Digital services across Defence will be transformed in a £150M contract awarded to UK-based technology services provider, Computacenter. The four-year contract will support tens of thousands of laptops and desktop computers used by MOD personnel worldwide, from head office to the front line, as well as creating additional jobs at Computacenter’s ...
In July 2023, the Ministry of Defence unexpectedly published a refreshed Defence Command Paper which, amongst other points, acknowledged the importance of personnel in the defence sector, and that more must be done to recruit and retain the defence workforce of the future. In response, Defence Online partnered with the workforce ...
VIVO Defence Services and Henry Brothers Construction have broken ground on a £6M scheme to house an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Troop at Gamecock Barracks near Nuneaton. The troop is relocating from Chetwynd Barracks, Nottingham, to Gamecock Barracks, in Warwickshire, under the Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) Army Programme. Henry Brothers has been ...
The UK Government has welcomed deals between three of the UK’s largest defence contractors and the Polish Navy. An agreement between MBDA UK and the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) is the third of PGZ’s contracts with UK companies under the Miecznik (“Swordfish” in Polish) programme, following agreements with Babcock and Thales ...