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The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, has met with his Danish and Swedish counterparts to discuss shared threats, including NATO’s response to the situation in eastern Europe and increasing competition in the Arctic. In meetings with Danish Defence Minister Trine Bramsen on 8 December, and Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist on the ...


As production of Boxer vehicles is now well underway at WFEL’s new state-of-the-art Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle production facility in Stockport, a further UK supply chain contract has been signed for the provision of Periscopes and Windows. Cwmbran-based GuS Periscopes will supply WFEL with Periscope and Window Systems for the Boxer ...


The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has recently awarded three new contracts to support infrastructure upgrades at UK armed forces bases used by the United States Visiting Forces (USVF). The Delivery Partner Technical Support contracts have been awarded to AECOM, Tetra Tech and Mace, which is a consortium of Mace, Turner Townsend ...


The British Army has unveiled ‘Future Soldier’, its most radical transformation programme in over 20 years. Following on from the Integrated Review and the significant increase in defence spending announced by the Government last year, Future Soldier demonstrates how the Army is modernising to address next-generation threats across the globe. This will be bolstered ...


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