MOD launches Defence Innovation Initiative An £800M Fund to encourage home-grown defence technology has been launched by the MOD. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon MP announced the arrival of the defence innovation fund, designed to keep the MOD at the forefront of ground-breaking innovation at an exhibition highlighting UK defence innovation. The initiative ...
Innovative centre trains medics with Hollywood magic A new training centre has opened in Hereford, which is designed to put front-line professionals through their paces in high-risk, high-pressure situations using ground-breaking training technology. The 8,000sq ft centre will put medics in a variety of situations to help them to work in high-risk, ...
Army Elite Sport Programme launched Olympian, and Solider, Major Heather Stanning, has helped launch a British Army programme, designed to discover and support new sporting talent. With sensational Golds, won with partner Helen Glover at Rio 2016 and London 2012, Stanning was given special dispensation from the British Army to pursue an ...
DEFENCE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DlSPOSAL & SEARCH (DEODS) COUNTER – EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE INDUSTRY BRIEFING DAY Wednesday 7th December 2016 MoD London Uncontrolled Explosive Ordnance (EO) and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are an enduring global threat and in the case of IEDs are likely to continue to be a weapon of choice for the UK’s adversaries. To ...