A number of Dutch CV90s will be the first NATO combat vehicles to receive BAE Systems ‘Active Protection’. The contract from the Netherlands will see the testing and verification of Active Protection Systems (APS) on its Infantry Fighting Vehicles. BAE Systems is the manufacturer of the vehicles and will lead the ...
Some 100 counter-IED experts from NATO member states and partners have attended a demonstration of the French Counter-IED Exploitation Laboratory (CIEL) at NATO HQ. The unique counter-IED analysis laboratory has been designed to provide means of analysing threats in the field thus plugging a capability gap and supporting national forces. “The CIEL ...
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has urged European nations to work together in improving security across the EU, whilst also taking the opportunity to reaffirm the role NATO has to play. Reassurring European partners during an informal EU Defence Ministerial meeting in Bratislava, Mr Fallon has spoken of how the UK will ...
The UK Forces are leading training in Exercise Venerable Gauntlet, a military exercise based at Sennelager, Germany. This is the first major exercise before the UK takes the lead in a NATO multinational force in 2017, and sees the UK working alongside troops from Denmark, Germany, Spain, and other allies. The UK is to take on ...