CBRN respirators for all branches of the UK’s armed forces to be supplied from Avon’s Melksham facility, boosting UK’s sovereign CBRN protection capability. Avon Protection has won the tender for the continued supply of theGeneral Service Respirator (“GSR”) and associated in service support for the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”). Avon ...
Defence Equipment & Support has awarded a contract to Leonardo for improvements to the L118 Light Gun to make it even more accurate. The L118 Light Gun’s Automatic Pointing System (APS) consists of an Inertial Navigation Unit with GPS, Layer Display Control Unit, Switchbox and Muzzle Velocity Radar. The £15M contract will ...
Britain’s heavy lift capability will be bolstered with the purchase of 14 extended-range Chinooks (CH47-ER), which will pump an estimated £151M into the UK economy. The new Chinooks significantly enhance the UK’s strategic mobility with its ability to operate in challenging environments. From the desert to the arctic, the helicopter has ...
Defence Procurement Minister, James Cartlidge, has revealed a raft of new reforms which will see a new procurement system for defence, allowing earlier expert assurance of future military programmes to ensure they deliver for UK forces on the frontline. To avoid previous challenges where programmes have been over-complex, over-budget, and over ...