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Queen receives long-service medal

Homeland October 12, 2016

Queen Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh received their Long Service and Good Conduct medals on Tuesday, following an extension of the awards to all Armed Forces, including those ranked as military officers. The award recognises the good conduct of personnel over a 15 year period, and now extends to cover ...

WWII Bomb disposal in Solomon Islands

Land October 6, 2016

Work has recently been undertaken by a team from 33 Engineer Regiment to find and destroy unexploded WWII munitions on the Solomon Islands. As part of Operation Render Safe more than 800kg of unexploded munitions have been destroyed by the team, who are normally based at Carver Barracks in Saffron Walden, ...

General Dynamics showcases AJAX progress

Land September 30, 2016

General Dynamics Land Systems UK has successfully completed an additional live firing test for AJAX, the British Army’s new armoured fighting vehicle, at a range in West Wales. The testing, which took place throughout July and August, involved both the turreted AJAX variant and the ARES variant. It focused on generating ...

General Dynamics updates Chief of Materiel (Land) on AJAX

August 26, 2016

General Dynamics Land Systems-UK welcomed Lieutenant General Paul Jaques, Chief of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster General, to its Merthyr Tydfil facility on 10th August. Lt Gen Jaques toured the facility and was given an overview of General Dynamics Land Systems-UK’s plan for the Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) of AJAX platforms. ...