atmosphere looks very good at the moment.