The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has announced the training of UK Armed Forces alongside Sierra Leonean troops for the first time ever. Almost 90 soldiers from 1st The Queen’s Dragoons Guards’ ‘B’ Squadron recently deployed alongside 25 soldiers from the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces for a jungle exercise ...
Following 12 months out on deployment, the crew of the HMS Mersey are to return to the UK next month. The patrol ship left Portsmouth in January last year, setting off for the Caribbean before making her way east to the Mediterranean and then on to the Aegean. With a ship’s company ...
The MOD has awarded a £30M contract for a Laser Directed Energy Weapon capability demonstrator to UK Dragonfire consortium. Led by MBDA, the consortium will test and assess innovative technologies in order to develop and demonstrate the system in 2019. Comprising partners from across the UK, the Dragonfire consortium includes MDBA, ...
Following a six-month revamp programme, work on overhauling HMS Shoreham was completed just before Christmas. The overhaul of the ship was carried out by Babcock, following more than three years stationed in the Gulf, where the minehunter has been working hard supporting the troops stationed there. Every five years, the Sandown class ...
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