British and Albanian forces are currently participating in Exercise Joint Effort, a NATO exercise designed to improve cooperation between allies in the field. The ten-day field training exercise is being held in the mountain training area of Biza, with around 150 troops from the UK plus Albanian troops and personnel from ...
General Dynamics Land Systems UK has successfully completed an additional live firing test for AJAX, the British Army’s new armoured fighting vehicle, at a range in West Wales. The testing, which took place throughout July and August, involved both the turreted AJAX variant and the ARES variant. It focused on generating ...
34 Field Hospital, based in Dishforth, near York, has recently been validated as the Vanguard Field Hospital. The 52-bed tented field hospital with its staff will be on standby from November, ready to be deployed anywhere in the world. Visitors from ten different countries recently visited the Field Hospital, to view ...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has signed a contract with the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) to provide vehicle mission systems for the Danish Army’s land vehicles. Systems and sensors will be fitted to the majority of the Danish Army’s land vehicles (potentially over 500), including the newly procured Piranha V. With the ...