Day: February 11, 2019

New figures released by the Ministry of Defence have revealed that employment rates for ex-service personnel have risen. The stats show that 88% are either back in employment, education, or volunteer work within 6 months of transitioning back into civilian life, following support from the MOD’s Career Transition Partnership (CTP). Since its launch twenty years’ […]

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UK military bridge manufacturer, WFEL, has been awarded the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Bronze Award, which acknowledges WFEL’s support to Defence and the wider Armed Forces community. In 2018, WFEL signed the Armed Forces Covenant, affirming its pledge to uphold the Covenant.  This is a promise by the nation, enshrined in UK […]

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The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Hillier, has opened the new High-G training and test facility at RAF Cranwell. The £44m project is used by fast jet pilots in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to replicate flight in aircraft such as the Hawk, Typhoon and new F-35 Lightning […]

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The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has on the behalf of the Royal Air Force (RAF) invited members of Defence, industry and academia to attend an Air Command Innovation day taking place at High Wycombe on 28 February 2019. The RAF will inform delegates on the context of the future air environment capability and encouraging attendees to […]

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