Germany and the UK will work together on the next phase of development for advanced armour-piercing tank ammunition for the Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank. The partnership agreement was signed by DE&S CEO Andy Start, in his role as UK National Armament Director, when he met his German counterpart, Vice Admiral ...
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed a nearly £7M project to extend the lifespan of the runways and taxiways at the Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) airfield in the Falkland Islands. The project included repainting runway and taxiway markings in reflective paint, replacing airfield signage with new compliant back-lit units, and ...
A new £256M contract to provide key services for the UK Armed Forces serving in Cyprus has been awarded by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO). The contract, which provides maintenance work, repairs, servicing, and hard facilities management to the MOD’s estate sizeable estate in Cyprus, was awarded to Mitie Defence Limited. ...
The British Army’s Experimentation and Trials Group (ETG) have been testing improving future urban operations using a new experimental force concept. The study called Urban Phalanx, involves a number of concepts for achieving small unit dominance in future urban combat for dismounted light forces. The specific focus was on ways to ...