Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed that His Majesty The King has approved the new appointment of the Chief of the General Staff. General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO is to be appointed as Chief of the General Staff and Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty in the rank of General in succession ...
A £48 million contract has been awarded to build new homes for service personnel and their families at Dhekelia Station in Cyprus. The work will be carried out by the Lagan Iacovou Joint Venture (JV) on behalf of official DPRTE 2024 event partner, Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), and UK Strategic Command ...
VIVO Defence Services has started providing hard facilities management services for the Government’s Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). All reactive and planned maintenance, as well as grounds’ maintenance and billable works, will be provided by VIVO for the government agency at its sites in the southwest on behalf of the ...
Thousands of troops have been involved in one of the largest military training exercises to take place on the Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA): Exercise Wessex Storm. Exercise Wessex Storm takes place multiple times a year and involves approximately 1,500 to 2,000 troops from the army, and sometimes personnel from the ...