The Ministry of Defence has officially recognised the top 50 supporters to the UK Armed Forces, presenting a Gold Award to each business, charity and public sector body named. The 2018 Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award scheme recognises those organisations that have demonstrated outstanding support for both the Armed Forces Covenant ...
The MOD is to conduct its five-yearly review of the armed forces’ exemption from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The exemption means that the armed forces are not required by law, to recruit or retain personnel with a condition that may be disabling under UK law. Disability ...
In the thick of the Farnborough Airshow, Rockwell Collins announced that it would work with DRS to provide prime contractors bidding for the MOD Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) programme with access to its Secure Air Combat Training System (JSAS). According to Rockwell Collins, JSAS is a next generation ...
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 ...