A military prison restoration project delivered under the Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) Portfolio has won a prestigious Defence conservation award. The Sanctuary Awards have been recognising outstanding conservation and sustainability efforts across the MOD estate since 1991. The awards celebrate military and civilian efforts across Defence: from sustainable development, environmental and heritage conservation to ...
HMS Queen Elizabeth was welcomed by tens of thousands of people as the UK’s flagship aircraft carrier arrived at her new home at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth last month. Defence features writer Matt Brown looks at the role DIO played in ensuring an ambitious programme of harbour upgrade works ...
Work to develop new service accommodation in Portsmouth has completed, with the opening marked by a visit from Defence Minister Mark Lancaster, Naval Base Commander Commodore Jeremy Rigby and the Chief Executive of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) Robert Robson. Accommodation at the naval base creates a home-from-home ...
Facilities to power the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers have taken a major step forward with the delivery of a frequency converter. The frequency converter will play a major part in providing the ships with enough electricity to power a small town. When at their home port, HMNB Portsmouth, HMS Queen ...