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£75M INVESTMENT SET TO REVOLUTIONISE ROYAL NAVY OPERATIONS

Image of the Secretary of State for Defence, The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP, seen here visiting QinetiQ's Portsdown Technology Park on 1st April 2019. During a visit to QinetiQ’s Portsdown Technology Park, which is building the UK Centre of Excellence for Maritime Mi...

RAF Typhoons intercept Russian Aircraft over the North Sea

Today (29/03/2019) RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon fighter aircraft scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth, with an RAF Voyager from Brize Norton, to monitor two Russian Blackjacks approaching UK airspace.

AJAX Scout vehicle In-Country cold weather system trialling at Tame Ranges in Sweden

Ajax is the British Army’s new multi-role, fully-digitised armoured fighting vehicle delivering a step-change in versatility and agility, being delivered by DE&S through the biggest single order of armoured vehicles in a generation. AJAX Scout vehicle In-Country cold wea...

40 Commando battled on the Swedish Army’s force-on-force exercise – Ex NORTHERN WIND

PICTURED: A Royal Marine from 40 Commando fire support group ski's with his rifle slung across his chest in deep snow in Sweden on Ex Northern Wind 19. Taunton’s 40 Commando battled on the Swedish Army’s force-on-force exercise – Ex NORTHERN WIND – in the freezing sub-Ar...

Exercise Mercury Dagger

Airborne signallers have gone back to basics to ensure they are ready to deploy on short-notice operations around the world. From patrolling and vehicle checkpoints to first aid and infantry attacks, 216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron has been refreshing its core soldiering ski...