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Giant of the Skies: Atlas finds a new home at Brize Norton

June 20, 2018

Finding a home for the Royal Air Force’s mammoth A400M Atlas aircraft is no easy task. Designed and built to operate in the toughest locations, the aircraft will enhance the UK’s strategic capability and can carry up to 37 tonnes over a range of 2000 nautical miles and has a wingspan of nearly 42.5 metres.   A ...

Flying start: Infrastructure works progressing at RAF Marham

Air May 30, 2018

As part of Project Anvil, over £200 million is being invested in infrastructure works to prepare RAF Marham for the arrival of the F-35B Lightning multi-role combat aircraft later this year.  The F-35B Lightning II is the world’s most advanced, fifth-generation aircraft that the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy will jointly operate from both ...

DIO puts Commercial Strategy into action with Clyde Construction Framework

Homeland May 21, 2018

A flagship 10 year construction framework has been awarded by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. The Clyde Commercial Framework supports the £1.3 billion Clyde programme to ensure that personnel responsible for delivering the UK’s continuous at sea nuclear deterrent are able to live work and ...

New building performance standards to save MOD up to 20%

Homeland April 9, 2018

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), which manages the defence estate, has published new building performance standards, which are expected to save the taxpayer between 15 and 20% on MOD construction programmes. Infrastructure is a vital defence capability delivering accommodation, training facilities and critical assets such as runways and workshops to enable our ...