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HMS Defender meets with Indian Navy ahead of Asia-Pacific deployment

Maritime August 22, 2019

HMS Defender met with ships from the Indian Navy in the English Channel ahead of its Asia-Pacific deployment. HMS Defender teamed up with INS Tarkash in preparation for its Asia-Pacific Deployment for Exercise Konkan. The exercise tests the ability of the two navies to work alongside each other. The training usually takes ...

RAF exercise begins in Croatia

Air June 17, 2019

An RAF exercise in Croatia will see British troops training with French and American personnel to support security in the region. Members of the Air Assault Brigade and the 11th Infantry Brigade have travelled through the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Hungary to Croatia for the RAF exercise. The 600 British personnel ...

HMS Duncan joins humanitarian training exercise

Maritime June 6, 2019

Warship HMS Duncan joined a humanitarian training exercise in Cyprus focusing on search and rescue. The type 45 destroyer joined several other countries in Cyprus for humanitarian training under Exercise Argonaut. The operation focused on search and rescue procedure and international collaboration. The annual exercise saw countries including Greece, France, and Cyprus ...

£271M Wildcat Helicopter support deal sustains 500 UK jobs

Air January 9, 2017

MOD signs £271M deal with Leonardo Helicopters to support world-leading Wildcat helicopters, protecting highly-skilled jobs. Over 80% of the 500 jobs will be sustained at Leonardo’s faciltiies in Yoevil and Royal Air Station Yoevilton, the home of Wildcat training and maintainance in the UK, after the Ministry of Defence sign £271M ...