Defence Online’s Victoria Maggiani speaks exclusively to members of the defence business community about the Initiative. 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 ...
Running from 19th to 30th September, a recent NATO sponsored exercise has examined the use and effectiveness of non-lethal weapons in land operations. New and complex security situations arising from fighters operating amongst civilians require new responsive technologies and NATO challenged member and partner countries to help provide solutions. The NNTEX-16L exercise ...
Thousands of Sailors and Royal Marines have been in action on land, in the air and at sea, during a joint exercise with Albania. UK military personnel joined Albanian forces for Exercise Albanian Lion, part of the Royal Navy’s annual deployment of a crisis-focused amphibious task group, the Joint Expeditionary Force ...
During an event to mark 26 years since the reunification of Germany, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and his counterpart Ursula Von Der Leyen, have spoken about the close relationship between the two nations with confirmation that their Armed Forces will work more closely on exercises and operations. Mr Fallon also announced ...