Ahead of 500 days of war, Ukraine’s fire and rescue services are to benefit from specialist firefighting equipment and training from the RAF. The UK is providing 15 Rapid Intervention Vehicles and two Major Foam Vehicles to bolster Ukraine’s firefighting capability, primarily sourced from the Royal Air Force and Defence Fire ...
A new Passenger Handling Facility will be developed at RAF Akrotiri following the award of a £66M contract. The new terminal will be developed alongside new freight buildings including a larger arrivals and departures lounge as part of the APOLLO Programme, which is designed to upgrade the infrastructure of MOD sites ...
The UK and Poland will deepen their foreign policy, security and defence cooperation following the signing of a new partnership. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace signed a new bilateral ‘2030 Partnership’ with Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and Minister for National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak at ...
A new minehunting ‘mothership’ and its drone companions, have been trialled together for the first time. In a milestone first for the Royal Navy, the ship and autonomous vessels worked together in an exercise to test the effectiveness of this combination and ability of the mothership – RFA Stirling Castle, to ...
December 5, 2024
Maritime - Cruise missile of the future completes firing
Royal Navy and Royal Air Force pilots will benefit from a cutting-edge new cruise missile, following the first successful guided
November 6, 2024
Air - New air defence laser engages multiple missiles at once
RAF pilots are one step closer to being equipped with a cutting-edge air-protection laser self-protection system, following 100% successful live-fire
