Day: March 29, 2017

DE&S CBRN Industry Day

DE&S Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Delivery Team Industry Day – 3rd July 2017 The Defence Equipment & Support, Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Delivery Team (CBRN DT) will be hosting an Industry Day to present recent developments in the UK CBRN Equipment Capability Plan. The Industry Day will take place on 3 July 2017, […]

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Broadband boost for Service personnel

The UK’s internet providers are giving a boost to our Armed Forces personnel, with the announcement that they will no longer have to pay cancellation fees due to reposting. Defence Minister Mark Lancaster announced the move by members of the Armed Forces Covenant, BT, Sky, EE, Plusnet, Talk Talk and Virgin Media, to treat military […]

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UK and France launch future missile technology

The UK and France have signed an agreement with MBDA, which will help strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries and explore missile technology. Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin and her French counterpart Laurent Collet-Billon signed the agreement with MBDA to begin a three-year concept phase designed to develop future long-range weapons for the British and French […]

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Major counter-terrorism training exercise announced

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that a major counter-terrorism training exercise will take place in Scotland later this year. The exercise is designed to strengthen the UK’s response to a terrorist attack and will test the multi-agency response from our security organisations. The Prime Minister announced the exercise during a visit to Police Scotland, and […]

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Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) testing

Trials are being conducted by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to assess the effectiveness of Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) in support of the LDEW Capability Demonstrator. Launched earlier this year, the programme is designed to develop a standalone laser directed energy weapon system and will culminate in a technology demonstrator in 2019. […]

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