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Centrica Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer list recognises British Army

Homeland January 25, 2018

The Centrica Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer list – an annually compiled National Apprenticeship Service initiative celebrating employer excellence – has recognised the contribution of the British Army. The Top 100 was revealed during the National Apprenticeship Awards held at Grosvenor House Hotel in London last week. A rigorous selection process saw the ...

British Army retires Lynx helicopter to make way for Wildcat

Air January 18, 2018

The British Army has bid farewell to the venerable Lynx helicopter, a stalwart of the UK Armed Forces, after almost four decades in service. As the British Army’s primary battlefield utility helicopter, the Lynx has been destroying tanks, evacuating the wounded, gathering intelligence and providing humanitarian aid since 1978. In the years ...

Marshall to provide AJAX turret simulator shelters

Land November 17, 2017

Training of turret crews on the British Army’s AJAX, the new multi-role family of medium armoured fighting vehicles, is to be carried out using simulator shelters assembled by Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group. Marshall has been contracted to provide 25 shelters to Lockheed Martin UK, the AJAX turret manufacturer and integrator.  ...

British and Australian military logistics work with Vietnam People’s Army

Land November 13, 2017

Military logistics experts from the RAF, British Army and RAAF have helped the Vietnam People’s Army prepare for its peacekeeping deployment to South Sudan in 2018. The UK, Australian and Vietnamese military staffs discussed solutions to the logistics issues and challenges the Vietnamese military will face in spring 2018, when it is ...