The US Army is to add 28,000 soldiers to its ranks by the end of September. The Department of the Army has announced the troops increase as directed by the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017. Major General for Military Personnel Management, Jason Evans said: “The Army is hiring. The ...
Trials are being conducted by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to assess the effectiveness of Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) in support of the LDEW Capability Demonstrator. Launched earlier this year, the programme is designed to develop a standalone laser directed energy weapon system and will culminate in a ...
The management of the MOD estate has come under fire from the Public Accounts Committee in a new report. A committee report highlights service families continuing to face uncertainty over accommodation and costs, and the maintenance of such a large estate (comprising 1.8% of UK land mass), as the challenges faced ...
A project is currently underway designed to upgrade the satellite stations linking NATO’s deployed forces. The Satellite Ground Station project is being undertaken by the NCI Agency and industry partners, which will see two new multi-antenna stations in Belgium and Italy being procured and two further stations in Greece and Turkey ...