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UK MoD Orders Innovative Anti-RPG Armor Kits
AmSafe Bridport Limited has won a contract for the UK MoD’s requirement for Improved Rocket Propelled Grenade protection for its military vehicles. AmSafe’s Tarian® Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Armour System has been selected for the requirement. The Contract Award follows an international competition for the MoD’s requirement where Tarian was one of three solutions down-selected [...]
RAF Becomes NATO Response Force Lead
The Royal Air Force’s Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) today assumed lead responsibility for the NATO Response Force (NRF). The current incumbents, the German Air Force, were represented by Brigadier General Nolte at a handover of the NRF lead duty to the RAF’s JFACC Air Commodore Martin Sampson at an official ceremony at HQ [...]
MOD Reveals £160 Billion Plan to Equip Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence has today published details of how it will equip the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force over the next 10 years and how this will be funded. For the first time, the government has set out a fully-funded Defence Equipment Plan totalling almost £160 billion. The affordability of this plan [...]
Royal Navy Looks to Improve the Security of Maritime Operations
The Ministry of Defence is looking for ways to strengthen the security of maritime operations so that it can be more effective at combating illegal activities such as gun-running, people-smuggling and piracy. A member of HMS Monmouth’s force protection team provides cover during the boarding of a ship that had been assaulted by suspected pirates [...]
Navy’s New Carrier Receives First Massive Gas Turbine
The first of the world’s most powerful marine gas turbines has been installed in the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland. A computer-generated image of new Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at sea The Rolls-Royce MT30, at 36 megawatts (around 50,000 horsepower), is the world’s [...]
Rolls-Royce Installs World’s Most Powerful Marine Gas Turbine Into New Aircraft Carrier
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has this week successfully completed the installation of the first MT30 gas turbine into the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland. The MT30, at 36 megawatts (around 50,000 horsepower), is the world’s most powerful marine gas turbine. Two MT30s will be [...]
UK Opposition Calls for New Defence Review
Recent events in Algeria, Mali and Libya undermine the defence review which provoked Army redundancies announced today and the plans should be reopened, Labour has said. Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy said none of the North African countries had even been mentioned in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, which was carried out in 2010. [...]
MOD Announces £1.2bn Contract for Audacious Attack Submarine
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £1.2BN contract for Audacious, the latest Astute Class attack submarine to be built for the Royal Navy. The contract with BAE Systems will safeguard 3,000 skilled jobs at Barrow in Cumbria and represents a significant step forward in the Astute submarine programme. Audacious is the fourth of seven [...]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones): An Introduction
This note provides an introduction to the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) by the UK Armed Forces, more commonly known as drones. These are remotely piloted aircraft that range from simple, hand-operated systems to high altitude, long endurance systems similar in operation to small aircraft. UAVs are primarily used to gather intelligence and provide [...]
