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JFC Commander to take part in innovation Twitter debate

July 18, 2018

General Sir Chris Deverell, Commander Joint Forces Command, is to give the public a unique opportunity to join him in a discussion on Twitter about innovation. From 5pm to 6pm, on 26 July 2018, Gen Chris will take questions on the subject of innovation in UK defence and the valuable work ...

MoD launches strategy to tackle defence domestic abuse

Homeland July 10, 2018

The Ministry of Defence has launched its first strategy to tackle domestic abuse within the Armed Forces and defence civilian communities. The strategy builds on existing work by the military in this area, such as providing specialist training to welfare staff, and will include the launch of a campaign to raise ...

Dunne Review: Defence spending drives UK economy

Land July 10, 2018

A new independent report commissioned by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has been released revealing the crucial role of defence to the British economy. Former government defence minister, Philip Dunne, was commissioned by the Defence Secretary after the launch of the Modernising Defence Programme (MDP) to strengthen the Armed Forces in the ...

MOD award five-year pre-flight threat simulation equipment contract

Air July 9, 2018

The UK Ministry of Defence has named Leonardo in-service support provider for its pre-flight threat simulation equipment. Leonardo has designed and developed its UK threat simulation equipment in partnership with the Ministry of Defence, employing state-of-the-art Radio-Frequency (RF) technology to recreate a wide variety of scenarios and threats. Specialist RF-emitting hoods and ...