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Jun- 2023 -

28 June

Air

British Army to Receive ‘SMASH’ Anti-Drone Weapon Sights

The British Army will soon be equipped with cutting-edge weapon sights to identify and track hostile unmanned aerial vehicles.

27 June

War

Members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are learning vital life-saving battlefield skills in the first combat medical training course of its kind to be delivered by the British Army and its international partners. The five-week course, which began on the 29 May, has seen both current and new Ukrainian Armed Forces medics being trained in critical techniques such as providing medical care under fire, controlling heavy blood loss, and giving crucial pre-hospital emergency care. Evidence from the battlefield and requests from Ukrainian personnel have been incorporated into the programme, with trainees being instructed on how best to optimise their own health so they are fit to fight. The trainees go on to put their learning to the test in practice battlefield scenarios to give them the confidence to effectively apply their skills back on the front line. These include: triaging mass casualties with a range of different injuries treating casualties with major injuries caused by blasts and small arms fire treating and safely extracting patients from civilian and military vehicles extracting casualties under fire In their final days of training, Ukrainian personnel will learn how to teach life-saving battlefield first aid to other members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces when they return to the front line.

Rojoef Manuel

UK Trains Ukrainian Medics in Battlefield Trauma Care

The UK is training Ukrainian armed forces medical personnel in battlefield trauma care for the ongoing Russian invasion.

16 June

Land

Joe Saballa

British Army Resumes Training on Troubled Ajax Infantry Vehicles

The UK Ministry of Defence announced Thursday that the army has begun training again on the troubled Ajax infantry fighting vehicles.

May- 2023 -

25 May

Europe

Inder Singh Bisht

UK Contracts Elbit for Ground-Based Surveillance Radars

The British military will receive Ground-Based Surveillance Radar systems to bolster its front-line threat detection capability following a contract signed with Elbit Systems UK.

10 May

Land

Rojoef Manuel

British Army to Train for Future Boxer, Challenger 3 Vehicles With Elbit Simulators

The UK has awarded Elbit Systems a contract for simulators to train the British Army to operate its upcoming Boxer and Challenger 3 vehicles.

Apr- 2023 -

27 April

Technology

Picture by Edward Moss Photography. All rights reserved. NHS Blood and Transplant Covid Plasma trials, Birmingham. Dr Abhi Lal, 43 from Solihull, has recovered from COVID-19 and was one of the first people to donate plasma at Birmingham New Street donor centre.

Rojoef Manuel

UK Develops Faster Blood Plasma Supply for Injured Soldiers

The UK has introduced a program to deliver dried blood plasma within 30 minutes for injured British Army soldiers on the battlefield.

19 April

Technology

Paratroopers have demonstrated the firepower that they could bring to bear during combat missions as the British Armys global response force. As the culmination of a course in support weapons skills, paratroopers staged a firepower demonstration on Salisbury Plain. A fast-moving scenario saw an advancing force of enemy armoured vehicles engaged and defeated with Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missiles, 81mm mortar, Grenade Machine Guns, Heavy Machine Guns and General Purpose Machine Guns. Paratroopers opened fire from both ground positions and while moving in RWMIK patrol vehicles. The five-week-long Support Weapons Cadres trained soldiers from Colchester-based 2nd and 3rd Battalions The Parachute Regiment to serve in their units specialist Machine gun, Mortar and Anti-tanks platoons. Soldiers were taught the practical skills to fire and maintain weapons in the field, and how to use firepower in different tactical scenarios.

Rojoef Manuel

Cubic Awarded Effect Simulator Support Contract for British Army

Cubic Defence UK has been contracted to continue supporting the British Army’s Area Weapons Effects Simulator (AWES) training system.

17 April

Europe

Joe Saballa

British Army Begins Shift to All-Electric Military Vehicles

The UK Ministry of Defence is continuing its efforts to develop and deploy an all-electric fleet of military vehicles.

10 April

War

Ukrainian artillery troops take aim and prepare to fire. Photographer: Corporal Rob Kane ©MoD Crown Copyright 2022

Rojoef Manuel

Ukrainian Soldiers Finalize AS90 Howitzer Training in England

A second batch of Ukrainian warfighters has completed AS90 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer training in the UK.

5 April

Technology

Soldiers immersed on Interim Combined Arms Virtual Simulation (Deployable) military training system. Photo: Elbit Systems

Rojoef Manuel

Elbit, Bohemia Upgrade Military Training Simulator for British Army

Elbit and Bohemia have teamed up to provide the British Army with “a more realistic and immersive training experience.”

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