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Reserves and cadets to benefit from new Hard FM arrangements

Land December 13, 2023

Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites used by reserves and cadets will benefit from new Hard Facilities Management arrangements following an amendment to contracts. Approval has been given to bring sites which make up the Volunteer Estate into the MOD’s existing Built Estate contracts, which already provide Hard FM services to Defence ...

£256M MOD facilities management contract underway in Cyprus

Land November 7, 2023

A contract to provide critical maintenance, servicing and hard facilities management to the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Cyprus estate has officially come into service. Awarded to Mitie Defence Limited in April, the £256M Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) contract covers every part of the MOD estate in Cyprus, including: RAF Akrotiri, Episkopi, ...

New £88 million sensing equipment to protect UK Armed Forces

Homeland October 9, 2023

UK Armed Forces personnel will be better protected on the battlefield through world-leading chemical detection sensors, under an £88 million contract recently announced. Led by Strategic Command alongside a pan-defence team, thousands of personnel across the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force will benefit from wearable personal chemical agent ...

Babcock signs contract to support the next generation of nuclear submarines

Maritime October 3, 2023

Babcock has signed a five-year contract with the Ministry of Defence to provide input into the detailed design for the new ‘Ship Submersible Nuclear AUKUS‘ (SSN-A) submarines, which will replace the Astute Class from the late 2030s. This is also the chosen design that Australia will use to build their new ...