The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a $2.7 million investment in QinetiQ’s electric hub-drive technology, bringing a new era of combat vehicles a step closer. As part of an electric propulsion system, QinetiQ’s hub-drive replaces multiple gearboxes, differentials and drive shafts with compact and extremely high-powered electric ...
A week long exercise in the skies and waters above and around Gibraltar has successfully completed. Eleven members of the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) conducted over 20 parachute jumps from the back of an RAF Hercules transport aircraft into the Mediterranean, during the day and at night. Watch one of the ...
The UK Armed Forces Personnel Statistics have been released today. The recent trends in personnel numbers in this report relate to the targets outlined in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) 2015 and the Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) programme. Prior to SDSR 2015, publications reported against SDSR 2010, the Three ...
The UK Government has pledged £20M for landmine clearance within the Falkland Islands, an announcement welcomed by the Falklands Government. The project will see thousands of landmines cleared in a new £20M phase of demining work, thus making safe dozens of areas of the islands which have been unusable for residents ...