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Royal Navy’s New Submarine Gets Royal Approval
The UK’s most powerful attack submarine, HMS Astute, has been welcomed into the Royal Navy today. In a Commissioning ceremony overseen by the boat’s patron the Duchess of Cornwall, Astute officially became ‘Her Majesty’s Ship’. HMS Astute is quieter than any of her predecessors, meaning she has the ability to operate covertly and remain undetected [...]
Commando Helicopter Force get to grips with new gun
Crews in the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) have got their hands on a new and improved door gun ahead of 16 Air Assault Brigade’s deployment to Afghanistan in October. 846 Naval Air Squadron began training aircrew on their new FN Herstal M3M .50-inch-calibre (12.7mm) door-mounted weapon system while supporting 16 Air Assault Brigade during their [...]
UK Orders Additional Desert Hawk III Unmanned Aircraft Systems
DENVER: The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.1 million contract for additional Desert Hawk III unmanned aircraft vehicles. Desert Hawk III’s improved payloads maximize target detection and recognition by providing 360-degree — daytime and nighttime — coverage in a common turret package. These latest generation payloads also include a Lockheed Martin-developed [...]
UK and NATO Forces Refine Land-Air Coordination for Afghanistan
The British Army’s largest land-air military exercise has recently taken place in the Czech Republic where Forward Air Controllers have been preparing to coordinate aircraft flying over Afghanistan at 1,000mph (1,600km/h) in an airspace littered with 45kg rounds being fired from the ground. The role of the Forward Air Controller (FAC) in coordinating such precise [...]
Jackal Vehicle Keeps Proving Its Worth in Afghanistan
When purchase of the latest batch of Jackal vehicles was announced at Defence Equipment & Support’s Defence Vehicle Dynamics event in June 2010 it took the number of Jackal vehicles procured for UK forces to more than 500. The announcement, by Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Minister Peter Luff, to procure another 140 of the [...]
UK Defence Secretary Outlines MoD Reform
Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox has this morning announced the strategy for reforming the Ministry of Defence which will include the formation of the Defence Reform Unit that will lead in the reorganisation of the Ministry of Defence into three ‘strategic pillars’. Speaking to an audience at the Royal Institution of Chartered [...]
Flexibility key to future forces’ kit
An ambitious overhaul of soldiers’ personal kit based on a groundbreaking modular system has been unveiled. Experts from Defence Equipment and Support’s Personal Combat Equipment (PCE) Team have been working hard to create a fully-integrated line-up covering everything from body armour and backpacks to boots and gloves. The result is a futuristic package known as [...]
Royal Navy Divers Join Fight Against IEDs in Helmand
Four Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the Fleet Diving Squadron based at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, are heading to Afghanistan in a few weeks to help deal with the improvised explosive device threat. Predominantly based at Camp Bastion, the quartet of divers will work in support of the British Army’s 61 Field Squadron (Explosive Ordnance [...]
MoD Scientists Develop Upgraded Body Armour
London, UK: The new Osprey Mark 4 body armour which will be introduced into Afghanistan this winter is testament to the efforts of MOD’s scientists to make sure serving soldiers have the best possible equipment. Osprey Mark 4 is the next generation of personal protection, which will be worn by the soldiers of 16 Air [...]
