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Defence Secretary announces plan to replace Britain’s nuclear warhead

Land March 3, 2020

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace MP released a statement on new plans to replace Britain’s nuclear warhead. Ben Wallace MP released a statement announcing the programme to replace the country’s nuclear warhead in order to adapt to future threats. In 2007 the government, endorsed by a Parliamentary vote, began a programme to ...

DIO selects contractor for Dalgety Bay radium cleanup

Land March 3, 2020

DIO has chosen Balfour Beatty to undertake a radium cleanup operation on Dalgety Bay. DIO (Defence Infrastructure Organisation) awarded the contract for the radium cleanup operation on Dalgety Bay to Balfour Beatty following consultation with the MOD, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and Fife Council. The project is scheduled to ...

The MOD releases its latest Defence Equipment Plan

Land March 2, 2020

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has published the Defence Equipment Plan 2019 setting out its plans for ten years to deliver and support the equipment required by the armed forces. The release details the MOD’s equipment and support programmes to determine affordability and sets out its expected expenditure on projects to ...

British personnel travel to Norway for Arctic Warfare exercise

Land February 28, 2020

Over 2,000 British personnel from Joint Helicopter Command have travelled to Norway to take part in major Arctic Warfare exercise Cold Response. A task force made of HMS Sutherland, HMS Albion, RFA Lyme Bay, and HMS Echo set sail for Norway for Arctic Warfare exercise Cold Response 2020. They will join ...