The Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Chancellor Rishi Sunak have announced that thousands of UK Armed Forces families across the UK will have their housing and accommodation improved and renovated thanks to nearly £200 million of new Government funding. On a joint visit to Catterick Garrison, the Ministers chatted to soldiers ...
Defence and training support company, MASS, has been awarded the Joint Command and Staff Training (JCAST) contract for UK Strategic Command, worth in excess of 11m across a two-year period. MASS has delivered to a JCAST model for the MoD for over 20 years, and the contract award will see it ...
Estonian Special Forces deploying to Mali will be loaned four Jackal armoured vehicles by the UK Ministry of Defence it has been announced. Minister for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, confirmed the loan, plus a three-week training package, for elite soldiers of the Estonian Armed Forces. The loan will equip Estonian troops ...
More than 7,000 troops left out of pocket by higher taxes in Scotland will again be protected in the next financial year. An annual payment will continue to be provided to serving personnel earning £28,443 or more a year to make sure that all British troops, regardless of where they are ...