The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has announced that over 2,500 British troops will train with their French counterparts, participating in exercises spanning Eastern Europe to Kenya. Sir Michael agreed the new training programme during his first bilateral meeting with Florence Parly, the newly appointed French Minister for the Armed Forces in ...
The 10th edition of Operation NANOOK, Canada’s most significant annual northern sovereignty operation, has come to a close. This year saw over 900 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and Other Government Departments and Agencies (OGDA) participated in Operation NANOOK 2017 across two locations in northern Labrador and Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Operation NANOOK ...
The Defence Secretary has met with Scottish troops who are about to deploy to Iraq as the vanguard of the UK and allied fight against Daesh and international terrorism. Visiting Glencorse Barracks, Penicuik, Sir Michael Fallon met 2 SCOTS (2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland) where he praised the contribution the ...
Three teams have been appointed to develop real-time protection methods for ground and maritime convoys, via the use of innovative new technology that quickly neutralizes unmanned aircraft. DARPA’s Mobile Force Protection (MFP) programme focuses on a challenge of increasing concern to the U.S. military; the proliferation of small, unmanned aircraft systems ...
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