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Landmarc and UK Connect help troops stay connected

Land May 14, 2020

Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc) and UK Connect have worked in partnership to enable vital broadband provision at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation’s (DIO) Halton Training Camp, a key asset in the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Covid-19 strategic response. Halton Camp is located on the MOD’s Defence Training Estate in Lancashire and is ...

Atkins Cavendish Alliance secures place on nuclear technical services framework

Land May 12, 2020

The Atkins Cavendish Alliance (ACA) has secured a place on a Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) framework to provide specialist nuclear technical services to the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The Nuclear Technical Support Provider (NTSP) framework – which lasts seven years, with the option of a further three years – will deliver ...

Saab agrees support DFWES contract with British Army

Land April 30, 2020

Saab has signed a three-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence for the provision of support and services to the Direct Fire Weapon Effects Simulator (DFWES) capability. DFWES is a laser based Tactical Engagement Simulation (TES) system, that allows dismounted and mounted soldiers to simulate the effects of direct and ...

Over 22 million pieces of PPE have been shipped to the UK from China

Air April 30, 2020

The UK Government has flown over 22 million pieces of PPE and more than 1,000 ventilators to the NHS and Social Care Services from China over the last three weeks. The British Embassy in Beijing has worked with the Department of Health to procure and source donations of medical equipment from ...