Established by the MOD, a tracking base has been located in the St Kilda archipelago since 1957. The base itself is on the island of Hirta, north west of the Scottish mainland, an island so remote that the last islanders abandoned the isle in 1930. It is currently inhabited by ...
A Carillion and KBR Joint Venture – Aspire Defence – has been awarded a construction and support services contract by UK Ministry of Defence worth over £1.1 billion. The contract is designed to support the Army Basing Programme within the UK, providing facilities management support services with delivery across Salisbury Plain Training Area and ...
Today will see the UK’s first Remembrance Art Trail open at Canary Wharf. Designed in association with the Royal British Legion, the trail has been created by multi-disciplinary and international award-winning philanthropic artist Mark Humphrey with the assistance of trainees from 1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment (RSME), based ...
This Autumn saw Defence Secretary Michael Fallon launch the Defence Innovation Initiative, a scheme to promote home-grown innovation in the defence sector. The £800M fund is backed by IRIS (innovation and research insights unit) and the Defence and Security Accelerator, with the fund available to new technology innovation, intending to support emerging ...