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UK MoD Invests £400M in New Counter-IED Technology
The Defence Secretary today announced a £400m package of protected vehicles and Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) technology to further improve the protection of British Forces in Afghanistan. IEDs are the single greatest threat to our forces in Afghanistan. Improving the protection of our forces on the front line is the military’s number one priority, and [...]
MoD Invests In Future of Combat Air Systems
The Ministry of Defence has today signed a new £40 million contract with BAE Systems to ensure the UK retains a leading edge in the next generation of combat air systems. The four-year Future Combat Air System (FCAS) Focused Research contract aims to sustain and develop the UK’s critical technology and skills in this field. [...]
Upgraded Army Lynx Helicopter Fleet Complete
The last of 22 upgraded Lynx support helicopters has been handed over to the Army Air Corps today on budget and three months ahead of schedule. Today a ceremony at Agusta Westland’s Yeovil plant in Somerset marks the handover of the last upgraded Lynx Mk9A three months ahead of the contract end delivery date. The [...]
Royal Navy Keeps Watch On Russian Aircraft Carrier
The Royal Navy’s Type 42 destroyer HMS York, based in Portsmouth, yesterday met with the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in international waters off the east coast of Scotland. The 65,000 ton carrier, with other warships and support vessels, is thought to be en route to the Mediterranean on exercise. The aircraft carrier anchored outside [...]
Equipment Minister responds to PAC report on armoured vehicle delivery
Defence Minister Peter Luff has responded to a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), published today on the delivery of armoured vehicles. The summary of the PAC’s 59th report, ‘The cost-effective delivery of an armoured vehicle capability’, states: “Since the 1998 Strategic Defence Review, the Ministry of Defence has attempted to acquire the vehicles [...]
Cost of UK Libya Operations
The net additional cost of Operation ELLAMY – costs incurred by the Department on operations which would not otherwise be incurred – is estimated at £212m, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced today. In a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament, Mr Hammond said: “I have previously informed the House that I would provide a final estimate [...]
Third Type 45 Destroyer Ready for Operations
The UK now has three groundbreaking Type 45 destroyers ready to deploy on operations after HMS Diamond passed her final, demanding test. The state-of-the-art warship has come through six weeks of training and assessment off Plymouth, the final hurdle to jump before she can sail on front line duties. The Basic Operational Sea Training (BOST) [...]
British Army completes Apache exercise in the States
Army Apache crews are returning to the UK this week having completed a major exercise in the United States as part of the Apache Conversion To Role course. Exercise Crimson Eagle is a challenging two-month exercise, split between Naval Air Facility El Centro in California and the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Arizona. [...]
RAF Akrotiri Supporting Operations in Afghanistan
It is the halfway point between RAF Brize Norton and Camp Bastion, and getting troops from A to B (Akrotiri to Bastion) is one of the crucial roles fulfilled by personnel at the RAF’s base in Cyprus. But RAF Akrotiri is more than just a strategic staging post in the Mediterranean; with thousands of Service [...]
