MOD launches Defence Innovation Initiative An £800M Fund to encourage home-grown defence technology has been launched by the MOD. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon MP announced the arrival of the defence innovation fund, designed to keep the MOD at the forefront of ground-breaking innovation at an exhibition highlighting UK defence innovation. The initiative ...
A UK manufactured system to create miniature decoys that will help to protect combat jets from missiles, has been snapped up by the MOD. The MOD has placed a £2.5M order for the cutting-edge BriteCloud system, designed and manufactured in Bedfordshire and Scotland by Leonardo-Finmeccanica. The system can be fired from an aircraft’s flare dispenser without ...
Plans to release Defence Estate land for the building of new homes has been announced today by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. Whilst creating a more efficient and effective Defence Estate, the 13 sites will allow thousands of new homes to be built. More than 1,200 hectares of surplus public sector land ...
RFA Mounts Bay has assisted in a Danish-led mission to remove chemicals from Libya. The operation has seen the removal of the last materials, which could be used to manufacture chemical weapons, following the Libyan Government of National Accord request for support from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ...