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One hundred Somali National Army (SNA) soldiers have graduated from British-led Company Collective Training in Baidoa, the capital of South West State in Somalia. This is the sixth iteration of an eight-week training programme aimed at improving the SNA’s ability to combat the threats posed by al-Shabaab. The training involved a ...


Official DPRTE 2021 event partner, the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), has awarded four new contracts worth £1.6 billion to industry delivering crucial building maintenance and hard facilities repair services across the UK defence estate. Forming part of the first phase of the Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) programme, the DIO contracts ...


VIVO Defence Services (VIVO), a 50/50 Joint Venture between Serco and ENGIE has been awarded contracts to provide asset and facilities management services for the UK Defence built estate by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). VIVO has been awarded contracts for two of the four regions being tendered under Lot 3 ...


Raytheon Intelligence & Space will provide logistics and repair services for all US Marine Corps ground equipment under a five-year, $495 million contract. The company will deliver more than 10,000 repaired parts per year to sustain the Marines’ combat and tactical ground equipment, ranging from armoured vehicles to ground radars and ...


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