Thousands of troops have been involved in one of the largest military training exercises to take place on the Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA): Exercise Wessex Storm. Exercise Wessex Storm takes place multiple times a year and involves approximately 1,500 to 2,000 troops from the army, and sometimes personnel from the ...
A contract to provide critical maintenance, servicing and hard facilities management to the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Cyprus estate has officially come into service. Awarded to Mitie Defence Limited in April, the £256M Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) contract covers every part of the MOD estate in Cyprus, including: RAF Akrotiri, Episkopi, ...
A ground-breaking Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) funded project has restored an area of wetland on the River Avon in West Chisenbury, part of the Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA). The ‘first of its kind’, the project is enhancing the biodiversity of the local area by improving the watercourse and natural floodplain, ...
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and its contractors have celebrated the opening of a new F-35 facility for US Air Force jets at RAF Lakenheath. he fuel cell maintenance facility forms part of a multi-million dollar programme of investment in the site to allow the US Air Force to operate state-of-the-art ...