Rheinmetall has been chosen to supply the Australian Defence Force with more than a thousand additional military trucks and modules in a deal worth €430 million. The latest purchase forms part of Australia’s Land 121 Phase 5B project. Rheinmetall is currently supplying Australia with 2,500 medium- and heavyweight military trucks worth ...
Pioneering technology will help eliminate landmines across Africa and Asia helping the world’s most vulnerable communities access safe land. New UK aid funded technology, including radar detectors, will help trace ammunition in the equivalent of more than 16,000 football pitches. Remote controlled machines, such as the Mine Wolf, will also help ...
A hundred Welsh Guards accompanied the Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, as he arrived in Kabul who was in the country for a three-day visit. The 100 troops are the first group of the additional 440 troops the Prime Minister committed to NATO’s capacity building mission in Afghanistan at the NATO Summit ...
A new pocket guide has been launched to help people in the armed forces recognise and support those with mental health issues and contemplating suicide. The guide, jointly launched by Samaritans and the Ministry of Defence, gives advice on how to identify signs that someone may be having difficulties, suggests ways ...